Our finances

Our Annual Report and Accounts celebrate our achievements over the last financial year.

Financial highlights 2025/2026

Revenue grew by 4% as activity levels continued a steady advance across all areas that Crimestoppers operates in. Costs also rose, by a larger amount of 5%, and despite a strong culture of seeking best value for services in all areas in which we operate. As a result the surplus remained at a healthy level of £607k, allowing free reserves to be again be strengthened, rising to £3.8m

Income from charitable activities again rose, together with a rise in both donations and intangible income. The latter demonstrates the strong relationships Crimestoppers has built with partners, meaning they are willing to support the charity by providing pro bono support. Investment income grew by 24% to £163k, showing the fruits of the revised investment policy that was put in place during the year.

Continued investment was made in the core database that supports our work with both Police and commercial partners, the goal being to continually improve the service offered.

The demand for our service from partners and supporters is good as we head into the 26/27 financial year with the level of reserves held giving confidence that Crimestoppers remains a strong partner to work with.

“A steady growth in income across all our activity was pleasing, which together with continued good cost control has enabled a healthy financial surplus to be achieved. That this has happened at a time of increasing demand from the public for our core service shows good financial management in place at the charity.

“Our charitable work has remained strong with a network of Regional Managers in place to support police forces, aided by a volunteer team working with a network of volunteers operating across the country. It is the good financial performance that allows this essential work to continue.

“At a time of continued financial difficulty for the charity sector, we are pleased to be a secure partner to all those with whom we work, and we remain grateful for their support.

“Despite a small fall in income, largely attributable to a reduction in marketing support revenue, the financial outcome was again good. Particularly pleasing was the growth in Integrity Line income, which rose to an all-time high of £1.6m. This demonstrates the strong partnerships we have built up with clients across the commercial, charitable and statutory sectors.

“Such strong income, combined with good control of costs, has allowed our charitable activities to grow - notably volunteer support, our Fearless youth brand and the network of Regional Managers who provide support to police forces.

“Our financial strength has again grown, enabling all those we work with to be certain of our ability to continue to provide our unique service.”

Steve Mann, Director of Finance at Crimestoppers

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How we are funded

At Crimestoppers, we rely heavily on generating income from our supporters, trusts and foundations and the public through donations and funding. Together, we share a central goal of making our communities and workplaces safe and secure.

We want you to feel confident that we’re spending our money wisely. That’s why we’re committed to being open about how we're funded and managed.

Who are our supporters?

• our corporate partners, who pay for a range of specialist services
• our generous individual donors
• our brilliant volunteers, who give their time and energy
• community partners and police, who share their information with us.

Partnerships

There may be times when information received by Crimestoppers is passed on to our trusted partner organisations. Crimestoppers will only share this information to help keep communities and workplaces safe.

Our partners are crucial to our work. In addition to valuable financial support, our anonymous reporting services gives organisations and public sector bodies important intelligence. This helps them better prevent and disrupt criminal activities.

Law enforcement community

The support we receive from the Home Office, Police and Crime Commissioners and local constabularies is vital to our success in encouraging more people to speak up and stop crime. They help our tailored campaigns tackle specific types of crimes at a local level.

Find out more about how we are funded:

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