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 child sponsors and marathon runners to trusts and corporate sponsors, find out how we received funding in 2024 to run our life-changing projects.
Our income year on year
The pie chart below shows you who gave us how much.
The largest percentage of our funding comes from individual committed giving: this fantastic support is the best guarantee of our independence as a charity.
To see this in more detail, you can download our annual report or go to the International Aid Transparency Initiative website.
Our supporters
We’d like to say a huge thank you for the generous donations of all our supporters who provided 74% of our income in 2024.
Our income in 2024
Income (£m) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
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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. | 24.2 | 25.9 | 27.3 |
Appeals, individuals, and legacies This includes income from legacies (e.g. Will Aid), emergency appeals (e.g. Türkiye and Syria appeals), regular appeals like our Christmas appeal, Gifts in Action, general donations, payroll giving, events, JustGiving.com, and any Gift Aid collected from these amounts. | 7.5 | 9.1 | 10.3 |
Government and EU This includes income in the form of grants from governments (e.g. the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the Belgian government, and the EU). | 5.9 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
Trading income In prior years income from People’s Postcode Lottery was reported under Trading. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DEC This is income from the Disasters Emergency Committee, including allocation for Gaza and Ukraine in 2024. | 2.3 | 6.7 | 12.7 |
NGOs, Trusts and companies This includes income from other NGOs and trusts, such as the Ethical Tea Partnership and the People's Postcode Lottery, and also from companies. These can take the form of donations or grants. | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.0 |
Other This includes rental income from subletting parts of our office building. | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Response to the 2024 Bangladesh floods
In the flood-stricken village of Krishnapur, Noakhali, Bangladesh, 24-year-old Tajnahar waited for relief and supplies as aid failed to reach remote neighbourhoods like hers.
Stranded in a makeshift shelter with dozens of families, as floodwaters cut her and others off from aid, Tajnahar struggled to feed her five-year-old son.
As part of our emergency response ActionAid and our local partners helped over 3000 individuals in the 8 unions of Noakhali by providing them with relief packages containing dry food, basic groceries, matches, candles and water purifiers.
Tajnahar struggled to feed her son following the floods. Fahad Kaizer/ActionAid
Fahad Kaizer/ActionAid
Our institutional donors
We’re also really grateful to the many NGOs, trusts, companies and government or EU funders. Thank you!
These are some of our major funders:
Hewlett Foundation

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC)

The Belgian Government

European Union

Government of Canada

UN Peacebuilding Fund

GSMA

People’s Postcode Lottery

Global Trust

Start Network

Page updated 24 June 2025