Annual Report and Financial Statements 2024/25

Women's Health Matters is a Leeds-based charity supporting disadvantaged and marginalised women and girls to live safe and healthy lives. Their 2024/25 annual report covers direct work with 1,702 women and girls across 26 services, including domestic violence support, art therapy, maternity advocacy, digital inclusion and peer support. All services are free of charge and delivered with a trauma-informed, woman-centred approach.

Report snapshot
1,702 women and girls worked with directly in 2024/25 (up from 1,554 the previous year) Key Metric 1
979 group sessions, 1,744 one-to-one sessions and 164 crèche sessions delivered Key Metric 2
311 children directly supported; a further 1,226 children impacted indirectly Key Metric 3
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📋About

26 services delivered including: Leeds Domestic Violence Service; North London Rape Crisis (outreach); Art Therapy; Breastfeeding Peer Support; Pregnancy Choices Advocacy; Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership; Digital Support and Inclusion; Emergency Fund and Product Bank; Rainbow Hearts; Rosebuds; Growing Together; Inside Out; Women's Lives Leeds; professional training and workshops; volunteering and student placements Custom geography from upload: Leeds

📊Key Metrics

1,702 women and girls worked with directly in 2024/25 (up from 1,554 the previous year) Key Metric 1
979 group sessions, 1,744 one-to-one sessions and 164 crèche sessions delivered Key Metric 2
311 children directly supported; a further 1,226 children impacted indirectly Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 100% of staff reported feeling confident in the leadership and direction of the organisation, valued in their contributions, and would recommend WHM as a good place to work
  • Over half of women intensively supported live in the top 3% most deprived wards in England; almost all live in the 20% most deprived wards — services reaching those most in need
  • 1,376 women and girls accessed intensive group and 1-to-1 support (up from 1,219 the previous year), with a further 326 reached through lighter-touch support

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2025

Annual Report 2024/25

£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
MyChristie-MyHealth ePROMs system reduces clinician time on routine reviews by up to 23% and enables earlier symptom detection
2026

Impact Report Year Ending April 2026

2,829 children, parents, siblings and grandparents supported; 506 families with a child in treatment
Key Metric 1
220 bereaved families supported; 424 individuals on 93 boat trips; 692 individuals in 165 cabin breaks
Key Metric 2
£71,935 unlocked in essential support; 1,320 social work hours; 188 creative therapy sessions and 271 counselling sessions delivered
Key Metric 3
Families show average 0.7 point improvement across five Mo's Outcomes after support begins; biggest gains in social participation and accessing emotional support