The Salvation Army, which runs churches and social action projects for old people, people in poverty and those caught in human trafficking across the country, received £63.6 million in 2018/19 from legacies alone.
Topping the list was the Capricorn Fund who received a one-off donation of £435.3m but after that Cancer Research was the most beneficial, followed by the RNLI then Macmillan Cancer Support.
Speaking to Premier, Salvation Army’s Legacy Fundraising Manager, Jackie Birch, said: “It’s amazing, absolutely amazing. A lot of the people that leave us gifts in their will don’t actually have a relationship with us. I just think it’s wonderful that whatever it is the Salvation Army is doing out in the community is having a massive impact about the way people feel about us.”
“I think part of it is because people see the Salvation Army as an organisation that can be trusted. We’re visible in the community because the Salvation Army is actually at the heart of community and people see what we’re doing,
“Sometimes it’s because we’ve helped a family member. We have a lot of people who tell us it’s because of granddad in the war or dad in the Second World War and other people are actually using our services themselves.
“Almost half of the income that is donated to the Salvation Army actually comes through gifts in wills and the reason that’s so important is that…
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