GoHenry Launches Free Financial Education Lessons for Families Across the UK

WHY THIS MATTERS: This announcement is a sharp reminder of the expanding remit of Fintech companies beyond transactional services. With the mandatory inclusion of financial education in the UK curriculum delayed until 2028, GoHenry’s move to place a free, curriculum-mapped resource on a public platform like YouTube represents a potent form of market-driven intervention. This highlights how youth-focused financial platforms are quickly evolving into essential EdTech providers. The broader significance lies in the industry’s role in filling immediate, critical skills gaps that are foundational to future financial stability.

The success of this strategy will provide a blueprint for other mission-driven financial institutions, demonstrating that the most effective path to achieving financial literacy at scale may run through accessible digital channels, irrespective of the school system’s timeline. This directly influences the regulatory conversation around the private sector’s ability to drive essential public education outcomes.

GoHenry – the money app helping kids learn to earn, save, spend and invest – has today made 80+ bite-sized money lessons available on YouTube for families across the UK to help bridge the current financial education gap in schools.

This follows last year’s promise by the Government to make financial education compulsory as part of Citizenship in all primary schools in England from September 2028 – something that GoHenry has campaigned hard for over the last five years. With over two more years until the new curriculum is implemented, and primary school children set to miss out on vital money lessons in the meantime, GoHenry is giving young people and their families a way to learn about money for free now.

Part of its award-winning, in-app money lessons, Money Missions, GoHenry’s financial education videos have been developed with teachers and financial experts, and are mapped to age-appropriate UK education guidelines. Levels are adjusted according to age, skills and confidence and aim to break down complex money concepts into simple, engaging, and bite-sized lessons that grow with your child – from basics like budgeting and saving, to advanced topics like compounding and investing.

Louise Hill, Founder of GoHenry, said: “While we work with the Government to help develop and implement a money curriculum that delivers real-world skills to young people, we want to use the expertise we’ve gained delivering financial education to over 2.3 million 6-18-year-olds* to support families (and teachers) leading up to the 2028 curriculum changes.

“We know that six out of ten kids aged 6-10 years old** already want to learn about money in primary school. We hope by giving them access to our library of money lessons now, we’ll be able to help fill a gap for hundreds of families who are unsure where and how to start talking about key money concepts to their children.”

Dr. Marcel Lukas, Senior Lecturer in Banking and Finance at University of St Andrews Business School, said:  “In our analysis of GoHenry member data***, children put, on average, over 30% more into savings in the first month after completing their first Money Mission.

“Digital channels are now where many young people both manage money and learn about it, so making high-quality lessons like these available for free online, should help more kids and teens start building their money habits younger.”

Today’s news is the latest development from GoHenry in its push to make money skills available to all kids in the UK. It follows the formation of a GoHenry Kids Financial Education Advisory Panel last year, who will help the mission-based business provide new recommendations to the Government on how best to implement money lessons in schools quickly and effectively.

GoHenry’s money lessons are available from today for children across the UK and can be accessed on YouTube, here.

FF NEWS TAKE: This is a material development, shifting the conversation from if financial education should happen to how it is delivered. By democratizing their proprietary content, GoHenry validates the digital-first approach to early financial literacy. The immediate watch-point is the real-world adoption rate, and whether this free public resource will inform and pressure the government’s 2028 curriculum development. Expect to see other specialist youth-focused Fintechs follow suit, leveraging their content for broad social impact and long-term brand equity.