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CACT Impact Report 2024-2025

Official charity of Charlton Athletic FC, founded 1992. One of the leading EFL community trusts in England, working across health, education, employment, youth provision and disability in south-east London and Kent. The 2024-25 impact report records a record £83.6m social value and £7.6m charitable spend.

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Education; health improvement; youth engagement; mentoring; disability sport (Short Breaks); Live Well Greenwich; Young Greenwich; cost-of-living support; employment programmes; Youth Engagement Vehicle Programme Custom geography from upload: United Kingdom

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 £83,630,780 total social value generated — £11.02 returned for every £1 invested (independently verified by University of Greenwich)
Key Metric 2 28,000+ participants engaged; £7,589,000 committed charitable spend (highest in CACT's 33-year history)
Key Metric 3 1,110 mentees supported across south London and Kent; 3,170 cost-of-living referrals; 186 mental health programme participants

Key Outcomes

  • 89% of Short Breaks participants improved mental and emotional wellbeing; 85% of Young Greenwich Learning Hub participants improved educational aspirations
  • 382 young people volunteered through Young Greenwich; £13,660 in fuel vouchers distributed to vulnerable households
  • EFL League One Community Project of the Season 2024-25 (Youth Engagement Vehicle Programme); social value up £34m+ since 2021/22 report

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Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Delivered 11,474 sessions supporting 12,949 individuals across 40 programmes, generating 324,160 total engagements in 2025
Key Metric 2
Health & Wellbeing programmes delivered 270 sessions supporting 1,168 individuals, generating 7,315 engagements
Key Metric 3
Raised £50,714.49 net through the Foundation Fixture 2025 and £36,156.03 through the Fundraising Dinner (GBP)
Talking Tactics mentoring participant Jamie's confidence, aspirations and self-esteem grew significantly through one-to-one mentoring and mental health support
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
754 unique young people registered for Sport and Life Skills programmes (+114% vs 2022-23)
Key Metric 2
16 Locally Trusted Organisations delivered the programme, up from 9 in 2022-23
Key Metric 3
2,650 sessions held by delivery organisations in 2023-24
72% of young people reported 'getting on better at school or college' following engagement
Impact Snapshot
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Close to 2,000 participants supported in 2024/25 across youth, prison and environmental programmes
Key Metric 2
826 students from 10 state schools took part, 67% female, with 70% of partner schools in the most deprived areas (IMD 1-4)
Key Metric 3
184 serving or released prisoners engaged through the 'Boats not Bars' reducing-reoffending programme
85% of young people improved their mental wellbeing and 83% felt more confident through the youth programme
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
21,212 people engaged with in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
17,708 people played some form of rugby through Foundation programmes
Key Metric 3
More than £9,000 raised through Foundation Day; 9,000+ given back to grassroots rugby clubs
88% of girls in the Girls Tackle Rugby programme reported feeling more confident, per independent research with Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport