# Macmillan tops YouGov’s CharityIndex for second year - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/08/03/macmillan-tops-yougovs-charityindex-second-year/ - Published: 2018-08-03T08:00:05+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **Macmillan Cancer Support has topped YouGov’s annual CharityIndex rankings for the second year running, with Cancer Research UK staying in second place.**   The [YouGov CharityIndex](https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/08/01/macmillan-tops-yougov-charityindex-rankings-second/) has tracked 32 charities continuously over the past four years, measuring overall brand health. The Index score takes into account perceptions of a charity’s quality, value, impression, satisfaction, reputation and whether consumers would recommend the brand to others. The latest results are taken from July 2017 to 30 June 2018. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)   Overall, [Macmillan](https://www.macmillan.org.uk/), Cancer Research UK and [British Heart Foundation](https://www.bhf.org.uk/) hold the lead, while RNLI takes fourth place, with Guide Dogs coming fifth.   In terms of uplift, RSPCA saw the greatest increase in its Index score, with a change in score of +2.2. Dogs Trust moved up six points from last year, from eighth to second with an uplift in Index of +1.6, followed by Prostate Cancer UK in third ( +1.5). Guide Dogs (+1.4) and Battersea Dogs & Cats Home (+1.4) round off the top 5 improvers. * **[Public contract wins by social enterprises at lowest level for two years](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/01/03/public-contract-wins-social-enterprises-lowest-level-two-years/)**( 3 January 2019) * **[Online giving up in 2018 but overall donations fell, says report](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/03/05/online-giving-up-in-2018-but-overall-donations-fell-says-report/)**( 5 March 2019) * **[Grant applications rising but digital skills gap hampering efforts](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/03/06/grant-applications-rising-but-digital-skills-gap-hampering-efforts/)**( 6 March 2019) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)