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James' Place Annual Report & Accounts 2024-25

James' Place's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 shows the suicide prevention charity helped 1,352 men in suicidal crisis through 6,365 free therapy sessions, 553 more men than the year before. Men were supported at its centres in Liverpool (479), London (398) and Newcastle (475); the Newcastle centre, officially opened by The Prince of Wales in April 2024, helped 425 men in its first year. The report covers how men were referred (37% referred themselves), the main distress factors at referral, and its plans for a fourth centre.

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About

James' Place is a charity working to stop men dying by suicide. It provides free, rapid therapy with no waiting list for men in suicidal crisis, delivered by trained professional therapists in safe, friendly, non-clinical centres in Liverpool, London and Newcastle. It works alongside the NHS and local services, taking clinical responsibility for the men it treats.

Key Metrics

1,352 men in suicidal crisis helped in 2024-25
6,365 free therapy sessions delivered
96% of men completing the feedback form were happy with the practical and emotional support offered

Key Outcomes

  • Helped an additional 553 men in crisis compared with the previous year, helped by the new Newcastle centre and expanded teams.
  • The Newcastle centre helped 425 men in suicidal crisis in its first year and was officially opened by The Prince of Wales.
  • Men experienced a clinically and statistically significant positive change following treatment, with reduced psychological distress; 37% referred themselves directly.

Geography

England

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