£1.7 billion was donated to charity by 10,100 people through their wills in the most recent year (2019/2020), London-based private client law firm Boodle Hatfield, has revealed.
Almost half (£800 million) of the total figure came from 300 high-net worth (HNW) individuals who gifted £1 million or more each, leaving charities an average of just under £2.7 million per donor.
The remaining 9,800 individuals who gifted money to charities through their wills donated £900 mil...