Health & Wellbeing Poverty & Inclusion 2024
British Red Cross

Annual Report and Accounts 2024

The British Red Cross is the UK's largest independent provider of services to refugees and people seeking asylum, supporting a record 43,600+ people in 2024. Across health and care, it helped 76,200 people live independently at home. It deployed crisis response teams across the UK three times a day on average, reached 3.4 million people through humanitarian education, and — via its global Red Cross Movement — reached 2.5 million people internationally across conflicts and disasters in over 100 countries including Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan and Ethiopia.

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43,600+ refugees and people seeking asylum supported in the UK (a record); 76,200 supported to live independently at home Key Metric 1
Total income £287.1m; total expenditure £310.3m; 2.5 million people supported internationally across 100+ countries Key Metric 2
Crisis response deployed on average 3 times a day every day; 3.4 million people reached by humanitarian education Key Metric 3
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UK refugee and destitution support (43,600+ people inc. 700+ unaccompanied children); health and care services (44,600 hospital-to-home resettlements; 19,000+ patient transport journeys); 24/7 UK emergency crisis response; international humanitarian response across Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Ethiopia, Bangladesh and 100+ countries; family tracing (7,600 people); 290 family reunions; community education and first aid training Custom geography from upload: UK & International

📊Key Metrics

43,600+ refugees and people seeking asylum supported in the UK (a record); 76,200 supported to live independently at home Key Metric 1
Total income £287.1m; total expenditure £310.3m; 2.5 million people supported internationally across 100+ countries Key Metric 2
Crisis response deployed on average 3 times a day every day; 3.4 million people reached by humanitarian education Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Secured key policy change to reinstate access to the asylum system, effectively reversing the Illegal Migration Act
  • Emergency hospital admissions reduced by 57% for High Intensity Use clients; 89% improved ability to manage own health
  • 75% of hospital discharge clients remained at home and avoided care home admission; 78% of refugee clients said basic needs were met

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