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Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25

The Children's Trust is the UK's leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability, providing rehabilitation, education and community services from its national specialist centre in Tadworth, Surrey. In 2024–25 it supported 406 children and young people, achieved a £1.5m surplus, won Rehab Outcome of the Year, and delivered the UK's first paediatric trial of a robotic rehabilitation device. Its Outstanding-rated school returned 88% of pupils to their previous educational setting.

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About

Residential neurorehabilitation at national specialist centre in Tadworth, Surrey; The Children's Trust School (Ofsted Outstanding, ages 2–19); Community Rehabilitation Service offering digital resources, virtual consultations and outreach packages; neurotechnology programme including ROBERT® robotic device trial and anti-gravity hoists; Sensory Careers Project for students with profound learning difficulties

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 406 children and young people accessed one or more services across residential rehabilitation, school and community programmes
Key Metric 2 88% of school-aged children who underwent rehabilitation were able to return to their previous educational setting
Key Metric 3 92% of families would recommend The Children's Trust to others needing similar care or treatment

Key Outcomes

  • 100% of school-age children discharged from rehabilitation had an education placement confirmed for their next step, and 200 rehabilitation goals were achieved 'as expected' or above
  • Named winners of Rehab Outcome of the Year at the 2024 Neuro Rehab Times Awards, with judges praising the use of evidenced-based tools and prolific range of improved rehabilitation outcomes
  • Delivered the UK's first paediatric trial of the ROBERT® robotic device for upper and lower limb early rehabilitation, with results suggesting it could assist passive range of motion in the earliest stages of recovery

Geography

South East

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
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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