About the SFO Key results and figures in 2009-10
2009-10 budget
- £44.6 million
Total number of staff
- 303
Number of active cases
- 86
Value for money at a cost of
- 73p for everyone in the UK
Trials and convictions
- 100% of trials have achieved at least one conviction
- 91% of defendants, who were tried, were convicted
Compensation and financial recovery
- £4 million has been paid back to victims of crime - almost four times more than in 2008-09
- £11.8 million has been recovered in corporate fines and channelled back into the court system
- £5 million has been recovered from cases through civil means, more than double the value achieved in 2008-09
Using new powers available this year, we have been able to search for cash and retain it as our investigations continue. We have seized £240,000 since November 2009
Supporting our international partners
The SFO has supported 34 other countries with their requests for information to tackle fraud and corruption
To download a copy of the these figures as a pdf: 
SFO Achievements in 2009-10 (543kb)
