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Buttle UK Annual Report and Financial Statements 2024-25

Buttle UK's Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 records a year in which the charity, having set itself an ambitious target of helping 25,000 children, reached 27,692 young people and their families with its Chances for Children grants, against a backdrop of 4.5 million children growing up in poverty in the UK. It covers the charity's overall aim and theory of change, achievements and plans, its new 2025-30 strategy, equity, diversity and inclusion, case studies, key statistics, the Support for Boarding evaluation, impact and evaluation, and the conclusion of the Chances for Children fundraising campaign, which raised over £20m.

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About

Buttle UK is a national charity that gives Chances for Children grants to support children and young people living in poverty and crisis across the UK, funding essentials and opportunities that improve their wellbeing and chances in life.

Key Metrics

27,692 young people and families reached
£5.5m of grants delivered to young people in 2024-25
£20m+ raised by the Chances for Children campaign

Key Outcomes

  • Target of 25,000 children exceeded
  • New 2025-30 strategy focused on impactful grants
  • Independent evaluation of Support for Boarding

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
438,000 pets treated across 49 Pet Hospitals, equivalent to 4,700 pets every working day
Key Metric 2
Over 2 million treatments provided; veterinary services cost over £85 million, funded entirely by donations
Key Metric 3
327,000 children reached with pet education messages; Pet Health Hub received over 4 million online visitors
Veterinary care provided to the pets of over 360,000 people in financial hardship across the UK, with 46% of clients disabled or living with a serious health condition
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
2.4 million benefits calculations completed via free Benefits Calculator
Key Metric 2
1.5 million people identified new benefits worth an average of £5,396 each (£12.9bn total)
Key Metric 3
£3 million in grants awarded, supporting 2,164 people across the UK
4.8 million people accessed the Turn2us website for information on claiming support they are entitled to
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
7,325 individual children supported; 9,269 instances of support across the year; 6,660 referrals fulfilled; 485 emergency newborn hospital packs delivered to 23 London hospitals...
Key Metric 2
734 regular volunteers; 31,348 volunteer hours; 146 one-off volunteers (700+ hours); 99 corporate volunteer groups (3,900 hours)
Key Metric 3
Items gifted worth over £3 million (if new); 128 tonnes of goods redistributed; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved for families via signposting;...
Connections and signposting: Family Connections team spoke to 2,764 families; signposting support provided 1,037 times; 77% of signposting recipients had never accessed similar help before; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved