How we’re funded

We couldn’t do what we do without you – the amazing people who trust us with your money to help women and girls living in poverty change their lives, for good.

From individual supporters and marathon runners to trusts and corporate sponsors, find out how we received funding in 2025 to implement our life-changing projects.

The pie chart below shows the different sources of our income for 2025.

The largest percentage of our funding comes from individual committed giving: this fantastic support is the best guarantee of our independence as a charity and ensures we are able to give long-term support to the women and girls we work with.

To see this in more detail, you can download our annual report.

We’d like to say a huge thank you for the generous donations of all our supporters who provided 72% of our income in 2025.

Our income in 2025

Income (£m)	2025	2024	2023
Committed giving This includes income from Child Sponsorship, The Next Step, Basics, and our Country Programme General Fund and any Gift Aid collected from these amounts.	23.5	24.2	25.9
Appeals, individuals, and legacies This includes income from legacies, funds collected by AAUK for emergency appeals (e.g. Middle East and Gaza appeal), regular appeals like our Christmas appeal, Gifts in Action, general donations, payroll giving, events, JustGiving.com, and any Gift Aid collected from these amounts.	8.3	7.5	9.1
Government and EU This includes income in the form of grants from governments (e.g. the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and the EU).	7.8	5.9	4.7
Trading income In prior years income from Postcode Lottery was reported under Trading.	0	0	0
DEC This is income from the Disasters Emergency Committee, including allocation for Ukraine Appeal, Middle East Humanitarian Appeal and Myanmar Earthquake Appeal.	2.6	2.3	6.7
NGOs, Trusts and companies This includes income from other NGOs, companies, and trusts, such as the Postcode Lottery. These can take the form of donations or grants.	4.7	5.4	6.2
Other This includes rental income from subletting parts of our office building.	0.7	0.8	0.7

Women leading humanitarian response in Ukraine

Iryna, 35-year-old, is a Women’s Rights Advisor for the Ukraine humanitarian response. When Russia’s full-scale invasion began, she was relocated to Hungary, but within weeks she returned to Ukraine to help evacuate people from danger. Her commitment to human rights work stems from the 2014 Euromaidan Revolution, which inspired her transition from a career in human resources and business.

In 2025, ActionAid and the DEC mark three years of supporting communities across the region through 30 local partners, delivering humanitarian aid, protection, psychosocial support and resilience initiatives.

Iryna is a 35-year-old. Women's Rights Advisor for the Ukraine humanitarian response, based in Kyiv.

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Players of People's Postcode Lottery helped to empower young women

In 2020, thanks to the players of People's Postcode Lottery, we supported our work promoting girls' empowerment and promoting the rights of women.

In Ghana, People's Postcode Lottery has funded safe spaces for women to advocate for rights and distribute sanitary pads to over 1,600 members across five regions.

Find out more about People's Postcode Lottery

Our Gifts in Action help strengthen communities

Our supporters helped Shaher, from Afghanistan with the training and equipment needed to start beekeeping. Her new skill has transformed her life.

For the first time, ActionAid offered beekeeping gifts as part of its Gifts in Action range. Gifts in the ‘Beehives to Thrive’ category help women kickstart a new career in beekeeping and earn an independent income.

Before, women in my community didn’t have any opportunity to work except for household and caring activities... now, I spend profits from my beekeeping on my children’s education, buying new clothes for my children and supporting my husband with the household expenses."

Learn more about Gifts in Action