Health & Wellbeing Education & Young People 2025
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSH Charity)

Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25

GOSH Charity funds research, equipment and support services to help Great Ormond Street Hospital go above and beyond for seriously ill children. In 2024-25, total income reached a record £140.4m — the third consecutive record year — including 90,000+ new committed givers. 55 research grants were funded and four new partnerships established including with Cancer Research UK. The board committed £295.5m to the Children's Cancer Centre in December 2024 (total £330m). A first targeted brain tumour treatment for children was approved for NHS patients as a result of GOSH Charity-funded research.

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Research funding (national grants programme, GOSH/ICH research); Children's Cancer Centre fundraising appeal (Build it. Beat it. — £300m target); medical equipment grants; family support services (play teams, music therapy, art, entertainment programmes); home-from-home accommodation for families; financial assistance vouchers; chaplaincy; staff learning academy; patient and family experience improvements Custom geography from upload: UK-wide (HQ London)

📊Key Metrics

Total income £140.4m in 2024/25 — record third consecutive year; £61.6m from direct gifts; £29.9m from legacies; 90,000+ new committed givers joined in year Key Metric 1
55 research grants funded in 2024-25 (up significantly — amount invested trebling in recent years); four new partnerships including Cancer Research UK for children's and young people's cancer data challenges Key Metric 2
£295.5m committed by board to Children's Cancer Centre project (December 2024) — plus £34.5m already committed — total £330m; first targeted treatment for brain tumours in children approved for NHS patients (from research by GOSH Charity Professor Darren Hargrave) Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • First-ever targeted treatment for children's brain tumours approved for NHS following decades of GOSH Charity-funded research — alternative to chemotherapy now available; Children's Cancer Centre main works contract milestones reached; deconstruction work began February 2025
  • Over 100 charities merged into GOSH Charity in 2024; refreshed brand launched June 2024; first Chief Technology Officer Richard Grove appointed February 2025; volunteering strategic plan launched; EDI strategy reviewed and relaunched
  • Total expenditure £348m in 2024/25 vs £93.2m in 2023/24 — primarily due to £295.5m Children's Cancer Centre commitment; excluding CCC: £86.3m expenditure; 273 FTE employees (up from 254); partners include Costco, XTX, Disney, Premier Inn; charity reg. 235825

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