Number of people who claimed donation tax credits

In the 2025 tax year to date, 350,800 people claimed donations tax credits (DTC).

Graph showing number of people claiming DTC on the vertical axis from 320,000 to 420,000, and tax years on horizontal axis from 2005 to 2025. The line starts around 380,000 in 2005 and drops to around 350,000 in 2025.

P – statistics released for 2024 and 2025 are provisional totals, and will be revised in future releases.

This graph shows the number of people claiming DTC per year between the 2005 and 2025 tax years. The number of claimants increased from 381,500 in 2005 to 406,000 in 2008, then declined over time to 360,600 claimants in the 2024 tax year.

For the 2025 tax year there are 350,800 claims to date.

In 2009, the Government removed the upper limit on the amount of DTC a single person could claim. Removing the DTC cap is likely to have reduced the number of people claiming DTC as fewer donations are now split between couples, while increasing the DTC amount claimed per person.

Expected donation tax credit claims

DTC can be claimed for up to 4 years after the end of the tax year. Based on previous claims history, Inland Revenue expects to receive a further 5,000 to 10,000 claims for the 2024 tax year, and 20,000 to 25,000 claims for the 2025 tax year.