UK Giving Report 2025
The UK Giving 2025 Report tells the story of giving in 2024: Charities are now relying on donations from only 50% of people, down from 58% in 2019 — equivalent to approximately four million fewer donors.
- £15.4 billion was donated to charity last year: Despite continued financial uncertainty, the UK public donated an estimated £15.4 billion to charity in 2024.
- Median amount donated in previous month was £28 (up from £20 in 2019)
- Mean amount donated in previous month was £72 (up from £46 in 2019)
- Only half of people gave to charity in the last 12 months: for the first time since CAF began tracking this metric, the proportion of people donating to charity has fallen to only 50%.
- Reasons for not donating include affordability, lack of trust, and a lack of interest
About the survey: "Now in its 21st year, UK Giving has taken more than 13,000 responses collected online from the public throughout 2024. The sample is constructed to be nationally representative of the UK adults aged 16+ in terms of respondents’ sex, age, region / nation and ONS social grade. All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc.
In 2024, we made some changes to the questions about donation method and the causes supported by the public. As part of these changes, respondents were prompted about the different ways that they might have supported charities. You can find out more about our methodology in the UK Giving Report 2024."
