The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has today published its Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2023.
The Annual Report has been laid in Parliament and highlights how ARB has conducted its regulatory work as an independent professional statutory body. Some of the key facts and figures for 2023 include:
- The number of architects on the Register increased slightly compared to 2022, from 41,240 to 41,886 at the end of 2023.
- ARB signed Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs) with its US counterpart NCARB and with its counterparts in Australia and New Zealand, the AACA and NZRAB.
- ARB accredited seven new architecture qualifications, renewed 35 existing qualifications, and carried out annual monitoring for 157 accredited qualifications.
- ARB received 187 complaints and investigated 576 incidents of misuse of the title ‘architect’.
In 2023, ARB also made progress as part of its Corporate Strategy:
- Modernising initial education and training of architects – ARB consulted on and approved a new model for how architects are educated, which included the publication of new Competency Outcomes for architects and Standards for learning providers and the establishment and operation of a new Accreditation Committee.
- Delivering a new system of continuing professional development (CPD) for architects – following the consultation’s close in January 2023, ARB published a comprehensive consultation report, developed policy guidance, and carried out a pilot scheme ahead of the scheme’s launch in 2024.
- Transforming our systems, processes and information technology – ARB launched MyARB, a self-service registrant services portal.
- Investing in our people and building a positive and inclusive culture based on shared values and behaviours – improved culture and our ways of working supported by new technology with enhanced remote working and collaboration tools.
Architects can see more facts and figures about ARB’s role and work, and read the full report on ARB’s website.
Notes for Editors:
The full Annual Report and Financial Statements can be accessed here.
ARB: The Architects Registration Board (ARB) is an independent professional regulator, established by Parliament as a statutory body, through the Architects Act, in 1997. It is accountable to government. The law gives ARB a number of core functions:
- To ensure only those who are suitably competent are allowed to practise as architects. ARB does this by approving the qualifications required to join the UK Register of Architects.
- ARB maintains a publicly available Register of Architects so anyone using the services of an architect can be confident that they are suitably qualified and are fit to practise
- ARB sets the standards of conduct and practice the profession must meet and take action when any architect falls below the required standards of conduct or competence
- ARB protects the legally restricted title ‘architect’
Work with ARB and connect: Architects can join ARB’s Architects Engagement Group to take part in events, conversations or research to help shape the work set out in the Annual Report. More details about this and other ways to get in touch can be found here: arb.org.uk/talk-to-us/
For questions and information requests, please contact the ARB Communications team at media@arb.org.uk