Financial transparency
How much money did our charity fundraise? And how did we spend it to help children to survive and thrive?
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
We are extremely grateful to all our supporters for their continued generosity across all areas of our work, despite these challenging times. We are committed to ensuring our income is used efficiently, effectively and responsibly by making every pound count.
Our total income in 2025 was £262 million and our total spend was £276 million, a decrease of £43 million and £33 million respectively on the previous year.
OUR INCOME
Our 2025 income of £262 million comprised £180 million of restricted income for specific programmes, and unrestricted income of £82 million, which is flexible funding, from supporters, partners and donors.
The diagram shows our income broken down by source.
OUR EXPENDITURE
Our total expenditure in 2025 was £276 million, a decrease of £33 million on the previous year. We spent £234m on charitable activities including programming and advocacy across the world and in the UK, £39m on raising funds and £3m on other costs.
The diagram below shows our charitable expenditure broken down by thematic areas.
HOW WE SPEND MONEY ON GLOBAL PROGRAMMES
In 2025, the Save the Children global movement directly supported 37.8 million children in 92 countries around the world. Save the Children UK supported the global movement in 37 countries in 2025. We provided technical expertise, funding, strategic and governance support, advocacy, programme management and humanitarian response work. We also supported staff, partners and the wider humanitarian sector with capacity-strengthening programmes.
International Aid Transparency
We strive for the highest level of transparency in our reporting so our supporters can hold us to account. Since 2012, we have voluntarily published timely, detailed and comparable information on our programme spend through the International Aid Transparency Initiative, which is accessible to all our donors and supporters.
Page last updated June 2025
