Girls Not Brides: the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage

Analysis

Girls Not Brides: the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08570751). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Girls Not Brides: the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage reported income of £5.9m and spending of £5.5m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.4m to £5.9m (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Girls Not Brides: the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jabbs Foundation (£5.9m), The Zahra Trust (£5.9m) and Jane Tomlinson Appeal (£5.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94% and investments 6.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £7,645. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 6.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £570k. Reserves of £2.9m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.