Compassion UK

Registered charity 1077216 · since 1999compassionuk.org·International·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£38.8M

Annual giving, year to 30 June 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

Compassion UK delivers its work through a network of local churches and passes UK funds to Compassion International, so a request should show how it fits children-focused programmes in that model.
The annual report gives one total of £38,834,000 for its most recent year, and it may include grants to individuals, so it is not a guide to typical grant size.
No grant range is stated, so the right size of request cannot be read from the figures and is best raised with the charity directly.
No application process is published in the annual report, its register entry or its website, so the only route shown is the contact given for getting in touch.
The stated priority is worldwide, and its themes are education, health and nutrition, discipleship, mums and babies, and wider community needs.

Overview

Compassion UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1077216).

Compassion UK is a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number 1077216) whose purpose is to release children from poverty in Jesus' name. Its story begins with the Good Samaritan, which inspired its founder. Today it cares for more than 2.4 million children through three core programmes delivered by partner local churches: Mums and Babies, Child Development and Critical Interventions. The annual report gives one total for its annual giving of £38,834,000, which may include grants to individuals.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Compassion UK directs support through its global network of local churches to children and young people living in poverty, with attention to their families and communities. Its locally tailored child-development programmes combine education, health care, nutrition and discipleship, alongside practical support, safe spaces and mentoring. Its work includes support for mothers and babies and interventions addressing wider community needs, such as access to safe water. The charity describes its approach as Christ-centred, child-focused and church-driven, relying on local churches' cultural understanding and knowledge of community needs. Funds raised in the UK are granted to Compassion International for programme implementation; the annual report says around 65% of that grant goes to the local church through which the sponsored child is supported.

Themes

Education
Health and nutrition
Discipleship
Mums and babies
Wider community needs

Geographic Focus

Priority: Worldwide.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Compassion UK.

St Peter's BrockleyNo public processGave £35,192 Save An OrphanNo public processGave £813k Christ Church BarnetNo public process Trinity Chapel LondonNo public process From Babies with Love FoundationNo public processGave £174k Save the Children UKInvitation onlyGave £154M St Giles IckenhamNo public processGave £20,525 Carlton Pentecostal ChurchRollingGave £10,501 Voice of Persecuted ChristiansNo public processGave £1.3M Dominion AssemblyNo public process

Grants

Not included above: 7 with no named recipient; 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£49,000).

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 June 2021	£50,836,000	£48,901,000	£38,927,000	Accounts for year to 30 June 2021
year to 30 June 2022	£50,544,059	£49,909,480	£38,461,647	Accounts for year to 30 June 2022
year to 30 June 2023	£51,135,710	£50,100,506	£37,485,453	Accounts for year to 30 June 2023
year to 30 June 2024	£52,608,989	£52,750,806	£38,889,297	Accounts for year to 30 June 2024
year to 30 June 2025	£53,228,544	£52,908,655	£38,834,000	Accounts for year to 30 June 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£38.9M grants

YE 2022

£38.5M grants

YE 2023

£37.5M grants

YE 2024

£38.9M grants

YE 2025

£38.8M grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 30 June 2021; year to 30 June 2022; year to 30 June 2023; year to 30 June 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 30 June 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.