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Annual Report and Accounts 2022/23

GOSH Charity supports Great Ormond Street Hospital with research funding, equipment and family support services. In 2022/23, total income reached a then-record £108m — a 45% increase — driven by increased direct gifts, the launch of the public Children's Cancer Centre appeal, and 250,000+ regular givers. The Christmas campaign saw a 170% increase in digital income. Building plans for the £300m Children's Cancer Centre progressed significantly. A cost-of-living hardship fund was launched for hospital staff and families. Organisational redesign and research strategy implementation continued.

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Research funding (National Funding Call for rare disease research); Children's Cancer Centre fundraising appeal (Build it. Beat it. — public phase launched 2023); medical equipment funding; family support services; staff development (Learning Academy); cost-of-living hardship fund (staff and families); Citizens Advice partnership for family benefits access; patient and family experience Custom geography from upload: UK-wide (HQ London)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Total income £108m in 2022/23 — record at the time (45% increase from £74.5m); £44.7m from direct gifts (up £15.8m); £31m from legacies; 250,000+ regular givers
Key Metric 2 Strong year for research strategy implementation — increase in quality of responses to National Funding Call; children's Cancer Centre building plans and permissions progressed; GOSH Learning Academy funding released for education and development
Key Metric 3 170% increase in income from digital channels in Christmas campaign; public appeal for Children's Cancer Centre launched via TCS London Marathon charity of the year partnership; hardship fund launched for hospital staff and families during cost-of-living crisis

Key Outcomes

  • Record income year; Christmas 2022 campaign raised significantly more than prior year; TCS London Marathon charity of the year partnership launched public appeal; Citizens Advice partnership helped families access benefits during cost-of-living crisis
  • Plans for Children's Cancer Centre became reality — building permissions and state-of-the-art equipment identified; new research strategy implementation year; organisational redesign to better deliver strategy; increased regular giving activity
  • Total expenditure £69.1m in 2022/23 vs £59.2m prior year; fundraising investment increased; 900 fundraising complaints (up 244 — attributable to significantly increased face-to-face activity); Sandeep Katwala retired after 6+ years on board; Thomas Fitzgerald joined Investment Committee; charity reg. 235825

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
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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...
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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...
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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
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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
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£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
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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