# Bmycharity passes £10 million mark in online donations

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/11/23/bmycharity-passes-10-million-mark-online-donations/
- Published: 2006-11-23T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Online fundraising and sponsorship service Bmycharity has now handled over £10
million in charity donations from over 279.408 donors. The company was set up by
ormer charity volunteers Ben Brabyn and Matt Cooper, who came up with the idea whilst
on a parachuting holiday in 2000.**

Ben Brabyn, Managing Director of Bmycharity said: “Our original aim was to make 
online fundraising easy, fun and safe for charities and charity supporters. We have
achieved this through simple and fast websites and a relentless focus on helping
our charity partners to benefit from the increased reach and efficiency of online
fundraising. Since 2000, we’ve helped UK charities including Oxfam, Cancer Research
UK and many smaller organisations deliver £10 million more to their projects.”

Out of the £10 million raised, £1,722,452.36 consisted of Gift Aid, “demonstrating
that online fundraising and tax efficient giving are perfect partners”. Recent research
by Bmycharity showed that charities which fundraise online raise on average over
75% of the available Gift Aid, boosting the average charity’s total income through
online fundraising by 20%.

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Brabyn added that new services from Bmycharity including video streaming and interactive
tools on the fundraising pages.