PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK

Registered charity 276035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOSTER PARENTS PLAN U K, PLAN UK

Plan International UK is a global children's charity. We strive to advance children's rights and equality for girls all over the world. We work to give every child the same chance in life by giving children and their communities access to education, healthcare, clean water and more. And if disaster strikes we are there to protect children to keep them learning and help them recover.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased by £5.2m to £61.7m, while expenditure fell by £6.0m to £61.6m, resulting in a near-balanced net position. The charity reports an unrestricted deficit of £0.8m, which is offset by a surplus on restricted funds, and states that reserves remain above the policy target of £9.5m. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the organization's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Haysmac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Plan International UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Postcode Lottery — “Pallabi learnt how to grow nutritious food through a school garden project, supported by players of Postcode Lottery .” (source page)
• Moondance Foundation — “She received funding to do so through Plan International UK’s Young Change Makers programme, made possible by the Moondance Foundation.” (source page)
• AstraZeneca — “Charity took part in the Young Health Programme UK supported by AstraZeneca.” (source page)
• Credit Suisse — “Alice, 18, was a peer educator in Brazil for our Credit Suisse supported Financial Education for Girls programme.” (source page)

UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)

• Capturing forgotten voices: Syrian adolescents' experiences of displacement and humanitarian action in Jordan and Lebanon. —
• Tackling VAWG in times of conflict: responding to youth voices from South Sudan —
• A Missing Climate: Developing climate centric narratives in India using creative writing as a way of making sense of the world through creative, arts- —
• Capturing forgotten voices: Syrian adolescents' experiences of displacement and humanitarian action —
• Girls' Everyday Politics in the Dominican Republic and El Salvador —

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Electoral Commission register entries

Entries on the Electoral Commission’s public register where this charity (or its company) appears as the source — typically sponsorship of an APPG or an overseas visit provided to an MP, which charities may lawfully do. Shown with the Commission’s own reference; this is a transparency record, not an allegation.

• Visit: Jess Phillips MP (MP - Member of Parliament) — £2k · 28/07/2018 · Dar, Mwanza and Kibondo, Tanzania · ref V0398639
  To see the role UK Aid plays in lifting people of out poverty, visiting the Nduta Refugee Camp and meeting relevant stakeholders.
• Visit: Layla Moran (MP - Member of Parliament) — £2k · 28/07/2018 · Dar, Mwanza and Kibondo, Tanzania · ref V0398584
  To see the role UK Aid plays in lifting people of out poverty, visiting the Nduta Refugee Camp and meeting relevant stakeholders.
• Visit: Gillian Keegan (MP - Member of Parliament) — £2k · 28/07/2018 · Dar, Mwanza and Kibondo, Tanzania · ref V0398583
  To see the role UK Aid plays in lifting people of out poverty, visiting the Nduta Refugee Camp and meeting relevant stakeholders.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (76,935 likes) · instagram (42K followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 15.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/10/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Baroness Elizabeth Grace Suggchair
• Beverley Tew
• Cathy Ann Riley
• Dr Nanna Chidi-Emmanuel
• Emily Kate Middleton
• Hope Nyokabi Mbuthi
• JOHN WILLIAM GOOD · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Andrew Kerr
• John Plastow
• MEREDITH NILES · trustee of 5 other charities
• Michael Andrew Coultas Wade
• Michael Connelly Anderson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Minal Shah
• Sarah Ansah

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bangladesh · Benin · Bolivia · Brazil · Burkina Faso · Burma · Cambodia · Cameroon · Central African Republic · China · Colombia · Dominican Republic

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARE INTERNATIONAL UK.

• CARE INTERNATIONAL UK income £64.1m
• WORLD VISION UK income £66.1m
• UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION - UK income £480k
• RELIEF INTERNATIONAL UK income £40.8m
• THE UNITED KINGDOM COMMITTEE FOR UNICEF income £135.3m
• ACTIONAID income £47.6m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.