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Annual Report and Financial Statements 2020/21

GOSH Charity supports Great Ormond Street Hospital with research, equipment and family support. In 2020/21 — the final year before its new 5-year strategy — the charity navigated COVID-19 by maintaining all funding commitments through careful cost management, use of reserves, and innovative virtual fundraising. Total income reached £68.4m. A new EDI strategy was launched and an organisational redesign undertaken. The hospital treated approximately 600 children daily throughout the pandemic. Planning began for the Children's Cancer Centre fundraising appeal.

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About

Research funding (National Call — rare disease, inherited cardiac conditions); COVID-19 response (PPE, gifts in kind, wellbeing support, research funding); family support services; Children's Cancer Centre planning; staff development; new organisational structure; virtual fundraising events Custom geography from upload: UK-wide (HQ London)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Total income £68.4m in 2020/21; careful cost management and use of reserves maintained charitable commitments throughout COVID-19; new 5-year strategy announced for 2021-2026
Key Metric 2 All existing funding commitments maintained through pandemic; COVID-19 Emergency Appeal helped children, families and staff; hospital pivot to COVID-19 support while maintaining rare disease treatment; research into COVID-19 impact on children funded
Key Metric 3 Innovative fundraising developed; digital capabilities accelerated; organisational redesign undertaken; Citizens Advice partnership for family financial support; plan to launch Children's Cancer Centre fundraising appeal in 2022-23

Key Outcomes

  • First Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy launched; Kai's case study (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, rare cardiac condition, donated heart) illustrates impact of research funding; GOSH treated approximately 600 children and young people daily throughout pandemic
  • Organisation redesign completed to deliver 2021-2026 strategy; hybrid working adopted without issues; COVID-19 response delivered quickly despite major income challenges (cancelled events, deferred fundraising)
  • Prior year income not stated in accessible section; charity reg. 235825; new fundraising approaches including virtual events; digital growth accelerated by necessity; Children's Cancer Centre first announced as major ambition in this report

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
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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...
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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...
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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
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22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
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22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
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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
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3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25
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1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
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997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to...
1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence
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349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
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£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
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32% of people completing NHS England's Path to Remission programme — which Diabetes UK campaigned for — put their type 2 diabetes into remission
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge invested over £23 million in 19 projects across 161 experts from 47 institutions in 8 countries since 2022