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Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF)

Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25

The Royal Medical Benevolent Fund supports doctors, medical students and their families facing hardship through grants, money advice, mental health services and mentoring. In 2024-25, 281 beneficiaries were helped including 240 receiving direct financial support; £467,738 in grants was awarded; specialist money advice secured £77,546 in additional statutory benefits; 326 doctors self-referred to DocHealth for mental health support; and 119 medical students received online money advice. Total income: £1.8m; reserves: £38m.

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Financial grants (living costs, equipment, disability adaptations, back-to-work); DocHealth confidential psychotherapeutic service (mental health for doctors); specialist money and debt advice; telephone befriending; coach-mentoring; Medical Student Programme (hardship grants); Refugee Doctors Programme (GMC registration support); online wellbeing platform; volunteering network

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 281 beneficiaries helped in 2024-25; £467,738 in grants awarded to 240 directly supported; £556,803 total value of support secured including statutory benefits

Key Metric 2 326 doctors self-referred to DocHealth confidential mental health service; 119 medical students received specialist online money advice

Key Metric 3 £77,546 in statutory benefits secured for beneficiaries; £11,519 in debt savings secured; 200+ volunteers including coach-mentors and medical student fundraisers; 150,000 website visits

Key Outcomes

Grants available for doctors, retired doctors, medical students and their dependants across the UK; Refugee Doctors Programme supports qualifying and securing NHS training posts
Medical Student Programme provides hardship grants for those facing unexpected illness, disability or bereavement during training; website relaunched with eligibility checker and video explainer
Total income £1.8m; reserves £38m (majority invested); President's Appeal raised £74,299; joint portal doctorshelp.org.uk established; branding refresh completed to reduce stigma and raise awareness

Geography

UK-Wide

Organisation Free

Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF) Registered Charity

Year 2025

Sector Health & Wellbeing

Geography UK-Wide

Category Health & Wellbeing

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