How we’re funded
Our income in 2022
Income (£m) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
---|---|---|---|
This includes income from Child Sponsorship, The Next Step, Basics, and our Country Programme General Fund and any Gift Aid collected from these amounts. |
27.3 | 27.9 | 27.9 |
This includes income from legacies (e.g. Will Aid), emergency appeals (e.g. Ukraine and Afghanistan 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. |
10.3 | 11.6 | 10.4 |
This includes income in the form of grants from governments (e.g. the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the Dutch foreign ministry and EU agencies including ECHO and EuropeAid). |
3.8 | 4.3 | 6.3 |
In prior years income from People’s Postcode Lottery was reported under Trading. |
0 | 0 | 2.6 |
This is income from the Disasters Emergency Committee, including a large allocation for Ukraine in 2022. |
12.7 | 2.2 | 1.0 |
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. |
5.0 | 3.2 |
1.3 |
This includes rental income from subletting parts of our office building. |
0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 |

Supporting safe spaces for survivors of violence
In 2022 you helped raise money for our work supporting safe safe spaces where women who've survived violence can get a warm bed - and a fresh start.
At the shelters, women find not just safety, but a supportive community to help them heal. This includes medical care, psychological support and access to legal professionals so, if they choose to, they can take their aggressors to court.
The shelters are staffed and led by local women - experts who know best how to create lasting change in their communities. They are often survivors of violence themselves.
These shelters are a vital lifeline for women, and every day your donations are helping to keep their doors open.
ActionAid women's shelters provide not just a warm bed, but legal advice, psychological support and skills training.
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)

Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
European Union

Guernsey Overseas Aid Commission (GOAC)

People’s Postcode Lottery, Global Trust

Alborada Trust

Start Network

Page updated 17 July 2023