Youngsters have obtained inflation-busting pocket cash pay rises in 2025, figures from a cash app point out.
On common, kids are receiving £10.73 in pocket cash per week, marking a rise of round 8% from the £9.92 they have been receiving per week sometimes in 2024, in accordance with anonymised information from GoHenry.
Figures from the Workplace for Nationwide Statistics (ONS) present Shopper Costs Index (CPI) inflation slowed to three.2% in November, from 3.6% in October.
Ladies are receiving barely extra in weekly pocket cash than boys, GoHenry’s figures counsel. Ladies sometimes obtain round £10.81 per week in contrast with £10.63 for boys.
Not each area has seen a rise in common pocket cash payouts this yr. In London, for instance, kids have been receiving £12.80 in 2024 however this yr they’ve been receiving £10.31 on common.
- Ladies, £10.81
- Boys, £10.63
However within the wider South East, kids’s weekly pocket cash has gone up from £9.87 final yr to £14.30.
Kids within the Midlands have additionally had bumper pocket cash will increase.
The figures additionally present how kids are studying that good behaviour pays off.
The very best-earning chore amongst GoHenry savers this yr was taking care of vegetation, with a median payout of £1.91 for younger inexperienced fingers. Being good (£1.46) and practising music (£1.44) have been in second and third locations respectively.
Though lower-paying, tidying the bed room was the commonest kids’s job, with kids incomes £1.12 on common.
The figures have been primarily based on evaluation of 1000’s of accounts between January 1 and November 1 2025.
Meals shops and supermarkets have been the commonest locations for youngsters to spend their money this yr, in accordance with the analysis.
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The commonest financial savings pot for youngsters to be saving into was for a vacation, with electronics second on the listing and a birthday being third.
The analysis additionally checked out common month-to-month contributions by mother and father and different relations into GoHenry Junior Isas.
Contributions into Junior Isas belonging to ladies have been barely decrease, at £27.85 per thirty days, in contrast with a median of £28.56 going into Junior Isas belonging to boys.
Taking a look at totally different areas, individuals within the South East of England have been making notably large contributions into GoHenry Junior Isas, at £39 per thirty days on common. On the different finish of the spectrum, individuals in Wales have been placing in a median of £20.67 per thirty days into Junior Isas.
The figures additionally present {that a} whole of £88,000 in microdonations was made to the NSPCC by GoHenry’s younger savers by way of the app between January 1 and November 1 2025.
Louise Hill, founding father of GoHenry, stated: “It’s implausible to see youngsters not simply getting a pocket cash enhance, but additionally discovering the true worth of incomes, saving and giving again – with a powerful sense of caring for themselves and others shining by way of this yr.
“These small however highly effective monetary habits are constructing a lifetime of cash confidence in addition to a powerful sense of group.”
Listed here are the weekly common pocket cash funds by the age of the kid in 2024, adopted by 2025, in accordance with GoHenry:
Six: £3.69, £4.05
Seven: £3.82, £4.25
Eight: £4.14, £4.58
9: £4.71, £5.14
10: £5.62, £6.02
11: £7.36, £7.83
12: £9.71, £10.42
13: £12.31, £13.36
14: £14.57, £15.84
15: £16.98, £18.18
16: £17.89, £19.67
17: £17.13, £18.74
18: £14.52, £16.60
Listed here are weekly common pocket cash funds in areas or nations throughout Britain in 2024, adopted by 2025, in accordance with GoHenry:
East Midlands, £8.33, £10.26
East of England, £9.36, £8.88
London, £12.80, £10.31
North East, £8.84, £9.43
North West, £9.22, £10.27
Scotland, £10.54, £11.53
South East, £9.87, £14.30
South West, £8.70, £9.63
Wales, £8.64, £9.49
West Midlands, £8.24, £11.00
Yorkshire and the Humber, £8.76, £9.42
Listed here are the commonest duties that kids have been rewarded for in 2025, in accordance with GoHenry, and the common cost:
1. Tidying bedrooms, £1.12
2. Preparing for college (consists of homework and learning), £1.35
3. Serving to round the home, £1.18
4. Taking care of your self (consists of cleansing enamel), £1.24
5. Caring for pets, £1.37
Listed here are the top-paying duties that kids have been rewarded for in 2025, in accordance with GoHenry, and the common cost:
1. Taking care of vegetation, £1.91
2. Being good, £1.46
3. Practising music, £1.44
4. Taking care of pets, £1.37
5. Preparing for college, £1.35
