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2025

Annual Report and Financial Statements 2024/25

Charitable expenditure £1.916 billion in 2024-25 — up 20% from £1.58bn; £5.2bn spent since 2022 toward £16bn decade plan (2022-2032)
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711 grants awarded worth £1.3bn from 4,289 applications; 2,723 active grants at 1,443 organisations across 133 countries with total active value of £7.3bn
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Investment portfolio grew to £39.9bn (10.2% total return, 6.4% after inflation); total funds £35.7bn; spending rise driven by renewals of Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome, Mahidol Oxford Research Unit and co-funding of UK Health Data Research Service
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First healthy babies born in UK through mitochondrial donation — Wellcome funded research, public engagement that changed UK law, and clinical trial; new oral antibiotic for plague found as effective as injection in Madagascar trials; digital interventions for mental health led in UK
2025

50 Years of Impact — 2025 Impact Report

27.8 million people accessed reproductive healthcare in 2025; 100,000 people supported every working day; 17.6 million had little or no prior access to contraception
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18.6 million unintended pregnancies prevented; 9.7 million unsafe abortions prevented; 42,000 women's and girls' lives saved; $1.3bn in direct healthcare costs saved
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52.6 million couple years of protection provided; 28.2 million DALYs averted; 620,000 adolescents able to remain in school; 14,700 government health workers trained; 50+ countries supported over 50-year history
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In 2025, MSI teams adapted to fill gaps after US government withdrew billions from global health programmes — more women and girls supported than ever before; 50% of global unmet need for contraception concentrated in 36 countries where MSI works
2025

Annual Report 2025: Health is a right, not a privilege

Services cover drug and alcohol treatment, criminal justice, housing, domestic violence and wellbeing; funded entirely through statutory contracts with local authorities and NHS
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In March 2024, almost half of people leaving prison started drug treatment following release — up from less than a third in 2023; hepatitis C testing and treatment programme aligned with NHS England elimination target
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National strategy: 'Help more people, sooner'; new strategy launched 2024-25; services reach people with complex needs including entrenched drug habits, offending behaviour, homelessness and domestic violence
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Almost half of people leaving prison started treatment following release in March 2024 (up from less than a third in 2023); committed to NHS England hepatitis C elimination goal; working with Police, Probation Service, Prison Service and Courts
2025

Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25

£108.4m in new research grants awarded; 717 active grants; 1,220 researchers including PhD students across 47 institutions; over £460m of BHF-funded research in progress
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311,000 people trained in CPR through RevivR (cumulative to 31 March 2025); 106,000 defibrillators registered on The Circuit; 20% increase in Heart Helpline contacts
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37 million views of BHF health content; 33,314 pieces of news coverage; total income £181m; 72p in every £1 raised available for charitable purposes
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SCOT-HEART trial 10-year follow-up: CCTA scans associated with 28% fewer non-fatal heart attacks — equating to approximately 6,000 heart attacks avoided; AI tool predicts type 2 diabetes risk up to 10 years in advance from routine ECG scans; OPTIMAS study: early blood-thinning as safe as delayed treatment for stroke patients — could benefit up to 20,000 patients per year
2024

Annual Report and Financial Statements 2024

14.5 million people reached in 2024; £275.9m total income; 266 emergency projects in 28 countries; 407 development interventions
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783,500 people reached in Gaza; top countries: Yemen (1.86m), Syria (1.82m), Pakistan (1.43m), Somalia (1.27m), Sudan (1.24m)
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£3m+ invested in UK community support (food packs, refugee support, youth activities); 3 million+ people received qurbani meat; Orphan Sponsorship Programme: 97,745 children; Seasonal programmes: 5.17 million people
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Partnership with WFP for food distribution in Yemen, Gaza and Sudan; new landmark partnership with Misr El Kheir Foundation for Gaza and Egypt; UNHCR partnership for refugee livelihoods in Jordan; 37,000+ trees planted with Indonesian communities; Rohingya disease prevention in Bangladesh
2025

Impact Report 2025 (covering 2023-24)

228,500+ people assisted with 1.75 million sessions of care in 2023-24; $24.1m in financial assistance provided; 1.4 million meals provided through homelessness services
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38,000+ people at risk of or facing homelessness assisted; 11,000 people supported through Moneycare financial counselling; 42,000+ jobseekers supported into employment
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2024 SIMNA Award for Innovative Design in Social Impact Measurement (Carinya Art therapeutic programme for culturally diverse family violence victim-survivors); Stronger Communities Outcomes Measurement Initiative covers homelessness, family violence, AOD and youth streams
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Homelessness National Outcomes Measurement Framework finalised April 2024; pilot across 170+ staff and 23 programs began July 2024; Family Violence Wellbeing and Recovery Indicator developed with Centre for Social Impact, UWA — first validated FV outcomes tool adapted for TSA's model
2023

Annual Report and Accounts — Year Ended 30 November 2023

5,964 hours of support provided in 2022-23; 227 new individuals supported (64% families of complexly poorly children, 36% bereaved)
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898 hours of hydrotherapy pool sessions; 498 hours of sensory sessions; 100+ hours of peer support groups for bereaved families
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140 volunteers gave 3,008 hours; £650,938 raised including £125,000+ from Everest Base Camp trek — biggest single event total to date
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1,700 total beneficiaries supported since 2012; sibling programme (ouRR Hub) featured on BBC Children in Need; 20 trekkers including 2 beneficiaries reached Everest Base Camp
2025

Impact Report 2024/25

700+ projects funded totalling £9.5m in 2024-25; £6,812,814 to enhance patient experience; £1,908,008 for staff health and wellbeing
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Arts programme reached 250,000+ patients, visitors and staff through 140+ creative engagement sessions; 7 freelance musicians delivering 20 live music sessions per week
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220 volunteers gave 37,000 hours; YPAG NE (Young Persons Advisory Group) has 75 members who reviewed 140+ research projects and 80+ service improvement projects
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Haven at Freeman Hospital opened November 2024 — provides shower and rest space for families of end-of-life patients; SPACE Pilot awarded NHS Charities Together Innovation Challenge funding; one of six nationally selected projects