Estimate UK Child Benefit rates for one, two or more children in the 2026/27 tax year, including weekly, four-weekly and annual amounts.
Use this Child Benefit calculator to estimate the published 2026/27 rate for a household by child count. It shows weekly, four-weekly and annual amounts, then links to the High Income Child Benefit Charge calculator for higher-income households.
Change the number of children and the weekly, four-weekly and annual figures update as you type.
Paid every four weeks. The eldest or only child is paid at a higher rate than each additional child, which is why the weekly figure does not simply multiply. Above £60,000 of adjusted net income the High Income Child Benefit Charge starts to claw this back.
Family-finance outputs are estimates only. They are not benefits, tax, legal, payroll, accounting or financial advice.
| Eldest or only child rate | £27 / week |
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| Additional child rate | £18 / week |
| Estimate status | Published rate estimate only, not an entitlement decision |
| Tax/source year | 2026/27 |
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| Region | England/Wales/Northern Ireland |
| Tax code basis | 1257L where the page uses PAYE defaults |
| Pension basis | No pension deduction unless this example says otherwise |
| Student loan basis | No student loan unless selected in this example |
| What is not decided here | PayBreakdown does not decide payroll correctness, lender approval, benefit entitlement or employer compliance, and does not give regulated financial, mortgage, debt, tax, payroll or legal advice. |
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The figures on this page are worked from child benefit, using the values below. Open the calculator if your example salary differs.
The first child is paid at a higher rate than each additional child, so the annual figure does not scale evenly with family size. The last column is the adjusted net income at which the High Income Child Benefit Charge starts to apply, which is the income of one household member rather than a joint figure.
| Children | A week | Every 4 weeks | A year | Charge starts at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £27.05 | £108.20 | £1,406.60 | £60,000 |
| 2 | £44.95 | £179.80 | £2,337.40 | £60,000 |
| 3 | £62.85 | £251.40 | £3,268.20 | £60,000 |
The calculator applies the current published eldest-or-only-child and additional-child weekly rates. It is not a benefits entitlement decision and does not decide claim responsibility, child age rules or education and training status.
Use the curated examples to compare the published Child Benefit rate for one, two or three children before checking whether a higher-income household may also need a HICBC estimate.
This estimate is worked out on £35,000 annual gross. Change any of those and the take-home figure moves; pension method and student loan plan usually move it most. A payslip can differ from any calculator because payroll works pay period by pay period, so a tax-code change, a bonus, arrears or a refund can land in one month and not the next. See how each deduction is worked out.
Use the charge calculator when a claimant or partner may be above the threshold.
Childcare support, the household picture and the charge that claws the benefit back.
For the 2026/27 source data used here, the calculator applies the eldest-or-only-child weekly rate and shows the weekly, four-weekly and annual estimate.
It applies the eldest-or-only-child rate to the first child and the additional-child rate to each extra child, then converts the weekly total into four-weekly and annual amounts.
No. This is a rate estimate only. Eligibility depends on responsibility for the child, age and education or training rules, and only one claim can be made for a child.
Check the HICBC calculator if the claimant or their partner may have adjusted net income above the current charge threshold.
Last updated 2026-08-27. Checked by Sean Elsmore. Rates last checked against GOV.UK on 2026-08-07. Estimates are for planning and should be checked against official records where the decision matters.