How your money is helping

We rely on donations to continue our life-changing work. To help make a difference to people living with sight loss, in 2023 it costs:

1. £73.9 million to provide our guide dog service.
2. £12 million to provide our other services for adults, such as My Life Skills.
3. £9.5 million to provide our wide range of services for children, young people and families.

How your generous donations helped in 2023

• In 2023 we created 469 new guide dog partnerships and supported 3,789 existing guide dog and buddy dog partnerships.
• We provided support through digital information and advice 2 million times.
• We provided expert information and advice through more than 54,599 calls to our Guide Line.
• We provided 10,292 My Life Skills interventions for adults.
• We helped children with a vision impairment to learn essential life skills 4,933 times, so they can navigate the world around them confidently and safely.
• We delivered our Guide Dogs My Time to Play sessions to 1,052 children and family members.
• We supported families 790 times through our Family Support and Education Support services.
• We delivered 6,779 tailor-made large print books enabling children with sight loss to enjoy reading just like their friends.
• We supported 518 children with technology – either with an iPad or a grant for more specialised accessible technology.
  
• We supported 311 active buddy dog partnerships.
  

How we spend your money

Breakdown of a pound in 2023

For every £1 spent, Guide Dogs spends:

• 59.2p goes to providing guide dogs and other adult services.
• 8.6p goes to campaigning and raising awareness.
• 6.6p goes to providing children and young people’s services.
• 0.3p goes to research and development.
• 25.3p goes to generating income, including trading activities.

Further information

You can find an accessible version of the breakdown of the pound as well as more detailed information on how we spend our money in our annual review and report.