Annual Report and Financial Statements 2024-25

Solace Women's Aid marked its 50th anniversary in 2024-25, supporting 7,130 people directly and touching 24,394 lives. With £15.8m income and 19 refuges across London, the report highlights growth in prevention services, a new survivor Shadow Board, award-winning campaigning, and expanded support for women experiencing multiple disadvantage.

Report snapshot
7,130 adults and children supported in frontline services; work touched 24,394 lives in total Key Metric 1
817 women and children across 19 refuges and 71 move-on spaces; income of £15.8 million Key Metric 2
4,453 people trained to recognise and respond to abuse; 147 active volunteers giving 7,280 hours Key Metric 3
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📋About

Refuge accommodation, community advice and advocacy, rape crisis service, therapeutic counselling, children and young people's services, sexual violence advocacy, Housing First, training

📊Key Metrics

7,130 adults and children supported in frontline services; work touched 24,394 lives in total Key Metric 1
817 women and children across 19 refuges and 71 move-on spaces; income of £15.8 million Key Metric 2
4,453 people trained to recognise and respond to abuse; 147 active volunteers giving 7,280 hours Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Launched Shadow Board of survivor experts to embed lived experience in organisational decisions
  • 'No More Injury Time' Euros 2024 campaign achieved 1.75 billion reach across 96 pieces of coverage
  • Supported 88 local authorities with Women's Rough Sleeping Census 2024, hearing experiences of 1,104 women

📍Geography

London

2024 Enhanced

The Felix Project Impact Report 2024

Nearly 16,000 tonnes of food redistributed — equivalent to 38 million meals — to over 1,200 community organisations across London
Key Metric 1
London's largest food redistribution charity, operating from four depots and Felix's Kitchen, rescuing surplus food from the food industry and delivering it to community organisations feeding people experiencing hunger
Key Metric 2
Rescuing and redistributing surplus food, preparing meals in Felix's Kitchen, launching Felix's Multibank for non-food items, farm rescue, and policy work to drive systemic change
Key Metric 3
18% more food redistributed than 2023; over 13,000 volunteers welcomed; 145 new community organisations added to delivery routes
2024

Annual Report 2023/24

1,039 tonnes of food redistributed (883 surplus); equivalent to 2.47 million meals provided to vulnerable people
Key Metric 1
2,186.5 tonnes of CO2 emissions saved; 201 charities and community organisations supported across South and West Wales; 67 organisations supported in North Wales via FareShare Merseyside
Key Metric 2
133 volunteers gave 13,973 hours; 31 corporate volunteer days hosted; Investing in Volunteers accreditation achieved for first time
Key Metric 3
86% of member organisations report increased demand for services; 82% seeing people accessing support for the first time; 72% say FareShare Cymru food enabled them to support more people