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British Heart Foundation (BHF)

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2025
British Heart Foundation (BHF)

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
Key Metric 1
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
Key Metric 2
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
Key Metric 3
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
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