Impact Report 2024/25

St Barnabas Hospice provides free specialist palliative and end of life care across Lincolnshire, supporting over 12,000 people a year from two inpatient sites, community services and Wellbeing Centres. Their 2024/25 impact report highlights £8.7 million in benefits secured for 4,226 families, 956 bereavement clients, and the full breadth of therapy, welfare and community care delivered in the face of growing financial pressure — total expenditure of £14.8 million against income of £13.7 million.

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📋About

Inpatient Unit (235 patients, Lincoln); Hospice in the Hospital (164 patients, Grantham); community palliative care (3,486 patients); Hospice at Home; Occupational Therapy (955 patients); Physiotherapy (638 patients); Counselling and Bereavement (956 clients); Welfare and Benefits advice (4,226 clients, £8.7m secured); Wellbeing Centres; retail shops; volunteer programme; education and training Custom geography from upload: Lincolnshire

📊Key Metrics

12,000+ people supported each year; 3,168 new patient referrals and 3,984 re-referrals in 2024/25 Key Metric 1
4,226 welfare clients helped to access £8,728,640 in benefits entitlements; total income £13.7 million Key Metric 2
Annual cost of hospice care £13.5 million — £37,133 per day; 70p in every £1 raised goes directly to care Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • £8,728,640 in benefits and entitlements accessed for 4,226 welfare clients in 2024/25 — direct financial relief for families in Lincolnshire facing terminal illness alongside financial hardship
  • 956 clients supported through Counselling and Bereavement services; 955 through Occupational Therapy; 638 through Physiotherapy — covering the full range of non-medical needs at end of life
  • Financial sustainability a central challenge: total expenditure £14.8 million against income of £13.7 million — hospice operating at a deficit and focusing on sustainability rather than expansion

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2026 Enhanced

Impact — Winter 2026

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 charitable activities including £1,079,000 on research, £1,366,000 on EB Community Support, £943,000 on public education, £270,000 on EB healthcare and £185,000 on respite breaks
Key Metric 1
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 fans and sheepskin liners; 2 new holiday homes purchased in 2025 with over 700 guests enjoying holiday homes; £34,000 raised through 2025 winter 'The Longest Night' appeal
Key Metric 2
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 Trust and King's College London; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed mapping global research priorities for all four main EB forms
Key Metric 3
£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
2025 Enhanced

Impact Report 2025

22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 1
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 2
733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
Key Metric 3
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service
2025 Enhanced

Our Impact 2024-25

3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25
Key Metric 1
1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
Key Metric 2
997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to achieve this
Key Metric 3
1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence