Fundraising Charity of the Year (Large) 2025

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH)

In April 2021 and emerging out of the pandemic GOSH charity launched a fundraising strategy which set out an ambitious pathway to grow our sustainable net income.

The need to raise £300m for a Children’s Cancer Centre saw the launch of the biggest appeal in the charity’s history, the ‘Build it. Beat it’ appeal.

In just three years we made significant progress, and our net income has exceeded our projections by £25 million overall, all whilst investing to grow our fundraising team and activities, and securing pledges that enabled us to reach the halfway mark of £150 million for our appeal in October 2023.

In 2023/24 our charity’s income hit £131.2 million, the highest in our history. This was supported by an incredible fundraising income of £117.6 million, up 68% from £70 million in 2021/22. Of this £82 million was net income, compared to £50 million in 2020/21.

These incredible results were driven by a phenomenal level of teamwork, ambition and collaboration.

The judges said "We were very impressed at the planning, focus and exceptional results of the GOSH. Across all categories the performance of the team was absolutely exceptional, and it was clear that these results could only have been achieved by the different teams working closely together. It is often hard for large established charities to engage with donors for major projects and to find new and engaging ways to speak to the heart of their donors, however you did with great skill and the results speak for themselves."