BGC Group has raised a report $14 million (£11.2m) throughout its annual BGC Charity Day, the very best complete within the occasion’s 21-year historical past.
Since its inception in 2005, in reminiscence of 658 BGC colleagues and 61 Eurobrokers workers who died within the 9/11 assaults, the occasion has generated greater than $234 million globally.
Yearly, 100% of revenues and dealer commissions from a single day’s buying and selling are donated on to charity.
Star energy boosts giving
This yr’s London buying and selling ground featured appearances from Ray Winstone, Hugh Grant, Lily James, Billie Piper, Sir Gareth Southgate, Tom Hardy, Davina McCall, Holly Willoughby, Amanda Holden, Michael McIntyre and HRH Princess Beatrice, all closing trades alongside brokers.
Sean Windeatt, Co-CEO and COO of BGC Group, mentioned the environment makes the occasion distinctive: “The vitality on the buying and selling ground is not like anything – it lifts the entire group, brings everybody collectively and creates a way of goal and satisfaction that lasts lengthy after the occasion.”
Supporting charities within the UK and past
Greater than 60 charities within the UK will profit, together with Assist for Heroes, Select Love, Area for Giants, Grief Encounter, HVH Arts, Dame Kelly Holmes Belief, Haven House Children’s Hospice, Muscular Dystrophy, Laureus Sport for Good and The Pearl Fund, launched by England rugby star Maro Itoje.
Debbi Clark, CEO of HVH Arts, mentioned BGC Charity Day has at occasions represented a 3rd of the charity’s annual revenue: “That help allows us to ship very important initiatives that give deprived youngsters entry to the humanities, mentoring and artistic alternatives they’d not in any other case have.”
For smaller charities, the influence is especially vital. Andy Watts, Head of Partnerships at Grief Encounter, mentioned: “As a smaller charity that depends totally on voluntary donations, the funds raised could have a big influence on our work supporting bereaved youngsters, younger individuals and their households.”
International attain
The 2025 occasion passed off throughout London, New York, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, São Paulo and Sydney, underlining its international attain.
At a time when new analysis from the Charities Help Basis reveals that 75% of UK companies gave no charitable help in 2024, BGC Charity Day stays a significant supply of funding for charities underneath monetary stress.
