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Impact Report & Audited Accounts 2025/26

North London Hospice provides specialist palliative and end-of-life care for adults across North London, in the hospice, in the community and in people's own homes. Its Impact Report 2025/26 covers the year to March 2026, in which 91% of inpatients were cared for in their preferred place of death.

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About

North London Hospice cares for people on its Inpatient Unit, based on Jade Ward at Edgware Hospital while its Building For Tomorrow redevelopment takes place, and in the community through its specialist palliative care teams. A Rapid Response Service provides same-day nursing, and an overnight advice team is there for patients and families through the night. The Living Well Centre in Wood Green offers outpatient and wellbeing support, and patient and family support services help with emotional, practical and financial needs. The hospice also shares its expertise through learning and development courses for health and care professionals.

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 The Inpatient Unit had 285 admissions at 91% occupancy, and community palliative care services received 3,078 referrals.
Key Metric 2 The overnight Specialist Community and Palliative Advice Team handled 5,834 calls (5pm-8am), and patient and family support services assisted 1,300 people.
Key Metric 3 Total income was £15,113,630 (up from £14,740,183 in 2024-25), supported by 611 volunteers and 21 charity shops.

Key Outcomes

  • 91% of inpatients achieved their preferred place of death.
  • 90% of community palliative care patients achieved their preferred place of death.
  • Mimi, 44, from Colindale, living with metastatic breast cancer, received nursing, complementary therapies, social work, equipment and benefits help: "I am immensely grateful to have the hospice in my corner."

Geography

London

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
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...
Key Metric 2
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...
Key Metric 3
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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Key Metric 1
22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
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
Key Metric 2
1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
Key Metric 3
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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Key Metric 1
349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
Key Metric 2
£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
Key Metric 3
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