The Charities Aid Foundation has published an analysis of its Payroll Giving scheme, 30 years after Give As You Earn scheme was set up. The results have found that employees have donated more than £1.3 billion directly to charities through the scheme.

The scheme enables employees to make donations from their pre-tax salary and is now used by more than 2,700 employers across the UK, including leading retailers, banks, financial services firms, media organisations and public sector bodies. More than 220,000 people in the UK make a regular donation to charity through Give As You Earn.

Other results include:

• Last year £74.3 million was donated through Give As You Earn
• The average monthly donation through payroll is £20.57
• More than 22,000 different charities are supported. The five most popular are currently Cancer Research UK, the NSPCC, Macmillan Cancer Support, BEN – Motor & Allied Trades Benevolent Fund and Friends at Work

For more information on Payroll Giving, click here.