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Annual Review and Impact Report 2023-2024

The White Ensign Association supports serving and veteran members of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary with financial guidance, employment support and resettlement advice. In 2023/24 the charity supported over 4,500 beneficiaries, assisted around half of all Royal Navy and Royal Marines service leavers, and helped individuals claim over £325,000 through the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. A new strategy doubled staff capacity and introduced a Financial Wellbeing Manager and a full-time Scotland regional manager, significantly expanding reach.

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Armed forces pension guidance and 2015 Pension Remedy advice; civilian employment and resettlement support; Armed Forces Compensation Scheme casework; financial awareness lectures for Phase 2 trainees; regional casework support across UK and overseas naval bases; financial wellbeing and debt management coaching Custom geography from upload: UK

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Over 4,500 members of the naval community supported in 2023/24, including serving personnel, veterans and families
Key Metric 2 Over £325,000 successfully claimed for beneficiaries through the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
Key Metric 3 Assisted around half of all Royal Navy and Royal Marines service leavers with resettlement and civilian employment support

Key Outcomes

  • 20 financial awareness lectures delivered to 686 Phase 2 trainees across naval training establishments in 2023/24
  • New full-time Scotland regional manager doubled casework support for naval personnel compared to the previous part-time service
  • Proactive outreach now reaching 80% of medically discharged personnel to offer support, alongside expansion to naval personnel in Bahrain and submarine build sites at Barrow

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Impact Snapshot
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8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
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CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
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95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
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149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities
Impact Snapshot
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£240,370 raised and 336 local children directly impacted during the charity's 25th anniversary year (2025/26)
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Over 4,250 families supported and more than 9,500 children's lives improved since the charity was founded
Key Metric 3
At the point of referral, 83% of families were experiencing mental health issues, 46% domestic abuse, and 88% reported feeling isolated
Early intervention support helped families move from crisis toward stability, with case studies showing improved parental confidence and safer home environments for children