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Impact Report 2023-24

Oxford Hospitals Charity is the official charity of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, funding the best medical equipment, research, training and facilities for patients and staff across five hospitals in Oxfordshire: the John Radcliffe, Churchill, Horton General, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Oxford Children's Hospital. In 2023/24 the charity raised £6.49 million and awarded £2.55 million in grants to hospital departments and wards, supporting improvements above and beyond what the NHS can provide.

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About

Equipment grants; research funding; staff wellbeing and training grants; patient environment improvements; Small Grants Fund for frontline staff ideas; major infrastructure grants over £50,000; Oxford Cancer Centre, Oxford Heart Centre and Brodey Cancer Centre support

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 £6.49 million total income in 2023/24, with £5.95 million from donations and legacies
Key Metric 2 £2.55 million in grants to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust departments and wards in 2023/24
Key Metric 3 Supports five hospitals: John Radcliffe, Churchill, Horton General, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Oxford Children's Hospital

Key Outcomes

  • Funds medical equipment, research, training and facilities over and above what the NHS can provide for patients and staff across Oxfordshire
  • Includes Horton General Hospital Charity and Oxford Children's Hospital Charity within its remit
  • Legacies income of £1.33 million in 2023/24; investment income growing to £369,000 as endowment builds

Geography

South East

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...
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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