# Two million more Direct Debits to charities set up in 2013

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/03/13/two-million-direct-debits-charities-set-2013/
- Published: 2014-03-13T10:56:21+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Charitable giving by Direct Debit continues to grow, according to Bacs Payment Schemes
Limited. The total number of Direct Debit donations to good causes grew from 56 
million in 2012 to 58 million in 2013.

 

The previous year saw growth as well, so from 2011 to 2013 the total number of Direct
Debits being paid to charity has increased by four million, or around 7.5%.

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## Value of Direct Debit donations

 

The total amount pledged by Direct Debit has also grown, up by £110 million over
the past two years to £1.1 billion in 2013.

 

This growth is supporting by the findings of _UK Giving 2012 _by the Charities Aid
Foundation (CAF) and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO). It
reports that Direct Debit accounted for a third of total donations to charity by
value, up from a quarter during the previous year.

 

## Causes generating most by Direct Debit

 

Some charities and types of charity have been more successful than others at securing
this kind of regular giving.

 

 * **Educational charities** secured the largest number of new Direct Debit donations
   at 6.7% in 2013, although this represented a value increase of only 0.1%.
 * **Animal charities** on the other hand achieved a 5.2% increase in volume and
   a 4.8% increase in value.
 * **Old age charities** achieved the best increase in total value at 9.2%, with
   a 3.4% increase in total donations.
 * **Health charities** achieved a 4.6% volume and value increase. **Environmental
   causes** increased Direct Debit volume by 4.3% and value by 6.9%.
 * **Youth charities** however suffered a decline, with volume down by 5.9% and 
   overall value by 6.2%.

 

[Bacs](http://www.bacs.co.uk)’ charity sector specialist, Graham Callaghan, said:“
This data again underlines the effectiveness and ease of [Direct Debit](http://www.directdebit.co.uk)
as a method for supporting good causes, while we know that these type of payments
are cost-effective for charities as they are cheaper to process than the likes of
cash and cheque.”

 

Bacs is currently running [The Big Break campaign](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2014/01/08/big-break-campaign-benefit-charities/)
to promote Direct Debit and raise funds for charities.