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How much pocket money should I give?

See what's usual at your child's age where you live, split it into spend, save and give jars, and watch what the savings grow to by 18.

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Assumed until you change them: 30% goes into savings and 10% is given away. Add a goal in the details.

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What families typically give at age 9£3.07a weekSurvey by NatWest Rooster Money, Pocket Money Index, 2026. What families report giving — not advice.
£3.07 a week is about what families give

That's £13 a month, £160 a year.

Each payment, in three jars

To spend£1.8460% of each payment
To save£0.9330% of each payment
To give£0.3010% of each payment
Their savings until they turn 18The savings jar only, with nothing taken out.
At 18In a jar£435In a savings account at 2%£476
  • In a jar
  • In a savings account at 2%
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AgeIn a jarIn a savings account at 2%
9£0£0
10£48£49
11£97£99
12£145£149
13£193£201
14£242£254
15£290£308
16£339£363
17£387£419
18£435£476

By 18: £435 in a jar, or £476 in a savings account.

Try instead

  • Save 40% instead£580Saved by 18, in a jar.
  • Raise it with the guide as they grow£683Saved by 18, same share, in a jar.

Keep this plan

Create your account and Fyncora sets it up for you: your child's pocket money and jars, ready for you to finish. You check every number first.

Kept on this device for 7 days, until you sign up. Nothing is sent before that.

Level 3 — exact, in Fyncora

Pocket money that pays itself, and teaches.

Fyncora Kids pays pocket money on the day, splits it into spend, save and give jars, and shows your child their goal getting closer. Children don't need their own subscription.

Start 30 days freeSee it with sample data30 days free, then from €2.50 a month, billed yearly
How this is worked out
  • Each payment is shared across the jars to the cent. Whatever does not divide goes to savings — the same rule the Fyncora Kids app uses.
  • The savings line adds each month's saving with nothing taken out. The savings account line earns 2% a year; real rates change, and a jar earns nothing.
  • We show a guide only where we can name the source and its date. Many countries have no official amount; then it is a survey of what families give, and the answer says so.
  • A weekly amount becomes monthly at 52 weeks over 12 months, not four weeks.
  • Guidance, not financial advice. The same calculation runs inside Fyncora on your real numbers.

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