Annual Review 2024

SSAFA is the oldest national tri-service charity, supporting serving personnel, veterans and families across 66 countries through welfare casework, financial assistance and specialist services.

Report snapshot
People supported in 2024: 54,000+ Key Metric 1
Serving since: 1885 Key Metric 2
Presence: 66 countries Key Metric 3
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Welfare casework, Stepping Stone Home, transitional mentoring, financial assistance, Forces Line Custom geography from upload: UK & worldwide

📊Key Metrics

People supported in 2024: 54,000+ Key Metric 1
Serving since: 1885 Key Metric 2
Presence: 66 countries Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Supported 54,000+ serving personnel, veterans and families across 66 countries
  • Operated Stepping Stone Home — female-only refuge for servicewomen and families
  • Delivered transitional mentoring to personnel leaving the Armed Forces

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2023

Annual Report 2022

Annual report covers BrazilFoundation’s 2022 grantmaking and philanthropic activity across Brazil
Key Metric 1
Programmes and partnerships support grassroots civil society organisations working with underserved communities
Key Metric 2
Impact themes include education, poverty reduction, racial equity, gender equity, youth development and community empowerment
Key Metric 3
Strengthened grassroots organisations through funding, visibility and partnership support
2024

Impact Report 2023/24

15,377 people helped with 37,087 issues; average of 4.9 interrelated problems per person; £16.17 million in financial value to individuals; £29.33 million in wider economic and social benefits
Key Metric 1
£3.25 million saved by government and public services — £2.07 for every £1 invested; £289,138 saved by local government through reducing homelessness; £436,664 worth of volunteer hours contributed
Key Metric 2
397 people lifted out of food poverty via Financial Inclusion project; £300,000 distributed via Heating Bank; 97 Macmillan grants approved
Key Metric 3
7 in 10 people said their problem was solved following advice; 3 in 4 said they could not have resolved their problem without Citizens Advice; 60% felt less stressed, depressed or anxious after receiving help
2025

Your Impact in 2025

Nearly 2,000 children from slave-descent communities in Niger supported into schooling (majority girls)
Key Metric 1
New penal code in Niger updated to include heavy sentences for slavery practices following ASI advocacy
Key Metric 2
Income £3.69m in 2024/25; EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive influenced by ASI supply chain working group
Key Metric 3
Niger penal code amended to criminalise slavery practices; ASI advocacy directly cited in EU forced labour regulation and US Trafficking in Persons report