'Invaluable' Queen’s charities raise £1.4bn a year 1

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 7 Jun 2012

Charities supported by the Queen raise a combined £1.427bn a year, research from the Charities Aid Foundation has found.

The 510 British charities supported by the monarch raised the princely sum in the last financial year, according to CAF.

Among those 510 charities are some fundraising giants; Cancer Research UK, which raised £351m in the last year on record; British Red Cross, which raised £119.9m; and Barnardo’s which raised £43.5m.

The Royal Family as a whole support more than 2,400 charities in Britain, and are eagerly sought-after patrons. In a YouGov poll, released last February, Prince William was found to be the most influential charity patron in the UK, while the public and charity sector waited with bated breath to discover which charities his new wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, would choose to support in her public life.

CAF chief executive John Low praised the Queen for setting an example in supporting so many charities.

“The Diamond Jubilee is all about celebrating the benefit the Queen has brought to this country during her reign, and these figures certainly prove that her support is invaluable to the charity sector,” said Low.

“We want to promote a culture where supporting charities by giving time or money is the norm. The Queen’s work for charities of all types is an example to all of us.”

Directory: Charities Aid Foundation | Barnardo's | British Red Cross | Cancer Research UK
Who's Who: John Low

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Caroline Armitage
Chief Executive
Royal Blind Society
7 Jun 2012

As Chief Executives of one of the smaller charities of which the Queen is a Patron let me say how important royal patronage is to us. Bigger organisaitons may raise bigger sums, but the £500,000 we have raised in the last year is absolutely invaluable to the work we do supporting holidays for the visually impaired. I would even say the Queen's support is more important to a smaller charity than it is to a larger one!

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