Following a night filled with sketches, performances, and fundraising, Red Nose Day 2025 was announced to have raised an impressive total for Comic Relief.
By the end of the annual telethon, hosts Tom Allen and AJ Odudu announced that the charity had raised over £34 million, with the final total reaching £34,022,590.
The funds will support Comic Relief’s efforts to help communities by providing food, healthcare, shelter, and essentials across the UK and worldwide. This total was achieved after a night featuring new sketches from major BBC shows like Strictly Come Dancing and Gladiators.
Advertisement Samir Patel, CEO of Comic Relief, expressed his gratitude, stating:
On behalf of us all, I want to say a heartfelt thank you. Your extraordinary efforts have helped raise £34,022,590 that will help tackle some of the most urgent problems facing millions of people here in the UK and across the world.
The kindness we’ve seen is nothing short of incredible, and every donation, big or small reminds us that when we come together, we can help inspire real and meaningful change. Forty years on, the power of laughter to change lives remains as true today as it did in 1985.
Viewers tuned in and donated as hosts Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, Alesha Dixon, Joel Dommett, Rylan Clark, Alison Hammond, Tom Allen, and AJ Odudu delivered a night of entertainment. Tom and AJ revealed the final total at the end of the broadcast.
The 2025 total of just over £34 million fell slightly short of 2024’s figure of £38,631,548. While still a remarkable achievement by the British public, it marks the lowest amount raised since the 1997 broadcast.
Here is the full list of previous totals:
- 2025 – £34m
- 2024 – £38.6m
- 2023 – £35.3m
- 2022 – £42.8m
- 2021 – £55m
- 2019 – £63.5m
- 2017 – £76m
- 2015 – £99.4m
- 2013 – £100.3m
- 2011 – £108.4m
- 2009 – £82.3m
- 2007 – £67.7m
- 2005 – £65m
- 2003 – £61.6m
- 2001 – £61m
- 1999 – £35m
- 1997 – £27m
- 1995 – £22m
- 1993 – £18m
- 1991 – £20m
- 1989 – £26.9m
- 1988 – £15m
Fundraising reached its peak in the early 2010s, with 2011 holding the record at £108.4 million. That year, celebrity efforts included Chris Moyles hosting a 52-hour radio marathon on BBC Radio 1 and a 100km trek in Kenya featuring Lorraine Kelly, Dermot O’Leary, Craig David, Nadia Sawalha, Ronnie Ancona, Olly Murs, Scott Mills, Kara Tointon, and Peter White.
It’s also worth noting that until 2021, the live fundraiser was held biennially rather than airing annually as it does now.