UK Money & Anxiety Survey 2026

A short anonymous survey on UK personal finance among 18-25 year-olds. Takes about 2 minutes. Results will be published as a free open report in summer 2026.

Why we’re asking

UK personal finance reporting tends to focus on people who already have money. The harder questions, like how anxious are most under-25s about money, what stops them saving, and where they get information from, get answered with assumptions rather than data.

This survey closes that gap. The results will be published as a free PDF for journalists, students, and finance educators to cite. Individual responses are anonymous.

The survey (about 2 minutes)

1. Your age

2. Where in the UK do you live?

3. On a scale of 1 (not at all) to 10 (constantly), how anxious do you feel about money?

4. Which of these have you done? (tick all that apply)

Opened a current account Opened a savings account Opened an ISA (cash or stocks) Opened a Lifetime ISA (LISA) Started a pension (workplace or personal) Invested in shares, ETFs, or funds Bought cryptoassets Filed a Self Assessment tax return None of these yet

5. How much do you currently have saved (across all accounts)?

6. What’s the biggest barrier to you saving more?

7. Where do you get most of your money information? (open answer) Up to 200 characters.

8. Do you trust UK government finance information (gov.uk, HMRC, Bank of England)?

9. Email (optional, for survey results when published) Optional. We won’t spam you, just one email when the report goes live.

Privacy

Responses are anonymous unless you choose to share an email. We do not record IP addresses linked to your answers, only an aggregate request count for spam prevention. Email addresses are stored only to send the published report and are never shared with third parties. The full privacy policy applies.