World Vision UK
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Start with the charity's stated themes (child poverty, emergency relief, child protection, clean water, ending child marriage and small farmer livelihoods), and tie any request to one of them.
- The charity publishes no grant range, and its annual report shows £52,637,000 paid out overall, so ask early what size of gift is typical rather than assuming one.
- No application process is published in its annual report, register entry or website, so your first step is to get in touch through the contact it shows and ask how to proceed.
- Its stated geographic focus is the world, and no exclusions are published, though its overseas programme support is distributed through partner entities, which is worth asking about.
- No timings are published either, so raise timing when you make contact rather than planning around a deadline.
Overview
World Vision UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 285908).
World Vision UK is an international Christian children's charity working to bring hope to millions of children in the world's hardest places. Its work combines long-term sustainable development programmes focused on children, their families and communities, relief and rehabilitation in response to humanitarian emergencies, and advocacy to challenge the policies and practices that perpetuate poverty. It works with grant-giving charitable trusts and foundations, and its overseas programme support is distributed through partner entities. Its annual giving was £52,637,000 paid out, according to its annual report.
What they fund
Priority Areas
World Vision UK works with grant-giving charitable trusts and foundations to support programmes for the world’s most vulnerable children and their families and communities. Its overseas programme support is distributed through partner entities. Trust and foundation gifts can provide access to sustainable clean water, help people lift themselves out of poverty, support targeted work to end child marriage, enable small farmers to restore degraded land and improve livelihoods, and assist people caught up in humanitarian emergencies. The charity describes its approach as community-focused and aimed at lasting change; it works with children of all backgrounds and responds to need through emergency relief, support for communities facing poverty, and protection of children at risk.
Themes
- Child poverty
- Emergency relief
- Child protection
- Clean water
- Ending child marriage
- Small farmer livelihoods
Geographic Focus
Priority: The world.
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 World Vision UK.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 September 2021 | £52,813,954 | £55,897,438 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2021 |
| year to 30 September 2022 | £69,762,595 | £66,947,735 | £50,279,000 | Accounts for year to 30 September 2022 |
| year to 30 September 2023 | £74,620,721 | £77,550,253 | £59,194,000 | Accounts for year to 30 September 2023 |
| year to 30 September 2024 | £66,668,632 | £64,774,807 | £45,394,000 | Accounts for year to 30 September 2024 |
| year to 30 September 2025 | £66,094,217 | £68,949,546 | £52,637,000 | Accounts for year to 30 September 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 30 September 2022; year to 30 September 2023; year to 30 September 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 30 September 2025: grants paid out in the year.
— No grants figure for that year.
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.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- worldvision.org.uk
- worldvision.org.uk/charitable-trusts-foundations · read on 23 October 2026
- worldvision.org.uk/our-work/what-we-do · read on 23 October 2026
- worldvision.org.uk/philanthropy · read on 23 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 30 September 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 23 October 2026.
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