Generosity Report 2026
Building a fuller picture of Christian generosity
Our third Generosity Report uncovers fresh insights into the impact of faith on generosity and the factors shaping Christian giving across the UK today.
Trust is a dominant theme in this year’s report with the data pointing to a clear correlation between trust in local church and an increase in generosity. The data also suggests that teaching on generosity is critical for building that trust.
For the first time this year, the report also introduces five giving personas.
Designed to support churches, charities and Christian workers in inviting and growing support, the report includes:
- Eight key findings grouped around trust, giving habits and the future of generosity
- Motivations, barriers and opportunities for engagement for the five giving personas
- Case studies, recommendations and practical resources to help put the insights into action
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Key findings
Trust and generosity
Trust in local church leads to greater generosity
Regular teaching on generosity helps build trust
Trust leads to gratitude and joy in giving
Giving habits
Fewer Christians are giving in response to appeals
Over 25% of Christians give from savings
The future of giving
The wealthy, the young and ethnic minority Christians expect to give more
Younger givers are more open to teaching on generosity and appeals to give
Younger Christians talk more about giving
Stewardship’s Generosity Report 2026 explores the vital role of trust in generosity revealing how and why Christians are giving and where trust can be rebuilt or strengthened. It is also exciting to get a more detailed look at the emerging generation of younger Christians who are hungry for faith and are driven by it to be the most generous. We hope that you will be both encouraged by the steadfast generosity evident across God’s people and challenged to consider how we can all play our part to model the kind of integrity that invites trust and releases generosity in others.
Janie Oliver
CEO, Stewardship
Who we surveyed
The Stewardship Generosity Report 2026 is an independent research project conducted by specialist research firm Whitestone Insight. 6,004 UK Christian adults were surveyed online from 8 to 17 July 2025.
In September 2025, our lead researcher conducted in-depth one-to-one video interviews with 15 Committed Christians representing a range of denominations and other demographics and spread across the different giving personas identified for the Stewardship Generosity Report 2026.
Videos
Now in its third year, each successive Stewardship Generosity Report discloses even more insight into how Christian giving can be unlocked. Most striking this year is that the most committed followers of Jesus give dramatically more, and that trust remains the determining factor in releasing generosity.
Andrew Hawkins
CEO, Whitestone Insight
Although the Coptic Orthodox Church has historically enjoyed and benefitted from an encouraging presence of young people across our ministries, it is heartening to see this trend now becoming more prevalent across the wider Church, with young people either returning to Church or seeking and finding their spiritual home and comfort there.
His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos OBE
Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London and Papal Legate to the United Kingdom
