The final total of funds raised for charity from the 2025 TCS London Marathon is a world record £87.3 million, increasing London’s position as the world’s largest annual one-day fundraising event.
The previous record of £73.5 million, set by the TCS London Marathon in 2024, was broken just days after this year’s event, on Sunday 27 April.
Now, with all fundraising data confirmed, the final figure stands at a staggering £87.3* million, beating last year’s total by £13.8 million.
This brings the cumulative total raised since the first edition of the London Marathon in 1981 to £1.4 billion.
Hugh Brasher, CEO of London Marathon Events, said: “We are extremely proud that the TCS London Marathon continues to set new records for the world’s largest annual one-day fundraising event. While it takes place on one day every year, its impact goes far beyond that – as this phenomenal fundraising total of £87.3 million from the 2025 TCS London Marathon shows. Thousands of charities directly benefit from the money raised by the incredible efforts of those who ran 26.2 miles on Sunday 27 April, helping these organisations make a difference all year round. It is extraordinary that the London Marathon has now raised £1.4 billion for charity since the first edition in 1981.”
Enthuse, the official online fundraising partner for the TCS London Marathon, saw another record-breaking year on its platform. In total, more than £35.77 million was raised by participants on Enthuse with an average donation of £46.75 and an average page value of £2,809.
Chester Mojay-Sinclare, Enthuse Founder and CEO, said: “The TCS London Marathon is an incredible force for good, and it was another fantastic event this year. Every year, as the official online fundraising partner, we’re helping even more good causes to raise more funds, and we’re delighted to have helped charities raise nearly £36 million from the 2025 event.
“It’s clear that the appetite to use the TCS London Marathon to fundraise for a good cause is as high as it’s ever been. We’re really excited by the positive impact this year’s donations will make to charities and those that they support.”
Diana Jupp, CEO of Pancreatic Cancer UK, the 2025 TCS London Marathon Official Charity of the Year, said: “To have the platform of the TCS London Marathon partnership was both an honour and a transformational moment for a cancer that has been overlooked and underfunded for decades.
“We are so proud of each and every one of our runners, who took on the ultimate test and together raised an incredible £2.8 million. That money is already helping our researchers push the boundaries of what’s possible in the early detection of pancreatic cancer. We are now closer than ever to putting a test into the hands of doctors, and I am excited that we will have an update on their progress to share later this year.
“More than half of people affected by this devastating disease die within three months of diagnosis. People with pancreatic cancer and their loved ones deserve more than hope. The legacy of this partnership must be more noise, more research, more survivors.”
The new world-best figure of £87.3 million for the largest one-day fundraising event adds to a collection of World Records set at the 2025 TCS London Marathon, including becoming the world’s largest marathon with 56,640 finishers and a new women’s-only world record of 2:15:50 set by Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa. Furthermore, an astonishing world record 1,133,813 people entered the public ballot for the 2026 TCS London Marathon, which will take place on Sunday 26 April next year.
*The fundraising data was collated by collaborate+ and The Information Lab, with information provided by the following fundraising platforms:
- Enthuse (official online fundraising partner for London Marathon Events)
- Cancer Research UK
- Crowdfunder
- GoFundMe
- givestar
- Give Wheel
- GivenGain
- Give as you Live
- Givey
- Funraisin
- JustGiving
- SportsGiving
- Wonderful
The total also includes money raised for 22 US charities.