PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
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.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 30 June 2025
Total income:
£61,680,000
| Donations and legacies | £29.14m | |
| Charitable activities | £24.77m | |
| Other trading activities | £6.97m | |
| Investments | £589.00k | |
| Other | £219.00k |
Total expenditure:
£61,635,000
| Raising funds | £9.75m | |
| Charitable activities | £51.88m | |
| Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £281,436 from 3 government contract(s) and £3,417,398 from 10 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
| Raising funds and other expenditure | £9.75m | |
| Charitable expenditure | £51.88m | |
| Retained for future use | £45.00k |
People
244 Employee(s)
14 Trustee(s)
12 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
| Number of employees | |
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| £60k to £70k | 6 |
| £70k to £80k | 3 |
| £80k to £90k | 2 |
| £90k to £100k | 3 |
| £120k to £130k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- 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
- Children/young People
- Other Defined Groups
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Throughout England And Wales
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- China
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-bissau
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Laos
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Uganda
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Governance
- 12 August 1978: Standard registration
- 02 October 2013: Funds received from 1001698 INTERACT WORLDWIDE
- 15 February 2021: Funds received from 1021780 STANLEY CLAYTON TRUST
- 09 June 2022: Funds received from 1177658 GIRL STATS
- 29 October 2024: Funds received from 1140404 REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD-OPEN HEAVENS LOND...
- PLAN UK (Working name)
- FOSTER PARENTS PLAN U K (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
14 Trustee(s)
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| Baroness Elizabeth Grace Sugg | Chair | 22 May 2025 |
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| John Plastow | Trustee | 30 June 2025 |
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| Michael Andrew Coultas Wade | Trustee | 30 June 2025 |
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| JOHN WILLIAM GOOD | Trustee | 30 June 2025 |
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| Michael Connelly Anderson | Trustee | 16 July 2024 |
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| Dr Nanna Chidi-Emmanuel | Trustee | 16 July 2024 |
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| Cathy Ann Riley | Trustee | 16 April 2024 |
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| Marie-France van Heel | Trustee | 21 March 2023 |
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| Sarah Ansah | Trustee | 21 March 2023 |
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| Minal Shah | Trustee | 21 March 2023 |
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| John Andrew Kerr | Trustee | 08 October 2019 |
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| Beverley Tew | Trustee | 24 September 2019 |
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| Emily Kate Middleton | Trustee | 24 September 2019 |
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| Meredith Niles | Trustee | 09 March 2017 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 30/06/2021 | 30/06/2022 | 30/06/2023 | 30/06/2024 | 30/06/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £69.77m | £72.58m | £74.60m | £66.85m | £61.68m | |
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Total expenditure | £74.86m | £70.63m | £75.42m | £67.59m | £61.64m | |
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Income from government contracts | £2.38m | £63.86k | £2.32m | £1.06m | £281.44k | |
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Income from government grants | £16.48m | £5.48m | £30.00k | £1.79m | £3.42m | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £24.75m | £37.51m | £35.27m | £36.91m | £29.14m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £7.59m | £6.60m | £8.94m | £8.11m | £6.97m | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £36.75m | £27.85m | £29.62m | £20.58m | £24.77m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £5.00k | £11.00k | £267.00k | £590.00k | £589.00k | |
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Income - Other | £676.00k | £619.00k | £511.00k | £658.00k | £219.00k | |
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Income - Legacies | £564.00k | £670.00k | £1.48m | £778.00k | £1.39m | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £64.79m | £61.07m | £65.52m | £59.14m | £51.88m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £9.72m | £9.22m | £9.51m | £7.96m | £9.75m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £253.00k | £217.00k | £393.00k | £169.00k | £191.00k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £48.96m | £44.87m | £46.78m | £40.46m | £34.23m | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £342.00k | £346.00k | £391.00k | £486.00k | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
| Asset / Liability | 30/06/2021 | 30/06/2022 | 30/06/2023 | 30/06/2024 | 30/06/2025 | ||
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Own use assets | £1.74m | £1.36m | £1.10m | £848.00k | £1.07m | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Other assets | £25.21m | £25.11m | £24.16m | £27.29m | £24.58m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £10.33m | £7.90m | £7.51m | £11.12m | £8.59m |
Accounts and annual returns
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 30 June 2025 | 15 January 2026 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2025 | 15 January 2026 | On time | |
| Annual return | 30 June 2024 | 19 December 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2024 | 19 December 2024 | On time | |
| Annual return | 30 June 2023 | 25 March 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2023 | 25 March 2024 | On time | |
| Annual return | 30 June 2022 | 13 April 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2022 | 13 April 2023 | On time | |
| Annual return | 30 June 2021 | 05 April 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2021 | 05 April 2022 | On time |