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Impact Report 2024/2025

Noah's Ark Children's Hospice supports babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions and their families across North London. In 2024-25, 1,310 people were supported including 381 children, 539 parents and 390 siblings; 30,636 hours of clinical care were delivered; 2,147 hours of creative therapy provided (up 62%); 120 bereaved families supported; and 7,167 volunteer hours contributed. Home care visits increased 46%; end-of-life care at home grew 859%. The Cabin bereavement suite opened; second holiday lodge purchased. Hospice UK Team of the Year 2024.

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Clinical nursing and specialist care (home, community, inpatient); Family Link workers (dedicated to each family); creative therapies (music, art, drama); specialist play; hydrotherapy; occupational therapy; bereavement support (The Cabin counselling suite); family activities (66 events); Perinatal Support (Hospice Midwife); Transition service (to age 25); holiday lodges (Mersea Island); end-of-life and Butterfly Suite care; volunteering programme Custom geography from upload: North London (Barnet, Camden, Haringey, Enfield, Islington, Hertsmere)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 1,310 people supported including 381 children, 539 parents/carers and 390 siblings; 30,636 hours of clinical care delivered
Key Metric 2 2,147 hours of creative therapy (up 62%); 120 bereaved families supported with 1,035 bereavement counselling hours; 172 volunteers gave 7,167 hours
Key Metric 3 Home care visits increased 46% to 1,198; end-of-life care hours at home increased 859%; 179 overnight stays at The Ark (up 44%); 35 families went on free holiday

Key Outcomes

  • CQC Outstanding rating (2023); Hospice UK Team of the Year 2024; Investing in Volunteers status (one of only 2 children's hospices); Third Sector Unsung Hero Award (Housekeeping Manager Debs)
  • The Cabin external bereavement counselling suite opened May 2024; second accessible holiday lodge purchased September 2024; bereaved sibling group attendance up 94%; joint nursing role with GOSH shortlisted for Nursing Times Awards
  • Perinatal Support launched 2024 — one of only 4 hospices in UK with Hospice Midwife; Life Links young people's group launched for ages 14-18; 'Exploring Together' bereavement workshops launched; 86 staff (up from 60 in 2022); Rainbow Pregnancy Group established

Geography

London

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...
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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
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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