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Trustees' Annual Report and Financial Statements 2023-24

GamCare operates the National Gambling Helpline and delivers treatment and prevention across Great Britain. In 2023-24, the helpline handled 55,228 calls and chats (up 25%), referring 7,524 people to treatment. Regional services delivered 9,121 structured treatment sessions with an average 2.1-day wait. Prevention programmes reached 64,937 people including 52,194 young people. Total income was £18.8m with 248 average staff.

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About

National Gambling Helpline (24/7); adult treatment (CBT and motivational interviewing); children and young people's programme; women's programme; criminal justice programme; armed forces pilot; money guidance service; online peer support forums; EmpowerMe self-guided tool

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 55,228 calls and online chats to the National Gambling Helpline in 2023-24 — up 25% on prior year
Key Metric 2 9,121 structured treatment sessions delivered; average wait of 2.1 days from referral to first contact
Key Metric 3 64,937 people reached through prevention programmes, including 52,194 young people and 10,344 professionals

Key Outcomes

  • 87% of clients successfully completed treatment; 100% said they would recommend GamCare to someone else; average PGSI score dropped from 14.1 pre-treatment to 2.8 post-treatment
  • 93% of those who completed treatment felt it brought about a positive change in their circumstances; helpline rated 4.89/5 by clients
  • 19 UK banks now offer gambling blocks as a direct result of GamCare's Gambling Related Financial Harm initiative since 2019; Monzo's block prevented £7.5m in gambling transactions in 2023

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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Key Metric 1
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
Key Metric 2
1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
Key Metric 3
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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Key Metric 1
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