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Annual Report and Accounts 2025/26

The Children's Trust is the UK's leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability. From its national specialist centre in Tadworth, Surrey, home to the largest children's neurorehabilitation service of its kind in the UK, it provides rehabilitation, education, care and community support. In 2025/26, 415 children and young people accessed one or more of its services. 85% of the children and young people it supports returned to their family home with no or only minor adaptations, and 91% of school-aged children returned to their previous educational setting.

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Residential neurorehabilitation at its national specialist centre in Tadworth, Surrey, where 75 children and young people received intensive rehabilitation in 2025/26; The Children's Trust School for children with complex learning, health and therapy needs (47 pupils); the Community Rehabilitation Service, offering therapy, advice and transition support at home, in school and online; the Brain Injury Hub and Bumps Happen information resources for families; neurotechnology such as the Innowalk and anti-gravity hoists; and the F-Words Life Wheel, which helps children and families set the rehabilitation goals that matter most to them.

Key Metrics

415 Children and young people who accessed one or more services
85% Of children and young people supported who returned to their family home with no or only minor adaptations
91% Of school-aged children who returned to their previous educational setting

Key Outcomes

  • 100% of school-aged children discharged from rehabilitation had an education placement confirmed.
  • 96% of families said they would recommend The Children's Trust to friends, family or other parents if they needed similar care or support.
  • 82% of children at The Children's Trust School met or exceeded their goals in communication and cognitive development.

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