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How Your Money is Spent

Having fled persecution in Myanmar, best friends Rahina and Khurshida now live one of the largest refugee camps in the world.

How your money is spent

Your support is changing children's lives around the world

With the help of amazing supporters like you, we’re working with children in some of the world’s poorest communities, to give every child the same chance in life.

Your gifts reach us in a number of different ways. While much of our income comes from supporters who sponsor a child, we also receive donations and grants, work with corporate partners, and benefit from long-term relationships with trusts and major donors. 

Our income for the year to 30 June 2023 was £74.6 million. Of our expenditure, we used 87% to fund our programme activities around the world, including our emergency response work and longer-term development projects.

WHAT WE SPENT MONEY ON IN 2022/23

87% WAS SPENT ON CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AND 13% WAS ON RAISING FUNDS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. OF THE CHARITABLE SPEND:

*A social impact investment in a leading provider of high-quality, gender inclusive, social development services

“I love my teacher and friends as they help me a lot”, says sponsored child Len Sokha, 10 (left). Plan International supports children’s education in Cambodia where Len Sokha and her best friend Sok Na live.

Our annual report

To find out more about our income and how it's used, including details of our work and its impact around the world, read our latest Trustees' Annual Report.

Photo of a group of girls in Mali

INVESTING IN SOCIAL IMPACT

We continue to invest in Development Works Ltd, an enterprise established by Plan International UK to implement projects within the development sector, drawing on the organisation’s global reach and in-house expertise. 

In March 2020 we also announced our new social impact investment in Social Development Direct (SDDirect), a leading provider of high-quality, gender inclusive, social development services. A first for Plan International UK, this type of investment will enable us to have an even greater impact globally. Discover more on the SDDirect website.

Being Responsible and Trustworthy

Being Responsible and Trustworthy

We’re accountable to the children and communities we work with, as well as to our sponsors, supporters and donors, who make our work possible.

We’re committed to making sure our finances are clear and honest, and adhere to international standards across our work.

Leam with her baby daughter in Cambodia

'I'm earning money to support myself'

In Cambodia, Leam – who was married while she was just a teenager – is bringing up her daughter alone. Having left school young, she didn’t know how she’d be able to support her family. Then she joined a training scheme with Plan International and trained to become a tailor. Now she runs her own business from home.

“I'm earning a bit of money to support myself. And with a one-year-old daughter, it's an advantage to be able to work from home,” she says.

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Our work

WE'RE DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND GAINING EQUALITY FOR GIRLS EVERYWHERE