Our Annual report for the year ending 31 March 2025.

Support and services  

• We supported 4.6 million disabled people through our services, online advice, and community forums.  
• We supported over 2,000 disabled people to move closer to employment. Nearly 400 secured jobs. And 68% were still in work after 6 months.  
• We supported tens of thousands of disabled people with our energy advice services, helping them stay safe and warm while managing rising energy costs.  

Campaigning and influencing  

• We launched the Cost of Cuts campaign. Our petition to protect Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reached 100,000 signatures. This strong sector response, led by Scope, influenced the Government to drop proposed plans to freeze or means test Personal Independence Payment (PIP). This is a major win that protects this essential benefit for millions of disabled people. 
• We advocated for discounted energy bills (a social tariff). Our research was cited in Parliament and influencing policy debate.  

Community engagement  

• We grew our membership to 2,475 and welcomed more young members.  
• Over 3,000 disabled people and carers took part in our Community Engagement and Youth Community Collective work. Together, they helped shape change in their communities by joining over 170 local meetups across the UK 
• We opened our Leeds Community Hub. 

Partnerships and growth  

• In May 2024, we proudly joined forces with PurpleSpace. PurpleSpace is a global network supporting over 4,500 disability network leaders across 163 organisations in more than 60 countries. Together, we’re building confidence and creating inclusive workplaces. 
• This year, we were proud to receive funding from Postcode Care Trust, raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, which has supported our helpline during a time of rising demand. 
• We launched a groundbreaking 3 year partnership with Evri. We are delighted to be working with Evri to help them realise their ambition to become the UK’s most accessible parcel delivery company. 
• Our continued collaboration with Deloitte has helped us to push forward our work on digital inclusion. 

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI)  

• We launched our race equity action plan  
• Over 80% of colleagues completed EDI and accessibility training.  
• 23.75% of colleagues at Scope identify as disabled. 17.73% as Black, Asian, or minority ethnic and 13.22% as LGBTQ+.  

In 2024 to 2025, we raised £44.0 million.

We are funded through: 

• our shops and online store 
• public donations  
• corporate partnerships  
• government grants and fees  
• trusts and philanthropy. 

2025 to 2026 will be another year of change at Scope. We know that if we do not change, we will not create an equal future with the 1 in 4 of us who are disabled. To make a real impact, we need to approach our work in new and different ways. We will be more agile, flexible and responsive to a changing world. We will focus on doing fewer, bigger things better. And we will be laser focused on our goals.  

Ending the disability price tag  

We will work towards ending the disability price tag by continuing to challenge government’s proposed cuts to benefits and by continuing to play an active role in government reviews, working with disabled people to share our positive vision for PIP.  

We will continue our campaigning for discounted energy bills. And work to secure support for emergency energy services.  

Closing the disability employment gap  

Our employment services seek to transform the experience of disabled job seekers and will provide evidence of best practice so that we can influence government. We want to make sure that government plans for employment support make a real difference to reduce the disability employment gap.  

We will continue to work with our partners and through PurpleSpace to influence employers to improve the workplace for disabled people.  

Transforming attitudes  

Last year we focused on research to ensure that our work would be impact driven and based on evidence. This work is giving us valuable insight that will inform our future work.