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Trustees' Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements 2024/25

Rethink Mental Illness's annual report for the year ended 31 March 2025 presents the charity's impact at a glance, its objectives, priorities and performance in 2024/25, plans for the year ahead, and its financial review, governance and audited consolidated accounts. It describes how the charity's services, campaigning and peer support improved the lives of people severely affected by mental illness during the year.

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About

Rethink Mental Illness is a national charity in England that supports people severely affected by mental illness through local services, peer support groups, information and campaigning for better mental health care.

Key Metrics

24,569 people supported directly through 143 services in 2024/25
84% of service users surveyed said our services improved their quality of life
53,880 clients supported by our wider local advice helplines

Key Outcomes

  • 93% of over 1,200 service users surveyed would recommend our services, higher than NHS averages.
  • The Mental Health & Money Advice service supported 1,341 clients: 93% reported improved money management skills and 89% improved wellbeing.
  • The Into Work programme supported 757 people, with 114 securing employment or volunteering opportunities.

Geography

England

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
Impact Snapshot
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
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
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
Impact Snapshot
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