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Bowel Cancer UK Annual Report and Financial Statements 2024

Bowel Cancer UK is the UK's leading bowel cancer charity. Their 2024 annual report covers 4.3 million moments of support delivered, £6.6m raised, roadshows reaching 6,300 people across 10 cities, nearly £500,000 in new research grants, and the launch of their Tell Your GP Instead behaviour change campaign.

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About

Tell Your GP Instead behaviour change campaign, UK roadshows, Ask the Nurse service, Peer Support Line, online forum and Facebook groups, research grants, GP education programme, policy and campaigning work, awareness partnerships

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Over 4.3 million moments of support delivered and £6.6m raised in 2024
Key Metric 2 UK's leading bowel cancer charity working to save lives through early diagnosis, research, patient support and policy change — bowel cancer is the UK's second biggest cancer killer
Key Metric 3 Raising awareness of symptoms and screening, funding early detection research, supporting patients and families, and campaigning for better diagnosis and treatment

Key Outcomes

  • Roadshows reached 6,300+ people across 24 sites in 10 UK cities, targeting areas with high deprivation and low screening uptake
  • Nearly £500,000 in new research grants awarded — every £1 levered a further £8 of research investment
  • 28,000+ people completed the online symptoms quiz during Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

Geography

UK-Wide

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
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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
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3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25
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1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
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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
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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