Facts and Figures: Legacies for charities

In our latest free research, we explore the landscape of will and legacy donations for charities in the UK.

Some key facts:

Charity income from legacies has risen over previous years and now totals over £2.24bn
This is 1/4 of the total amount given to charities in the UK and equates to 19 Comic Reliefs or 40 Children in Needs
Whilst 35% say they would leave a charitable gift in their will, after ensuring their loved ones were left something, in reality only 7% do
1 in 6 wills when people die include a legacy

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3 Comments

What do you think?

Anonymous replied on 23 February 2017 - 9:38am Permalink

Nice report

Oliver Lamontagne replied on 21 March 2018 - 5:44pm Permalink

I believe the statistics 35%

I believe the statistics 35% & 7% could be clearer, is this an indication of the working population, the total population or from people contacted?

Anna Chistyakova replied on 23 March 2018 - 9:20am Permalink

Hi Oliver, thank you for your comment. Its not our data as far as we can see as the info comes from a Remember a Charity blog which isn’t clear. However I would think it’s a representative sample of the UK population by age and gender.

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