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Impact Report 2025-26

Barts Charity reports on grant funding improving health for people in East London, from research breakthroughs to better hospital spaces, in 2025-26.

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About

Barts Charity funds healthcare improvements and research for East London, working with Barts Health NHS Trust, Queen Mary University of London and City St George's.

Key Metrics

Healthier East London Funding helped researchers discover new knowledge, healthcare teams introduce new equipment and technology, and hospitals create better spaces and experiences for patients across East London.

Key Outcomes

  • Projects included transforming blood transfusion safety across four hospitals, ensuring breakthroughs in HIV care reach the communities that need them, and art therapy for NHS staff experiencing stress and exhaustion.

Geography

London

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
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service