Annual Report 2024/25

The Christie Charity supports The Christie NHS Foundation Trust — one of the world's leading cancer centres — by funding research, clinical care, patient services and education beyond NHS tariffs. In 2024/25 they raised £20.8m, committed £14m to a state-of-the-art Total Body PET-CT scanner, and supported 49,000 active supporters across mass participation events, legacy giving and corporate partnerships.

Report snapshot
£20.8m raised in 2024/25 (up from £17.4m in 2023/24) Key Metric 1
£9.6m raised from 176 legacy gifts; £14m committed to new Total Body PET-CT scanner Key Metric 2
49,000 active supporters; 3,857 running participants (doubled in 3 years); 83p in every £1 goes directly to patients Key Metric 3
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Cancer research funding, clinical care, patient wellbeing services, complementary therapy, art therapy, MyChristie-MyHealth digital patient monitoring, clinical research fellowships, staff education and development Custom geography from upload: Greater Manchester

📊Key Metrics

£20.8m raised in 2024/25 (up from £17.4m in 2023/24) Key Metric 1
£9.6m raised from 176 legacy gifts; £14m committed to new Total Body PET-CT scanner Key Metric 2
49,000 active supporters; 3,857 running participants (doubled in 3 years); 83p in every £1 goes directly to patients Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • MyChristie-MyHealth ePROMs system reduces clinician time on routine reviews by up to 23% and enables earlier symptom detection
  • £2.4m committed to Research 2030 strategy; goal to treble patients participating in research and grow pipeline of research leaders
  • Art room refurbished for £432,000; complementary therapy expanded to Macclesfield and Oldham; animal therapy introduced for young patients

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2026

Impact Report Year Ending April 2026

2,829 children, parents, siblings and grandparents supported; 506 families with a child in treatment
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220 bereaved families supported; 424 individuals on 93 boat trips; 692 individuals in 165 cabin breaks
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£71,935 unlocked in essential support; 1,320 social work hours; 188 creative therapy sessions and 271 counselling sessions delivered
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Families show average 0.7 point improvement across five Mo's Outcomes after support begins; biggest gains in social participation and accessing emotional support
2025

Closer to a Cure — 15 Years of Impact

£23.2m awarded to research since 2009; £18.2m directly to Centres of Excellence; Centres leveraged additional £23.2m — total £46.4m contribution to national investment
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5 Centres of Excellence funded across UK; 39 PhD students supported; 260 research personnel supported; 167 publications underpinned
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130+ research projects supported through Funded Initiatives; 23 novel therapies reviewed by BTR-NTA; BRAIN UK tissue bank holds 210,000+ cases and has supplied 26,000+ samples to 110+ studies
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Blood test for high-grade brain tumours granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation (2023); Barts Brain Tumour Centre grew from zero clinical trials in 2019 to running the most brain tumour clinical trials of any UK neuro-oncology centre in 2024