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Money Advice Trust · Birmingham, UK

Money Advice Trust Impact Report 2024

The Money Advice Trust's Impact Report 2024 (published May 2025) covers a record year for the charity behind National Debtline and Business Debtline. It provided 271,900 advice interactions by phone and webchat, an increase of 36% on 2023, and National Debtline helped 118,300 people over the phone and via its online debt advice tool (up 64% on 2023). The report also covers the launch of the My Money Steps digital advice platform, the Building Up Business pilot with Aviva, its Vulnerability Academies with UK Finance and the UK Regulators Network, and the Help To Repay campaign on energy arrears.

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About

The Money Advice Trust is a charity founded in 1991 to help people across the UK tackle their debts and manage their money. Its mission is to help prevent financial difficulty and remove problem debt from people's lives. It runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, providing free, expert, impartial debt advice, and trains and supports organisations to help customers in vulnerable circumstances.

Key Metrics

271,900 advice interactions by phone and webchat across National Debtline and Business Debtline in 2024
118,300 people helped by National Debtline over the phone and via its online advice tool in 2024
91% of National Debtline clients saw their debts reduce or stabilise following advice

Key Outcomes

  • National Debtline helped 118,300 people by phone and online in 2024, up 64% on 2023, plus 32,200 people via webchat.
  • Over 200 people have completed the Vulnerability Academy with UK Finance; 99% of participants rated their knowledge as very good or excellent afterwards.
  • The Help To Repay campaign helped secure a commitment from Ofgem to introduce a new scheme to deal with built-up energy arrears.

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
438,000 pets treated across 49 Pet Hospitals, equivalent to 4,700 pets every working day
Key Metric 2
Over 2 million treatments provided; veterinary services cost over £85 million, funded entirely by donations
Key Metric 3
327,000 children reached with pet education messages; Pet Health Hub received over 4 million online visitors
Veterinary care provided to the pets of over 360,000 people in financial hardship across the UK, with 46% of clients disabled or living with a serious health condition
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
2.4 million benefits calculations completed via free Benefits Calculator
Key Metric 2
1.5 million people identified new benefits worth an average of £5,396 each (£12.9bn total)
Key Metric 3
£3 million in grants awarded, supporting 2,164 people across the UK
4.8 million people accessed the Turn2us website for information on claiming support they are entitled to
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
7,325 individual children supported; 9,269 instances of support across the year; 6,660 referrals fulfilled; 485 emergency newborn hospital packs delivered to 23 London hospitals...
Key Metric 2
734 regular volunteers; 31,348 volunteer hours; 146 one-off volunteers (700+ hours); 99 corporate volunteer groups (3,900 hours)
Key Metric 3
Items gifted worth over £3 million (if new); 128 tonnes of goods redistributed; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved for families via signposting;...
Connections and signposting: Family Connections team spoke to 2,764 families; signposting support provided 1,037 times; 77% of signposting recipients had never accessed similar help before; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved