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Annual Report 2024-25

The Evangelical Alliance is the UK's oldest and largest evangelical unity movement, founded in 1846, bringing together thousands of churches, hundreds of organisations and tens of thousands of individual members. In 2024/25 the Alliance grew its membership to almost 27,000, made 170 media appearances, engaged 25+ politicians on key issues, supported a letter opposing the assisted dying bill signed by over 1,200 church leaders, and equipped 45 emerging leaders through its Public Leader programme across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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About

Policy advocacy and government engagement; church leader support with around 1,000 one-to-one meetings; Public Leader development programme; media engagement; intercultural unity programmes; research and resources; monthly prayer gatherings

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Almost 27,000 members including 5,500 new personal members joining in 2024/25
Key Metric 2 170 TV, radio and podcast appearances in 2024/25
Key Metric 3 92 in-person and 59 online events hosted or co-hosted in 2024/25

Key Outcomes

  • 45 emerging leaders completed the Public Leader programme — the largest ever cohort — across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
  • Letter opposing assisted dying bill signed by 1,200+ church and Christian leaders, supported by the Alliance
  • Engaged with 25+ politicians on issues including life, family, and religious freedom

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
More than 12,000 New Yorkers served in calendar 2025
Key Metric 2
More than 9,000 diverted from unnecessary jail stays with support and treatment
Key Metric 3
83% of new 32-week employment programme graduates completed an industry-standard credential
91% of young people had no new arrest after participating in alternatives to incarceration.