Pearl, 16, is head girl at her school in rural Zimbabwe, where chronic underfunding and climate shocks are threatening girls’ futures.

Where your money goes

Thanks to the amazing generosity of our supporters, we’re able to have a big impact on the lives of the women and girls we work with.

Our aim is to make sure your donations go as far as possible.

Our audited 2026 figures will be available in June 2027.

How we invested your money in 2025

In 2025, ActionAid in the UK spent £48.3 million, 76% of which was on charitable activities.

Our charitable activities include grants to the ActionAid Federation, emergency and humanitarian work, campaigning and policy influencing in the UK and overseas. The focus of these activities is to enable people living in poverty to hold governments and companies to account, to improve the quality of public education, respond to emergencies and to promote the rights of women and girls. 

The pie chart below provides a detailed overview of how we use your money, including the exact figures and the areas of work supported by your contribution. 

To see the figures in more detail, you can download our annual reports and accounts.

Our expenditure in 2025

Our expenditure in 2019: pie chart
Area of expenditure(£m)%
 

Humanitarian and development programmes and strengthening our global federation

32.567%
 

Fundraising

8.818%
 

Support costs (running the organisation)

5.111%
 

Campaigning for change 

1.94%
Total48.3100%

What you helped us achieve in 2025

Every day we hear incredible stories from our local partners and ActionAid programme staff about how women and girls have the tools, support and confidence to change their lives, communities and future for the better. 

With your support in 2025 our work has helped to transform lives: from helping to alleviate period poverty, distributing life-saving supplies and assistance in emergencies and supporting women led initiatives to fight for climate justice and a more equitable world and future. 

Here is an example of how your donations helped in 2025.

 

Sakada is a committee memeber of Trapang Sankae Community Based Ecoturism.

ActionAid Cambodia

Women are leading conservation efforts in Cambodia

Sakada, a 37 year old, is a committee member of the Trapang Sankae Community Based Ecoturism group in Kampot Province, Cambodia. She promotes conservation, supports mangrove restoration, engages with local authorities, and helps address issues such as illegal fishing and land conflict. Working alongside community members, she plays a key role in challenging illegal land grabbing and successfully regaining land back.

Reducing unpaid care work for women

2020 saw the conclusion of ActionAid’s flagship five-year Promoting Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment and Rights (POWER) project.

Reaching over 19,500 women in Rwanda, Ghana, Bangladesh, POWER helped reduce the burdens of unpaid care work on women and supported a more equal redistribution of work between household members.

Through POWER, smallholder women farmers expanded the use of climate-resilient farming practices, and women’s access to markets has significantly improved through skills training and knowledge sharing.

Supporting grassroots movements in Ghana

When Covid-19 struck the Oti region of Ghana, it escalated violence and forced marriages for thousands of women and girls.

But Agnes Afua Obour and her team at the Network of Communities in Development (NOCID) brought together traditional leaders, girls’ clubs and volunteers across 30 communities to end violence against women and girls for good.

With your help, we raised over £9,000 to help Agnes and NOCID to organise community forums for women and girls to share their experiences and ideas for action to end violence; fund young people to run anti-child marriage and sexual violence campaigns and train community groups to provide counselling to survivors of violence in schools. 

Find out more about forced child marriage

Wefaq distributing food packages in Gaza

Wattan Media Network/ActionAid

Providing fresh food to the people of Gaza

Through our local partner, Wefaq Society for Women and Child Care, we have helped distribute healthy and fresh food to the people of Gaza.

The ongoing conflict and closure of borders has made malnourishment a critical problem in Gaza. 

By working with local partners, we have been able to provide not only food but also cooking fuel to those who urgently need it.

So far we have reached almost half a million people with humanitarian assistance in Gaza.

Maria is the executive coordinator of the Interstate Movement of Babassu Coconut Breakers

Joana Moncau/ActionAid

Babassu Coconut Breakers fight for climate justice

Maria Alaídes is a babassu coconut breaker in Lago do Junco, Maranhão, and the executive coordinator of the Interstate Movement of Babassu Coconut Breakers (MIQCB), and an ActionAid local partner.

The Babaçu Ecological Region in northern Brazil is home to women babassu coconut breakers, whose traditional livelihoods depend on protecting babassu forests. These women lead the fight against climate change and agribusiness expansion, defending biodiversity, their territories, and their social, economic and cultural rights.

     Pearl, 18, is head girl at her school in rural Zimbabwe, where chronic underfunding and climate shocks are threatening girls’ futures.  Tendai ​Marima/​ActionAid 

    Page updated 28 July 2026