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Foster Budget Privacy Policy.

This privacy policy applies specifically to the Foster Budget app.

Last updated: 16 October 2026

Foster Budget is a private, local-first budgeting and financial record-keeping app for adult foster carers. Profiles, budgets, financial records and receipt images stay on the user’s device unless the user chooses to export, back up or share them.

1. Who we are

Foster Budget is provided by ORAV Forge Ltd.

Website: https://oravforge.co.uk

Privacy and support email: support@oravforge.co.uk

Google Play package name: uk.co.oravforge.fosterbudget

In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” mean ORAV Forge Ltd.

2. What Foster Budget is for

Foster Budget helps adult foster carers organise budgets, expected payments, spending, claims, savings, allowances, receipt images and financial reports.

The app is not a bank, accounting service, benefits adviser, financial adviser, government service, local authority service or fostering agency. It does not connect to bank accounts or determine entitlement to payments or benefits.

Users remain responsible for checking their records, financial decisions, payment entitlements, exported reports and any information they share with another person or organisation.

3. Information users may enter

Users choose what to record. Information may include:

  • child profile display names or initials;
  • budget names, amounts, periods and child links;
  • income, fostering allowances, carer fees, benefits and other payment information;
  • expenses, planned costs, claims, repayments, refunds, returned income and savings entries;
  • payment sources, purposes, categories, descriptions, dates, schedules, references and notes;
  • allowance pots and amounts set aside;
  • receipt images selected from the device or taken with the camera;
  • reports, spreadsheets, receipt exports and encrypted backups created by the user.

This information can include personal information, information about children and financial information. ORAV Forge Ltd does not require users to enter a child’s full legal name or any particular record.

4. Local storage and no cloud account

Foster Budget has no user account and does not provide cloud sync. App records and receipt images are stored locally on the user’s device in an encrypted SQLite/SQLCipher database.

The database encryption key is held using the device’s secure storage. ORAV Forge Ltd does not receive that key and cannot open, view or remotely access the local database.

Charts, forecasts, comparisons and reports are calculated on the device from the user’s local records.

5. Information collected by ORAV Forge Ltd

Foster Budget does not upload user-entered profiles, budgets, financial records, notes or receipt images to ORAV Forge Ltd.

The app does not use advertising, advertising identifiers, behavioural profiling or usage analytics. It does not create an ORAV Forge account.

ORAV Forge Ltd may receive personal information only when a user chooses to contact us, such as an email address, name and the information included in a support message. Users should not send child information, financial records, receipt images or backups unless it is necessary for their request.

Support information is used to answer the request, investigate issues, maintain appropriate business records and meet legal obligations.

6. Camera, photos, files and device features

Camera permission is requested only when a user chooses to photograph a receipt. The image is added to the selected local financial record.

The system photo or file picker opens only when a user chooses a receipt image or backup file. Foster Budget does not request broad access to the user’s photo library or files.

The operating system share sheet may be used when a user chooses to save, print, export or share a report, spreadsheet, receipt image or encrypted backup.

Optional app lock stores a one-way hash of the user’s PIN using device secure storage. ORAV Forge Ltd does not receive the PIN. Failed-attempt and temporary lockout information is also held on the device.

7. Google Play purchases

Foster Budget may offer a one-time premium unlock through Google Play.

Google processes the purchase. ORAV Forge Ltd does not receive the user’s payment card number, bank details or complete payment credentials.

The app may receive product, purchase and entitlement status from Google Play so that it can offer, unlock and restore premium features. Google handles this information under its own privacy terms.

8. Exports, reports and sharing

Foster Budget can create user-requested exports such as reports, spreadsheets and receipt images. These exports may include names, descriptions, dates, amounts, categories and notes, depending on the user’s choices.

ORAV Forge Ltd does not automatically receive exported files. Saving, printing or sharing begins only when the user chooses that action and selects a destination through the device.

Files outside Foster Budget are no longer protected by the app’s encrypted database. A report or spreadsheet may not be password-protected. Users are responsible for checking its contents, destination, recipient and storage security before sharing it.

9. Encrypted backups and restore

Users may create an optional password-encrypted Foster Budget backup. The encrypted file can contain the local profiles, budgets, financial records, schedules, allowance pots, receipt images and related information.

The backup is created on the device before the system share sheet opens. ORAV Forge Ltd does not receive the backup or its password.

Users are responsible for remembering the backup password, choosing a secure storage location and deleting unwanted copies. Restoring a backup replaces the Foster Budget data currently held on that device.

10. How information is used inside the app

Information entered into Foster Budget is used locally to provide features requested by the user, including:

  • creating child profiles, budgets and financial records;
  • tracking income, spending, claims, repayments, refunds, savings and planned transactions;
  • calculating totals, trends, forecasts and comparisons;
  • searching and filtering records;
  • attaching and viewing receipt images;
  • creating exports, reports and encrypted backups;
  • protecting access where the optional app lock is enabled;
  • checking premium feature entitlement through Google Play.

ORAV Forge Ltd does not use local app records for advertising, marketing databases, profiling, analytics or sale of data.

11. Sharing with third parties

ORAV Forge Ltd does not sell Foster Budget user data and does not share user-entered records with advertisers, data brokers, analytics providers, local authorities, fostering agencies, banks or other third parties.

Google Play processes store downloads and purchases. The device operating system and the destination selected by the user process a file when the user chooses to export, save, print or share it.

If a user contacts us, normal email and hosting providers may process the message only as needed to provide their services. We may disclose information if required by a valid legal obligation.

12. Security

Foster Budget uses measures intended to protect local data, including an encrypted SQLCipher database, a database key held in device secure storage, optional PIN-based app lock with temporary lockout, password-encrypted backups and user-controlled exports.

No app, device or encryption method can guarantee complete security. Users should secure their device, install operating-system updates, use a strong device passcode and backup password, and take care with exported files.

13. Retention and deletion

Local Foster Budget information remains on the device until the user edits or deletes records, clears the app’s storage, restores a different backup or uninstalls the app.

Because ORAV Forge Ltd cannot access the local database, we cannot remotely view or delete it. Users can remove local app data through Foster Budget’s available controls or through the device’s app settings. Uninstalling the app removes its local app data from that device.

Exports and encrypted backup files are separate copies and must be deleted from every location where the user saved or shared them.

Foster Budget does not create an online account, so there is no ORAV Forge app account to close. Support messages may be kept only as long as reasonably needed for support, business records, legal obligations or dispute handling. Users can email us to request access to or deletion of support information, subject to any information we must retain.

14. Children’s information

Foster Budget is intended for adult users and is not designed for use by children.

Adult users may choose to record a child’s display name or initials and financial information connected with that child’s care. The adult user is responsible for ensuring they have an appropriate reason and authority to record, retain, export or share that information.

Users should follow the requirements of their fostering agency, local authority, supervising social worker, professional adviser and applicable law when handling information about children.

15. International use

Foster Budget is provided by a UK company. Local app records remain on the user’s device unless the user chooses an export or backup destination. A third-party service chosen by the user may process exported information in another country under that service’s own terms.

16. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when Foster Budget’s features, data handling, legal obligations or Google Play requirements change.

The latest version will be published on this page. The date at the top shows when it was last updated. Material changes to data collection, use or sharing will also be reflected in the app and Google Play Data safety information where required.

17. Contact

For privacy questions, support requests or enquiries about information sent directly to ORAV Forge Ltd, contact:

ORAV Forge Ltd

Website: https://oravforge.co.uk

Email: support@oravforge.co.uk