# London Marathon Charity Ballot returns

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2025/11/28/london-marathon-charity-ballot-returns/
- Published: 2025-11-28T12:03:43+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Five hundred charity places are about to be made available for the world’s biggest
annual one-day fundraising event **

The popular TCS London Marathon Charity Ballot is back, offering 500 charities the
chance to secure a place in the 2027 edition of the world’s biggest annual one-day
fundraising event.

The Charity Ballot is open only to UK-registered charities that do not already hold
places for the 2027 event. The 500 places will be allocated through a random ballot.
No charity will be eligible for more than one place.

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The ballot opens on **Monday 1 December 2025** and closes at 23:59 on **Thursday
11 December**. To enter the ballot, charities must complete the application form
on the [TCS London Marathon website](https://click-813804.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=47239203&msgid=437959&act=ZWNX&c=813804&pid=3429717&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.londonmarathonevents.co.uk%2Flondon-marathon%2Fapply-charity-ballot&cf=10964&v=d1cacfaaa80e9be2bbbe7f5bdcd72d73c3c35ccaa7064083b3c0d5dd19421666).

Charities will be notified of the results by Friday 19 December.

[This year’s event raised £87.3 million](https://fundraising.co.uk/2025/10/23/tcs-london-marathon-2025-raises-a-world-record-87-3-million-for-charities/)
for charity, breaking the event’s own world record from 2024, confirming its position
as the world’s biggest annual one-day fundraising event.