UK Giving Report 2025: Trends in giving
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION United Kingdom. Charities Aid Foundation. 2025. Report
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.
The number of people that are donating or sponsoring someone for charity has been recorded by the Charities Aid Foundation’s (CAF) UK Giving Report since 2016. It explores the trends of the giving landscape, using survey data from more than 13,000 people every year.
Key findings:
- £15.4 billion was donated to charity last year
- Health charities received the most in donations from the public
- An estimated 5.6 million people volunteered
Donation trends:
- Only half of people gave to charity in the last 12 months.
- The number of young donors has dropped by a third since 2017.
- Reasons for not donating include affordability, lack of trust, and a lack of interest
Download the full UK Giving Report from Charities Aid Foundation’s (CAF) here: https://www.cafonline.org/insights/research/uk-giving-report/