# CAF handles a record £478 million in donations in 2014/15

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/08/03/caf-handles-a-record-478m-in-donations-in-201415/
- Published: 2015-08-03T16:28:22+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Charities Aid Foundation helped individuals and organisations make £478 million
in charitable donations during 2014/15 according to the charity’s latest annual 
report. An increase of £35 million on 2013/14, this is the largest amount to date.**

CAF manages donations on behalf of wealthy philanthropists, thousands of major businesses
and hundreds of thousands of people who give through CAF Charity Accounts and through
their payroll with Give As You Earn.  It also provides financial services to voluntary
organisations.

During 2014/15:

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• **£70 million** was donated by employees of more than 3,000 firms through their
payroll as part of Give As You Earn.

• People holding a CAF Charity Account to manage their giving gave** £100 million**
to charities. This includes the Gift Aid that CAF claims on their behalf to make
the accounts tax-effective.

• Major donors donated **£156 million** via CAF, an increase of 19% over the previous
year

• Companies using CAF’s services donated **£82 million**

## Services to charities

The annual report also revealed that:

 * CAF Bank has lent **£20 million** to charities

 * CAF’s social investment arm Venturesome has supported another 23 social enterprises
   and not-for-profit organisations seen as too high-risk by high street banks.

2014 was also the year that CAF co-ordinated the UK activities for [#GivingTuesday](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2014/06/18/giving-tuesday-launches-uk/),
the first time the global campaign promoting giving, took place in the UK. Over 
820 charities and businesses took part. CAF is coordinating the campaign again this
year, and it will run on 1 December.

CAF Chief Executive John Low said:

“Charities have not escaped the consequences of global economic conditions, and 
as a result have had a difficult few years during which demand for their services
has risen steeply. It has never been more important to encourage people to give 
and to maximise the impact of their generosity”.

You can [download the CAF annual report 2014/15](https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-governance/cafannualreport-2015_1688a.pdf)
in PDF.

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