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DEBRA UK

Impact — Winter 2026

2026 Enhanced

Impact Snapshot

Key Metric 1

Total income £18,180,000 and total expenditure £18,560,000 (year ended 31 December 2024, charity no. 1084958 England/Wales and SC039654 Scotland); in 2024 spent £3.8m on...

Key Metric 2

700+ members supported through in-person visits and support calls in 2025; 697 support grants allocated in 2025 for essential items including specialist clothing, cooling...

Key Metric 3

Largest global investment in EB research to date: multi-million-pound drug repurposing trial provisionally agreed with LifeArc partner at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation...

£34,000 raised in 2025 winter appeal supporting families like Darcie's with specialist items, emotional support and research; 697 support grants delivered in 2025; first Members Connect event in Northern Ireland; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed providing global research roadmap

Health & Wellbeing Disability

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The Scout Association

Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25: Reflect. Refocus. Renew.

2025 Enhanced

Impact Snapshot

Key Metric 1

440,000+ young people aged 4-18 active members across 7,000 Groups

Key Metric 2

140,000 volunteers supporting the movement across the UK

Key Metric 3

373 Sections opened or re-energised in England between April 2024 and March 2025

0.3% overall growth in young people (ages 4-18), driven by 31% increase in Squirrel Scouts (5,200 young people)

Education & Young People Community

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The Fostering Network

Annual Review 2024-25

2025 Enhanced

Impact Snapshot

Key Metric 1

55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK

Key Metric 2

45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK

Key Metric 3

95 Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers in Wales offering peer support and mentoring to fellow foster carers

191 children and young people engaged in outdoor adventure weeks through the Fostering Attainment and Achievement programme in Northern Ireland

Education & Young People Children

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Blind Veterans UK

Our Impact 2024-25

2025 Enhanced

Impact Snapshot

Key Metric 1

3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25

Key Metric 2

1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training

Key Metric 3

997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to...

1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence

Health & Wellbeing Wellbeing

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Missing People

Impact Report 2022-23

2023 Enhanced

Impact Snapshot

Key Metric 1

8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23

Key Metric 2

35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals

Key Metric 3

40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained

30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services

Community & Social Justice Mental Health

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Diabetes UK

Annual Report and Accounts 2024

2024 Enhanced

Impact Snapshot

Key Metric 1

349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024

Key Metric 2

£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million

Key Metric 3

32% of people completing NHS England's Path to Remission programme — which Diabetes UK campaigned for — put their type 2 diabetes into remission

Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge invested over £23 million in 19 projects across 161 experts from 47 institutions in 8 countries since 2022

Health & Wellbeing Research

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Marine Conservation Society (MCS)

Annual Impact Report & Accounts 2024-25

2025 Enhanced

Impact Snapshot

Key Metric 1

61,819 native oysters deployed across UK restoration projects in 2024/25

Key Metric 2

15,064 people participated in the Beachwatch beach clean programme, submitting 1,256 litter surveys — the highest in the programme's 31-year history

Key Metric 3

17,613 young people engaged through in-person or online youth programme sessions

£11.5 billion Ofwat investment package secured for storm overflow cuts in England and Wales following sustained MCS advocacy

Environment & Climate Policy

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Stroke Association

Annual Report and Financial Statements 2024-25

2025 Enhanced

Impact Snapshot

Key Metric 1

Over 66,000 people reached through support services in 2024/25

Key Metric 2

Nearly 38,000 people received personalised support from local Stroke Support Coordinators

Key Metric 3

£31.4 million raised in fundraised income — the charity's best-ever fundraising year

434 active Stroke Support Groups helping around 13,000 stroke survivors and families

Health & Wellbeing Volunteering

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Cruse Bereavement Support

Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25

2025 Enhanced

Impact Snapshot

Key Metric 1

71,703 support activities delivered for bereaved people in 2024/25

Key Metric 2

Over 28,000 calls and emails answered by the national Cruse Helpline

Key Metric 3

Over 24,000 adults, children and young people supported through one-to-one sessions

Over 3,000 people supported through Cruse Bereavement Groups, with evidence of improved wellbeing and reduced isolation

Health & Wellbeing Mental Health

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Muscular Dystrophy UK

Muscular Dystrophy UK Impact Report 2023/24

2024 Enhanced

Impact Snapshot

Key Metric 1

2,752 people contacted helpline; 470 people received cost-of-living grants; 43 active research projects; 11 new grants worth £1.3 million awarded; £9.5 million total income...

Key Metric 2

152 people supported through advocacy service; 24 Neuromuscular Centres of Excellence or Pursuing Excellence Awards; 10 NHS treatment appraisal processes participated in; 507 enrolments...

Key Metric 3

80% of neuromuscular care advisor and clinical nurse specialist workforce attended Care Advisor Conference; 324 Changing Places toilets registered; for every £1 spent on...

SMA added to NHS newborn screening 'in-service evaluation' following MDUK co-secretariat work with UK SMA Newborn Screening Alliance; two treatment appraisals resulted in NHS approval; RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden secured to raise awareness with new audiences

Health & Wellbeing Disability

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