Impact Report 2024/2025

The Royal Artillery Charities — comprising the Royal Artillery Charitable Fund, Royal Artillery Association and Royal Artillery Institution — support serving and veteran Gunners and their families. In 2024, over £1.9 million was spent on charitable causes, including welfare grants to 1,118 individual cases, direct regimental support, sports and adventurous training, and preservation of regimental heritage. The Association operates 71 branches across 13 regions with international reach into Germany, France, Spain and Australia.

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📋About

Over £265,000 granted to regimental heritage preservation, including visits by 1,000 individuals to the RA Collection

📊Key Metrics

1,118 welfare cases supported in 2024 (91 serving, 1,027 veterans including families) Key Metric 1
Over £733,000 in welfare support to veteran and serving Gunners Key Metric 2
Over £188,000 granted to 24 Royal Artillery sports teams and adventurous training expeditions Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • £12.413 million total charitable spend 2019–2023 against £12.547 million income
  • 2359138
  • 1622000

📍Geography

UK-Wide

2025 Enhanced

Annual Report and Financial Statements 2024-25

Over 66,000 people reached through support services in 2024/25
Key Metric 1
Nearly 38,000 people received personalised support from local Stroke Support Coordinators
Key Metric 2
£31.4 million raised in fundraised income — the charity's best-ever fundraising year
Key Metric 3
434 active Stroke Support Groups helping around 13,000 stroke survivors and families
2025 Enhanced

Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25

71,703 support activities delivered for bereaved people in 2024/25
Key Metric 1
Over 28,000 calls and emails answered by the national Cruse Helpline
Key Metric 2
Over 24,000 adults, children and young people supported through one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 3
Over 3,000 people supported through Cruse Bereavement Groups, with evidence of improved wellbeing and reduced isolation
2024 Enhanced

Muscular Dystrophy UK Impact Report 2023/24

2,752 people contacted helpline; 470 people received cost-of-living grants; 43 active research projects; 11 new grants worth £1.3 million awarded; £9.5 million total income — 16% increase on previous year
Key Metric 1
152 people supported through advocacy service; 24 Neuromuscular Centres of Excellence or Pursuing Excellence Awards; 10 NHS treatment appraisal processes participated in; 507 enrolments on e-learning modules; 465 attendees across six health professional upskilling webinars
Key Metric 2
80% of neuromuscular care advisor and clinical nurse specialist workforce attended Care Advisor Conference; 324 Changing Places toilets registered; for every £1 spent on fundraising, £3.70 raised; 68p in every £1 spent on charitable activities
Key Metric 3
SMA added to NHS newborn screening 'in-service evaluation' following MDUK co-secretariat work with UK SMA Newborn Screening Alliance; two treatment appraisals resulted in NHS approval; RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden secured to raise awareness with new audiences