Research / statistics

Online fundraising service JustGiving has now helped individuals raise over £1 billion for charity since it was established in 2001.

Online fundraising website Virgin Money Giving has helped charities raise £100 million in the two and a half years since its launch.

The largest 100 charities by income achieved a combined growth in income in the year to March 2011, despite operating in difficulty economic conditions.

The Saints Foundation, backed football club Southampton FC, has raised £1 million in the past year, an increase of 40% on the previous year when it was established.

Use of credit and debit cards to pay at charity shops continues to increase.

The University of Oxford has achieved its fundraising goal of £1.25 billion for its Oxford Thinking Campaign.

UK charity Computer Aid International has now shipped over 200,000 PCs and laptop to schools, hospitals and charities in 112 developing countries since it was founded in 1998.

People who describe themselves as religious give twice as much money to charity than do those without a faith, according to research by Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).

The Military Wives Choir, which secured the Christmas number one single position, has raised £503,985 for the Royal British Legion and the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) fr

The Financial Times 2011-2012 Seasonal Appeal has raised £3.3 million for international development charity Sightsavers, the most that the annual appeal has raised since it began in 2005.