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Pecan Impact Report 2025-26

Pecan's Impact Report 2025-26, published in September 2026, tells the story of how the Southwark charity's connected services - employment support, food and financial resilience, women's services and community programmes - are helping to break cycles of poverty and restore dignity, belonging and hope.

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About

Pecan is a Southwark-based charity tackling poverty by restoring dignity, belonging and hope through connected community services addressing financial resilience, unemployment, equity and isolation.

Key Metrics

People supported 12,242 people supported in 2025/26 through one-to-one advice and advocacy, moments of connection, and access to skills development, training and networks.

Key Outcomes

  • People across Southwark became more financially secure, connected and confident, with women affected by domestic abuse and trauma reporting increased safety, reduced substance abuse and greater readiness for education, training and work.

Geography

London

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