Our strategy
Hope Across London
Our vision is to bring hope to every one of our patients across London, when they need us most, where they need us most. Our mission is to use everything we know, our specialist skills and unmatched experience to save lives and ensure the best outcomes for every one of our patients and their families. Our new 15 year strategy sets out our ambitious aims to make sure we can achieve this.
That’s because traumatic injury is the biggest killer of people under the age of 40 in the UK and every day in London there are six people who need our help.
Whatever the cause of your injury, we’re the only ones who can get to you in time to make a difference. We perform hospital-level surgery at the scene, bringing hope that we can save a life and change the outcome for you, your family and your loved ones.
Thanks to your support, wherever and whenever we’re needed, we’ll be there via helicopter or rapid response car. We’re here for London and here for you, today, tomorrow and always.
Annual Review
Our Annual Review documents our key achievements and milestones from the previous financial year. Within, you’ll find comments from our CEO and chair, our key mission data, patient stories, highlights and more.
For previous Annual Reviews, see below:
Annual Accounts
A copy of our latest audited accounts is available for download below:
For previous annual accounts, see below:
Investment Strategy
For every £1 we spend on raising funds, we generated £3 in income.
With the aim of doubling the income of the charity in the next five years to safeguard its future, we have made substantial investment in fundraising in the past year and will continue to invest in fundraising over the coming years.
For every pound of spending, 47p* was spent delivering our service and 53p went towards fundraising. This follows a strategic decision to invest significantly in growing individual giving (including lottery) over the coming years. This requires upfront funding to recruit new supporters to provide long-term, sustainable income.
Our Charitable Spending Ratio** as calculated by the charity Commission BETA version is 60% (2017/18 78%). This is calculated as charitable spending (including governance costs) as a percentage of our income available for charitable spending.
* The charitable costs of the clinical provision are not included within these figures.
** Calculated using the methodology published by the Charity Commission on the BETA version – beta.charitycommission.gov.uk