The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Plan International UK

Registered charity 276035 Registered since 1978

Operates: Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

14 trustees on the board

3.3y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (3)

12
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 14The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12Accommodation/housing 1Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 15Finance 10Other services 4

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£61.7m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.6 in 2021

244 from 265 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
6%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.plan-uk.org
Emailsupporterquestions@plan-uk.org
Phone03007779777
AddressPlan International UK, Discovery House, 28-42 Banner Street, LONDON, EC1Y 8QE

Finances

£61,680,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£69,771,000£74,856,000
2022£72,581,000£70,627,000
2023£74,603,000£75,420,000
2024£66,853,000£67,586,000
2025£61,680,000£61,635,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PREVENT AND/OR RELIEVE POVERTY, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO ADVANCE HEALTH IN EACH CASE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PARTICULARLY BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROVIDING SOCIAL AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO ADVANCE THESE OBJECTS AND/OR FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN CHARITABLE NEED.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 APR 1978NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 05 NOV 2005AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26 NOV 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 JUN 2016

Trustees (14)

14trustees
56median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Plan International (UK) · 01364201 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 20/04/1978

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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