# Payroll Giving increases by £3.5 million in 2017-18 - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/11/07/payroll-giving-increases-3-5-million-2017-18/ - Published: 2018-11-07T08:47:59+00:00 - Author: Melanie May **The Association of Payroll Giving Organisations (APGO) has announced that Payroll Giving increased by £3.5 million in 2017-18 compared to the previous financial year.** Monies donated by employees reached £133 million in 2017-18 compared to £131 million in 2016-17 according to [APGO](https://www.apgo.org.uk/), and employer matching increased from £7 million in 2016-17 to £8.5 million in the past financial year. The 2017-18 figures are based on statistics from the three largest Payroll Giving agencies: [ Charities Aid Foundation](https://www.cafonline.org/), Charities Trust and Charitable Giving. ## 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/) Currently over 5,500 employers operate Payroll Giving schemes in the UK, with over 1 million employees donating each month, benefitting over 8,500 different causes. Panikos Efthimiou, chair of the APGO said: > “Our members are thrilled that Payroll Giving continues to grow and support even > more charities in the UK each payday. We want to take this opportunity to thank > every employer who operates the scheme and the 1 million employees who give each > month to a cause they care about.” * **[Payroll Giving Week signups increase 87% in a year](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/05/17/payroll-giving-week-signups-increase-87-year/)**( 17 May 2022) * **[Donations to charities through Give As You Earn top £1.6bn](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/08/22/donations-to-charities-through-give-as-you-earn-top-1-6bn/)**( 22 August 2022) * **[Charity-owned GoodPAYE launches with sights on doubling UK payroll givers by 2030](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/10/04/charity-owned-goodpaye-launches-with-sights-on-doubling-uk-payroll-givers-by-2030/)**( 4 October 2022) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)