Our expenditure in 2025

Where the money was spent
  1. Humanitarian 40.4% £97.4m
  2. Livelihoods support 21.0% £50.7m
  3. Caring for orphans and children 14.9% £35.7m
  4. Raising funds and publicity 7.9% £19.1m
  5. Healthcare, water, sanitation and hygiene 6.8% £16.4m
  6. Support costs 4.3% £10.3m
  7. Supporting education 2.0% £4.9m
  8. Trading activities 1.4% £3.5m
  9. Legal and statutory compliance (governance) 0.7% £1.6m
  10. Campaigning for change 0.4% £0.9m
  11. Investment management 0.2% £0.5m
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Where the money was spent
Activity%£m
Humanitarian 40.4% 97.4
Livelihoods support 21.0% 50.7
Caring for orphans and children 14.9% 35.7
Raising funds and publicity 7.9% 19.1
Healthcare, water, sanitation and hygiene 6.8% 16.4
Support costs 4.3% 10.3
Supporting education 2.0% 4.9
Trading activities 1.4% 3.5
Legal and statutory compliance (governance) 0.7% 1.6
Campaigning for change 0.4% 0.9
Investment management 0.2% 0.5
Total100%241.0
How we spend donations
How we spend donations 86p: 86. 10p: 10. 4p: 4 £1
  • 86p is spent on helping people in need
  • 10p goes towards raising more funds
  • 4p is spent on admin costs

For every £1 invested in fundraising, we generate £10.

Five-year trend: our expenditure, 2021–2025

£Millions

Five-year trend: our expenditure, 2021–2025 The report draws this as a grouped bar chart without printed figures, plotting Charitable expenditure, Other expenditure (includes fundraising and trading), and a total for each year from 2021 to 2025. Exact figures are in the table on this page. 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
  • Charitable expenditure
  • Other expenditure (includes fundraising and trading)
  • Total