We’ve crunched the numbers and are delighted to present our Impact Report Summary for 2025.
Since 1992 we have extended grants totaling nearly £4.37 million to support over 47,235 young people participating in over 3,240 expeditions.
In 2025 we supported 142 expeditions, 3,285 participants with grants totalling £369,307 – our best year ever!
- 77 cadet expeditions benefitting 2,053 cadets and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers with grants totalling £221,585.
- 39 reservist expeditions benefitting 529 reservists with grants totalling £68,097.
- 26 Officer Cadet (OCdt) expeditions benefitting 653 OCdts with grants totalling £79,625.
- Approximately 37.2% of Ulysses Trust grants supported disadvantaged.
Note: The Trust’s funding model is built on partnership. Our grants are designed to support expeditions, not replace a unit’s responsibility to secure funding from a range of sources. For example, in 2025 our grants covered 25.5% of the total cost of the cadet expeditions we supported, with the remaining funding coming from other sources.
This condensed Impact Report provides a succinct overview of our grant-making in 2025. It includes the results of our annual Impact Measurement survey, based on feedback from 118 Commanding Officers and Unit Leaders of the 128 expeditions we supported that deployed in 2025. This survey aims to assess the impact of the expedition experience on the individuals and units taking part. The headline results for 2025 are that the expeditions supported by the Ulysses Trust had a:
+ 100% positive impact on individuals
+ 100% positive impact on units
+ 100% positive impact on mental health & wellbeing
+ 93% positive impact on tackling economic inequality
+ 81% positive impact on climate change
A more detailed and comprehensive version of our Impact Report (edition 34) will be published later in 2026.
In the meantime, please see the attached .pdf below for further details.