MoneySavingExpert charity fund

If you want to empower consumers, put money in their pocket. This site is dedicated to doing just that... but our charity fund does it even more directly. With over £2.4 million donated so far, it's MoneySavingExpert's way of giving back to users.

The money we raise currently goes to support our charity, the MSE Charity, which gives grants of up to £10,000 to groups that provide education, information and support to help people learn how to manage their money better.

But that's not all – we also make one-off donations and, in the past, have donated part of our fund to a range of charities nominated by you, MSE users.

What is the MSE Charity?

MSE founder Martin Lewis on the MSE Charity's history...

Where does the MSE Charity's money come from?

The cash is generated from two sources:

• An annual donation from this site. A donation of over £235,000 was made to launch the charity, and substantial donations have continued to be made each year.
  
  All this cash – less some small administrative costs – goes directly to the grant fund. Martin makes a separate personal donation to cover the majority of the running costs of the charity.
  
  Martin also put money into the Martin Lewis Charitable Fund when MoneySavingExpert joined the MoneySupermarket Group (now called MONY Group) – for more information on this, see Martin's blog.
  

• Donations from well-wishers. Anyone who wants to support the charity is more than welcome; for the many who have said they'd like to donate to MoneySavingExpert as it's saved them money, please donate to the charity instead.
  

How can I make a donation to the MSE Charity?

You can donate online through the MSE Charity's PayPal Giving Fund page.

Any postal donations can be sent to the MSE Charity c/o MONY Group, 1 Dean Street, London, W1D 3RB, and if your donation is eligible for Gift Aid, please complete its Gift Aid declaration form.

Who's recently received one of our grants?

Eight organisations were awarded grants by the MSE Charity following its last batch of funding, which was open to initial applications in January this year.

Dotted around the UK and helping various causes, the eight groups were given grants totalling just over £56,000.

With this funding they've been able to deliver even more life-changing support.

Here's a summary of the groups and their projects:

• Breakout Youth: This charity has been supporting LGBTQ+ young people in Hampshire for over 31 years and is the only dedicated charity in the area that does so. It provides safe spaces for 11 to 25-year-olds and delivers seven weekly youth groups for those living in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
  
  The project the MSE Charity has funded will allow Breakout Youth's team of youth workers and volunteers to attend financial capability training and then co-produce with its Young People's Board the content for four financial capability workshops and accompanying resources. The youth workers will deliver these workshops to the 80 LGBTQ+ young people attending the weekly youth groups (in total 28 workshops). The MSE Charity has also funded 30 one-to-one sessions for those who need more individualised support.
  

• Disability Solutions West Midlands: This Stoke-on-Trent-based charity is run by people with disabilities for people with disabilities and long-term illnesses. It's been providing advice, information and support services to help people make their own choices and improve their quality of life since 1998.
  
  The MSE Charity has funded the development and delivery of four half-day 'Money Management' workshops for 40 neurodivergent young adults who may be particularly vulnerable to financial abuse. The workshops aim to increase the beneficiaries' financial capability skills and confidence.
  

• Fat Macy's: This specialist homelessness charity in London is dedicated to supporting and empowering individuals as they move from temporary accommodation into stable housing and employment. Its 'Milestone Programme' is a 200-hour hospitality training and employment initiative designed to equip participants with professional skills, financial stability and the confidence to move into independent living. After participants move into their own homes, Fat Macy's also provides six months of resettlement support.
  
  MSE Charity funding will allow Fat Macy's to integrate one-to-one financial capability sessions into both its 'Milestone' and 'Resettlement' programmes, supporting 35 people over the year. The grant will also enable its staff to access specialist financial capability training from Shelter and Homeless Link.
  

• Frampton Park Baptist Church: Based in the London Borough of Hackney, Frampton Park Baptist Church has been delivering local community services on the Frampton Park Estate for nearly 80 years. It provides weekly services for older people, parents and toddlers, and also runs the Hackney Debt Help Centre in partnership with Christians Against Poverty (CAP).
  
  The MSE Charity funding will enable Frampton Park Baptist Church to deliver four CAP money-coaching courses to 32 people over the year. The courses will be followed with one-to-one sessions for each participant.
  

• Imago Dei: This charity was established in 2016 in East Grinstead with the aim of empowering women in prison to change their lives, gain hope for the future and productively reintegrate into society. It runs two sets of courses in three prisons in the South East (HMP Downview, HMP East Sutton Park and HMP Send). These are 'Free to Be' for all women and 'MyLife' for 18 to 25-year-olds.
  

  The MSE Charity has funded Imago Dei's 'Money, Money, Money' course, part of 'MyLife'. This six-session course will be delivered three times over the year at HMP Downview and HMP East Sutton Park, benefiting up to 30 young women.
  

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  Lifeline Harrogate: This charity has been working with homeless and vulnerably housed people since 2013, providing supported housing to those who need significant care, support or supervision. Many of those it helps have been victims of abuse. It currently supports 21 men and three women in seven houses across Harrogate.

  The MSE Charity has funded the delivery of two money courses for up to 30 residents. Each course will use resources from Crosslight Advice and be delivered over six weeks in two-hour weekly sessions throughout autumn 2025 and spring 2026.

• Magic Torch Comics: Magic Torch Comics community interest company is based in Inverclyde, Scotland. Since 2017 it has been working with community organisations and schools across Scotland to tell stories using comics, games, drama and digital media. For this project it's working in partnership with Financial Fitness, Inverclyde's independent welfare benefit and money advice charity.
  
  The funding will go towards the co-creation, development, illustration and publication of a 16-page comic resource for use in upper primary schools. The comic will be used to deliver 22 90-minute 'Money 4 Life' sessions to every Primary 7 class in Inverclyde (about 700 children). The comic will also be available to download via Magic Torch Comics' website.
  

• Three13 Training and Enterprise: Since 2016 it's been tackling generational unemployment in Stockton, in Teesside, by helping people become more confident, find meaningful employment and become economically stable. Three13 Training and Enterprise runs four-week work-based skills and employability support programmes in hospitality, carpentry and gardening, alongside practical life-skills workshops.
  

  MSE Charity funding will allow Three13 to deliver four interactive 'Money Survival' sessions to each work-based training cohort, benefiting at least 70 people over the year. The MSE Charity has also helped to fund money guidance training for three members of Three13 staff.

  
  

What other donations has MSE made?

Not only has MoneySavingExpert donated towards the MSE Charity's work, over the years we have also gifted cash to charities nominated by MSE users, and made a string of one-off donations, totalling more than £700,000.

The nominated charities include:

• Alzheimer's Society

• Breast Cancer Now

• Cancer Research UK

• CAP UK

• Different Strokes

• Help for Heroes

• Kidscape

• Re-Cycle

• Samaritans

• Send a Cow (now called Ripple Effect)

• ShelterBox

• Tools for Self Reliance

• WaterAid

• Whizz-Kidz

While many of MSE's donations have gone towards helping improve people's financial skills, we've also made a number of one-off donations to high-profile fundraising events and a range of charities large and small, including:

• Children in Need

• Comic Relief

• Red Cross

• Unicef

• Various charities following natural disasters such as the Myanmar cyclone in 2008, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in 2004

How much has MSE donated over the years?

Here's the MSE donation history since the site launched in February 2003.

This money comes directly from the site, and doesn't include any donations made by private individuals to the MSE Charity. If you're asking, 'How does a free site with no ads make these donations?', read our How this site is financed guide.