The Leading UK Websites for Family Financial Planning
Seven sites worth your evenings, what each one is actually good at, and the order to use them in.
Family financial planning has a discovery problem. The information you need exists, most of it free, but it is scattered across government sites, blogs, podcasts and forums, and none of it tells you which source to trust for which question.
So here is the map. Seven UK websites, what each is genuinely best at for families, and one honest caveat: number seven is us.
01 / MoneyHelper
The government-backed service that merged the Money Advice Service, Pension Wise and TPAS. Free, impartial and quietly excellent for families: the budget planner, the benefits calculators, the childcare cost tools and the free pension guidance appointments are all worth your time.
Best for families: Free Pension Wise appointments from age 50, the couch-to-financial-fitness basics, and checking what benefits your family can claim.
02 / MoneySavingExpert
Martin Lewis built the most trusted consumer finance site in Britain, and the weekly email is still the single highest-value subscription in UK personal finance. Less about long-term planning, brilliant at making sure your family is not leaking money on bills, childcare vouchers or the wrong savings account.
Best for families: Tax-Free Childcare and childcare budgeting guides, energy and insurance switching, and the forum for real answers from real parents.
03 / Monevator
The UK's best investing blog, full stop. Written for people who want to understand passive investing deeply, with a legendary broker comparison table that stays current. When you are ready to move from saving to investing for your family's future, this is where the grown-ups read.
Best for families: Working out the investment side: index funds, platforms and the maths of long-term family wealth.
04 / Meaningful Money
Pete Matthew, a chartered financial planner, has spent over a decade answering every family money question you can think of on his podcast and YouTube channel. The tone is exactly right: patient, UK-specific and free of hype.
Best for families: The Learning Centre sequences: protect your family first (wills, life insurance), then save, then invest. Most families have these in the wrong order.
05 / Which? Money
The consumer champion's money section. Some content sits behind membership, but the free guides on childcare costs, inheritance tax and care fees are rigorous, and the product reviews are genuinely independent.
Best for families: Big one-off family decisions: choosing a mortgage, writing a will, understanding care costs for your own parents.
06 / GOV.UK
Not glamorous, but the source of truth. Child Benefit, 30 hours free childcare, Tax-Free Childcare, Junior ISAs, Marriage Allowance: every family entitlement is here, without a comparison site trying to sell you something on the way through.
Best for families: Checking entitlements directly. Families miss out on billions in unclaimed benefits every year, and the checkers here take minutes.
07 / Delphina
Yes, this is our site, so read this entry with that in mind. The sites above are brilliant at information. Delphina is built for the question that comes after the reading: are we, this specific family, on track? It models your pensions, ISAs, mortgage and plans over 30 years and gives you a straight answer.
Best for families: Turning all the guidance into one clear picture: whether you can afford the bigger house, the second child, or retiring before 70.
08 / The Order That Works
If you are starting from scratch, do it in this order. GOV.UK and MoneyHelper first, to claim everything you are entitled to. MoneySavingExpert second, to stop the leaks. Meaningful Money third, to get protection and savings in the right order. Monevator fourth, when you are ready to invest for the long term.
And when you want to know whether it all adds up for your family specifically, that is the job we built Delphina to do. Start with our free are you on track check or the retirement timeline calculator.
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This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Delphina is not affiliated with the third-party websites listed.