ActionAid UK

Charity Profile

ActionAid UK

🇬🇧Human Rights#3 last 12 months
Revenue
$63,180,000
Reported for 2025
Reach
Global
Verified footprint
Entries
44
Logged on Charity Journal

Giving over time

Monthly giving from the ledger
Giving and impact by month, last 12 months
MonthGivenImpact bandActivities logged
Dec 2025$0Moderate1
Jan 2026$0Not rated0
Feb 2026$0Limited1
Mar 2026$0Limited1
Apr 2026$0Not rated0
May 2026$0Limited1
Jun 2026$0Substantial1
Jul 2026$0Not rated0
Aug 2026$0Moderate1
Sep 2026$0Substantial2
Oct 2026$0Not rated0
Nov 2026$0Not rated0

Cause breakdown

Human Rights$0 · 0%
Relief$0 · 0%
Health$0 · 0%
Science$0 · 0%
Climate$0 · 0%
Education$0 · 0%
ActionAid UKVerified
Human RightsUnited KingdomEst. 1972Hannah Bond
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About

ActionAid UK is an international development charity working with women and girls living in poverty and facing discrimination and injustice. Founded in 1972, it works with local organizations and communities to address the underlying causes of poverty and inequality.

Its work includes women's rights, humanitarian response, climate justice, economic justice, food security and efforts to prevent violence against women and girls. ActionAid supports locally led programs and campaigns for changes in policies and systems that contribute to poverty, inequality and discrimination.

Activity feed

ActionAid UK launched TRANSFORM to provide flexible, long-term support to women-led movements and collectives, following consultation with more than 300 women's rights organisations across 65 countries on 2026-09-01. Cause: Human Rights.
ActionAid UK→ TRANSFORM women-led movement fund
Human Rightslaunched TRANSFORM to provide flexible, long-term support to women-led movements and collectives, following consultation with more than 300 women's rights organisations across 65 countries
ActionAid UK prepared urgent relief operations following devastating floods in Nepal, working through local response structures to support affected communities on 2026-09-01. Cause: Relief.
ActionAid UK→ Nepal flood response
Reliefprepared urgent relief operations following devastating floods in Nepal, working through local response structures to support affected communities
ActionAid UK supported women and community leaders in earthquake-affected Choco and Buenaventura to organise assistance and identify urgent needs among communities facing longstanding exclusion on 2026-08-11. Cause: Relief.
ActionAid UK→ Colombia earthquake response
Reliefsupported women and community leaders in earthquake-affected Choco and Buenaventura to organise assistance and identify urgent needs among communities facing longstanding exclusion
ActionAid UK documented and supported emergency work with displaced communities affected simultaneously by Ebola and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo on 2026-06-24. Cause: Health.
ActionAid UK→ DRC Ebola and conflict response
Healthdocumented and supported emergency work with displaced communities affected simultaneously by Ebola and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
ActionAid UK published research examining what women's and feminist movements need to sustain resistance and continue organising for social and political change on 2026-05-12. Cause: Science.
ActionAid UK→ Feminist movements research
Sciencepublished research examining what women's and feminist movements need to sustain resistance and continue organising for social and political change
ActionAid UK presented a photography exhibition featuring women photographers documenting women fighting for land rights and challenging the inequalities that exclude women from land ownership and decision-making on 2026-03-06. Cause: Human Rights.
ActionAid UK→ Women By Women exhibition
Human Rightspresented a photography exhibition featuring women photographers documenting women fighting for land rights and challenging the inequalities that exclude women from land ownership and decision-making
ActionAid UK published a practical manual documenting its girl-led research and action methodology for organisations working with girls and young women on 2026-02-16. Cause: Science.
ActionAid UK→ Girl-led research manual
Sciencepublished a practical manual documenting its girl-led research and action methodology for organisations working with girls and young women
ActionAid UK organised community campaigners around violence against women and girls, climate and gender justice and period poverty, including participation in public demonstrations and engagement with decision-makers on 2025-12-22. Cause: Climate.
ActionAid UK→ UK community campaigning
Climateorganised community campaigners around violence against women and girls, climate and gender justice and period poverty, including participation in public demonstrations and engagement with decision-makers
ActionAid UK published research documenting women's land rights and the role of women-led solutions in responding to climate change, land injustice and food insecurity on 2025-09-04. Cause: Climate.
ActionAid UK→ Women's land-rights research
Climatepublished research documenting women's land rights and the role of women-led solutions in responding to climate change, land injustice and food insecurity
ActionAid UK investigated the climate damage associated with HSBC financing and used the findings to campaign for greater accountability from UK banks on 2025-07-01. Cause: Climate.
ActionAid UK→ HSBC climate-impact research
Climateinvestigated the climate damage associated with HSBC financing and used the findings to campaign for greater accountability from UK banks
ActionAid UK documented how women-led civil-society movements in Colombia organise around peace, security and community resilience on 2025-06-26. Cause: Science.
ActionAid UK→ Colombia civil-society research
Sciencedocumented how women-led civil-society movements in Colombia organise around peace, security and community resilience
ActionAid UK supported local partners following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake to provide emergency shelter, food, clean water, cash assistance and support for rebuilding homes and sanitation systems on 2025-03-28. Cause: Relief.
ActionAid UK→ Myanmar earthquake response
Reliefsupported local partners following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake to provide emergency shelter, food, clean water, cash assistance and support for rebuilding homes and sanitation systems
ActionAid UK published findings from its girl-led research programme and documented how adolescent girls were using evidence and collective action to address violence, rights and inequality on 2025-01-23. Cause: Science.
ActionAid UK→ Girl-led research and action
Sciencepublished findings from its girl-led research programme and documented how adolescent girls were using evidence and collective action to address violence, rights and inequality
ActionAid UK supported women and marginalised groups through PREVALE to take leadership roles in climate resilience, strengthen climate adaptation and expand women's economic opportunities on 2025-01-01. Cause: Climate.
ActionAid UK→ Afghanistan climate-resilience programme
Climatesupported women and marginalised groups through PREVALE to take leadership roles in climate resilience, strengthen climate adaptation and expand women's economic opportunities
ActionAid UK worked with the Afghan Women's Educational Center through DAWAM to deliver community-led water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives while increasing women's participation in local decision-making on 2025-01-01. Cause: Education.
ActionAid UK→ Afghanistan WASH and leadership programme
Educationworked with the Afghan Women's Educational Center through DAWAM to deliver community-led water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives while increasing women's participation in local decision-making
ActionAid UK worked with women and partner organisations in Jordan to develop and implement a workplace label recognising employers that protect women's rights, with five companies awarded the label and 22 more engaged on 2025-01-01. Cause: Human Rights.
ActionAid UK→ Women-Friendly Label
Human Rightsworked with women and partner organisations in Jordan to develop and implement a workplace label recognising employers that protect women's rights, with five companies awarded the label and 22 more engaged
ActionAid UK published research linking climate-related pressures with increased gender-based violence and girls' school dropout in fragile and conflict-affected countries on 2024-11-13. Cause: Climate.
ActionAid UK→ Climate and gender research
Climatepublished research linking climate-related pressures with increased gender-based violence and girls' school dropout in fragile and conflict-affected countries
ActionAid UK supported local civil-society partners responding to mass displacement and escalating violence, with assistance focused particularly on women, girls and refugee communities on 2024-10-01. Cause: Relief.
ActionAid UK→ Lebanon emergency response
Reliefsupported local civil-society partners responding to mass displacement and escalating violence, with assistance focused particularly on women, girls and refugee communities
ActionAid UK conducted research in fragile and conflict-affected settings examining climate change, gender-based violence, poverty and girls' education on 2024-09-01. Cause: Climate.
ActionAid UK→ Women-led climate research
Climateconducted research in fragile and conflict-affected settings examining climate change, gender-based violence, poverty and girls' education
ActionAid UK launched emergency operations after floods affected more than five million people, with partners providing food, clean water, shelter and other essential assistance on 2024-08-27. Cause: Relief.
ActionAid UK→ Bangladesh emergency response
Relieflaunched emergency operations after floods affected more than five million people, with partners providing food, clean water, shelter and other essential assistance

Board

Joy Warmington
Chair

Long-serving CEO of brap, an equity and human rights charity she transformed into one of the UK's most prominent voices for racial justice.

Stella Abani
Trustee

Senior management professional with over 25 years of experience across the public, private and third sectors, focused on inclusion and equality.

Eunice Musiime
Trustee

Executive Director of Akina Mama wa Afrika, a feminist pan-African organisation, and a lawyer with over 20 years of experience in gender and social justice advocacy.

Abdul Shiil
Trustee

Director at Sahan Cares C.I.C, a social enterprise helping disenfranchised communities in West London gain qualifications and employment in health and care.

Faraz Tasnim
Trustee

Finance and transformation professional with over 20 years of experience across manufacturing and financial sectors.

Ruchi Tripathi
Trustee

Director of Climate and Nature at the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, with 25 years of experience in international development, land rights and climate justice.

Roy Trivedy
Trustee

Former United Nations Resident Coordinator in Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea, and Honorary Consul of Timor-Leste in Scotland.

Anne Tutt
Treasurer

Finance professional with more than 30 years of board-level experience as a finance director and non-executive director across private, public and not-for-profit sectors.

Fikerte Woldegiorgis
Trustee

Marketing and digital transformation specialist with extensive experience in leadership and organisational change management.

Sacha Wright
Trustee

Co-founder and Head of Research and Impact for Force of Nature C.I.C, a youth non-profit working at the intersection of climate change and mental health.

Nkechi Adeboye
Trustee

Social Investment Analyst at City Bridge Foundation, supporting a £20 million fund addressing climate, racial and economic injustice across London.

Alicia Videon
Trustee

Finance sector lawyer with over 30 years of experience, now focused on heritage law, decolonisation and restitution.

Em Fenton
Trustee

Senior Director of Climate Diplomacy at Opportunity Green, formerly leading the Scottish Government's International Climate Policy Team and Climate Justice Fund.