STRATEGIC REPORT
Fundraising Activities
As in 2024, the plan for 2025 was to continue to raise awareness of Agents Giving amongst the estate agency industry and to encourage as many individuals and companies as possible to be involved in fundraising activities and dosomething great for charity no matter how big or small.
Agents Giving were able to support this by promoting good deeds by the industry which made such a huge difference in their local communities for charitable causes, community groups, individuals in need, the elderly, homeless and vulnerable.
Agents Giving organise a Supporters Scheme whereby agents sign up to for an annual fee of £99 to show their support, this works well for agents who may not have the time to get involved in a fundraising event themselves, but they want to do something to help make a difference. Participating agents receive promotional material to use and their own web page to promote their company. In 2025 the scheme raised£5,594. National Home Move showed their support by signing up all 65 of their network branches to the scheme.
In 2025 Agents Giving raised £305,797 in total from the different sources, donations, activities, and fundraising events. Building on the successful fundraising events in 2024 we organized the following principal events during 2025:
Frosty Footsteps – Encouraging the property industry through February and March to walk in aid of supporting Crisis Charity. Funds donated £3,807.
Agents Giving Day –Industry wide Fundraising Day where the Property Industry are encouraged to collect items and fill a food parcel to deliver on to their local food banks or carry out a good deed for their local food bank such as fundraising or volunteering forthe day. This resulted in thousands of food items being collected and donated to local food banks across the country.
Donate a Winter Coat Campaign– a winter coat collection with hundreds of coats being donated to many homeless shelters, schools and charities. Agents Giving also collaborated once again with Only a Pavement Away Charity to organize the donations across the main cities of the UK.
Donate a Food Parcel Initiative – this was ongoing throughout the year with thousands of foods, toiletries, sanitary items and baby products were donated to food banks around the UK with people supporting their own local food banks.
Agents Giving Dragon Boat Race at Fairlop Waters, Essex on 18th May 2025, fundraising in aid of Magic Moments children’s charity, sponsored by Landmark Estate Agency Services. Twelve boats came together on the water to paddle in great spirit. Funds raised £28,689, shared with the Agents Giving grant fund.
Agents Giving Summer Ball and Fundraising Champions Awards 2025 at Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking, Surrey, sponsored by Help the Move. This was an evening of celebration recognizing those in our industry who go the extra mile for their charities, setting a great example for others to follow. The event raised £63,098. Fundsraised were split with Only A Pavement Away.
Agents Giving Charity Golf Day 30th April 2025 at Donnington Valley, Old Oxford Rd, Donnington, Newbury RG143AG organized by Agents Giving Chairman David Newnes and Board Member Gareth Samples. Eighteen teams enjoyed a great dayon the golf course with breakfast, a three-course dinner auction and raffle.The day raised £17,020 for Agents Giving Grant Fund.
The Agents Giving Charity Golf Day at Morley Hayes, Derbyshire on 25th September 2025 organized by Agents Giving Chairman David Newnes and Board Member Gareth Samples. Eighteen teams registered their four ball teams for an eighteen-hole shotgun start round of golf. Headline Sponsor: Just Move In. All players were invited to a three-course dinner, complete with a fundraising raffle and charity auction. The event raised £20,962 and shared with Only A Pavement Away charity. A cheque presentation took place with board members in London.
Agents Giving Charity Golf and Spa Day returned to the Belfry, Sutton Coldfield in collaboration with The Guild of Property Professionals on 9th September 2025. Twenty-Six teams had an exhilarating fundraising day with a BBQ presentation dinner, raffle and auction, raising £82,364. These funds were shared with the Bone Cancer Research Trust. A cheque presentation took place in December at the Guild of Property Professionals office in London.
Agents Giving - The Great British Property Cycle Challenge. This event took place in October 2025 and went through to the first week in November. Agents were invited to collectively ride around the British Isles. Every £10 raised for charity moved us one mile forward on the map of the UK supporting St Mungo’s homeless charity. This event raised £26,359 with a cheque presentation taken place with St Mungos in London.
Agents Giving and Rayner Personnel, an industry supplier came together to organise a Padel Tournament on 19th November 2025. Twenty-Four teams came together to battle it out on the courts at the Padel Hub, North London, N20 9LB in aid of MIND Charity. A cheque presentation took place in December. Funds raised £4,476, shared with Agents Giving. Russell Jervis of Rayner Personnel presented the cheque at the MIND Office in Essex.
The Agents Giving Christmas Stocking Appeal 2025 – Engaging with the property industry to encourage collections and donate festive chocolates and luxury food items to be donated to local food banks to families who were unable to afford these luxuries at Christmas time, many donations were made.
Agents Giving were the chosen charity for support and fundraising for several major industry events and referral schemes during 2025 including:
EA Masters supported Agents Giving at their awards and conference, raising £14,753 on the day in support of Richard and Rebecca Combelack, with funds shared with Coppafeel Charity and Agents Giving. Delegates had the experience of a free haircut by Barber Tom Chapman who is a multi-award winning, and published author. A cheque donation presented in London with board member Peter Knight from EA Masters and Agents Giving Board Member.
Exp Conference raised funds for Agents Giving through a 5k run initiative.
The LSL Conference £3,284 raised funds for Agents Giving through raffle donations to the delegates supporting the Agents Giving grant fund.
Propertymark invitations to their Regional Conferences are very much appreciated for Agents Giving to network for Agents Giving new supporters.
The Property Franchise Group invited Agents Giving to the annual conference in January 2025 at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham.
Agents Giving were once again invited to The Guild of Property Professionals annual Conference 7th February 2025, at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London.
Women In Estate Agency invited Agents Giving along to their annual conference in London on 6th March.
Worthy of note and thanks goes to the following for their sterling charity support and fundraising efforts: Kerfuffle, The Guild of Property Professionals, Propertymark, Social Angels, National Home Move, The Property Franchise Group,Property Academy, Exp, LSL and Rayner Personnel.
Thanks to our Charity Partners Brief Your Market, EA Masters, Social Angels, Moneypenny, Property Academy, Kerfuffle, The Guild of Property Professionals, Relocation Agent Network, and media supporters Estate Agent Today and The Property Reporter should also be noted for their considerable support during the year with their support, donations or services provided.
Thanks also to our Regional Ambassadors and their companies for their support and help to promote Agents Giving: Macleod & MacCallum, Clive Tanner Wyatt, Homebox, Pygott & Crone, Dawsons, PVS Media, Simply Conveyancing, Tenancy Deposit Scheme, Liana Loporto Property, Katy Poore Exp, The Depositary, Stephen J Brown Consultancy, PVS Media, Distinct Property Consultants.
Agents Giving offer a small grant towards agents fundraising set upcosts, which has proved very successful. Fundraisers are invited to apply for a grant to help cover the costs of putting on their fundraising event. As well as encouraging more agents to fundraise for charity and us to help them promote their events to a wider audience. This is funded by monies raised at Agents Giving events during the year and is supported by The Guild of Property Professionals and their referral donation campaign.
Grants
Agents Giving Grant donations made in 2025 - £21,060
Agents Giving Charity donations made in 2025 –£91,162
Patron, Chairman and Directors
TV personality and property expert Phil Spencer continued his support as the Agents Giving Patron.
Agents Giving Chairman David Newnes remains in this position as of 1st January 2025.
Agents Giving
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
STRATEGIC REPORT
Future plans
Plans for future periods
Agents Giving continues to gain support throughout the property industry and to encourage fundraising on all levels, we aim to get all estate and letting agents as well as suppliers to the industry fundraising for their charities, communities and local causes via the AgentsGiving grant fund. Agents Giving aim to continue to encourage, support and promote the industries general fundraising efforts.
Looking forward to 2026 the plan is to:
To organize the Frosty Footsteps virtual walk where agents are invited to take part by either walking in their own time or joining a team walk to help raise funds for the homeless charity Crisis.
Agents Giving will be asking property professionals to get involved with the Easter Egg appeal where Easter Eggs are collected at various networks around the country which are then given to local children at Easter time.
To organize the Agents Giving Dragon Boat Race at the Stratford Upon Avon Boat Club a new venue for the charity in a bid to attract some different supporters. All participants will be invited to fundraise for Magic Moments the children’s charity helping children with life-limiting illnesses.
Agents Giving Fundraising Champion Awards–Summer Ball is planned for 9th July 2026, at Coombe Abbey, Coventry a new venue for the charity in a bid to attract some new supporters. A three-course dinner is planned for around 200 guests with awards ceremony for the Fundraising Champion Awards 2026. A charity raffle and auction are also planned for Agents Giving fundraising and the YMCA Derby.
Three Agents Giving Charity Golf Days are planned, one in the North of England, one in the South of England and one in Birmingham. Agents and suppliers to the property industry are invited to play an 18-hole rounds of golf, hosted by Chairman David Newnes and Board Director Gareth Samples at dates to be agreed in May and September. A three-course dinner isincluded with a fundraising auction and raffle in aid of Agents Giving and Bone Cancer Research Trust and Motor Neurone Disease Association. Agents Giving will continue to build on existing events and expand further on the success of The Agents Giving Gala Ball and the fundraising champions awards in July 2026.
The Great British Property Cycle Challenge is also in the diary for October 2026, with the aim to exceed the fundraising from 2025 in aid of The British Heart Foundation and Heartbeat Trust.
Agents Giving Day – we plan to run this campaign to engage even more agents and suppliers to collect and donate to their local food banks as an ongoing initiative. Agents Giving Day allows us that day or week in June where people can come together for as great cause. Each year, thousands of food items are collected and donated to many local food bank centres across the UK.
Christmas Stocking Appeal – Supporting families in crisis at this festive season, by donating Christmas stockings fullof sweet treats and Christmas chocolates for families.
Winter Coat Campaign – To engage the property industry to support the homeless by donating unloved warm coats where possible.
Continue to recruit further Board Directors.
Recruit additional Regional Ambassadors for further locations to assist in promoting events and fundraising at regional level.
Continue to recruit Charity Partners and develop relationships with current partners (mostly industry suppliers) to donate goods and services or make financial donations to support the running ofthe charity and the grant fund. Partners already include The Property Academy, Social Angels (social media & video support) Brief Your Market (digital marketing services).
Agents Giving plan to have a mixture of online virtual Board Meetings and in person meetings planned for 2026.
We plan to explore the relationship with industry bodies as their chosen charity. To maintain further the relationship with The Guild of Property Professionals who support The Agents Giving grant fund with their £50 referral donation scheme through their members. Continue to support and help even more agents and suppliers to the industry by supporting with their fundraising set up costs. Plan to run further Agents Giving events and work alongside our supporters to provide even more opportunities to fundraise. Plan to run some fundraising initiatives to help some worthwhile causes and something that all agents'offices can be involved in including supporting their local food bank effort.
Help the industry communicate and promote the great collective fundraising efforts, good deeds and Acts of Kindness to demonstrate how they are all making a huge difference to the charities and causes they support in their local communities.