34 per cent of Pentecostal respondents give more than a tenth of their income, against 4 per cent of Protestant and 1 per cent of Catholic respondents. Age makes almost no difference.
Asked whether they give a fixed share of their income, 39 per cent of respondents say yes, 24 per cent say no and 27 per cent say it varies.
That average conceals the widest spread of any question in this survey. Among Pentecostal respondents, 34 per cent give more than a tenth of their income. Among Reformed respondents the figure is 5 per cent, among Protestant respondents 4 per cent and among Catholic respondents 1 per cent, where more than half say they give no fixed share at all.
Age barely registers by comparison. Younger respondents more often say it varies, 33 per cent against 25 per cent of those aged 55 and over, which is consistent with a less settled income. The share who give structurally differs little between the age bands.
The method follows the commitment. Respondents who give a fixed share use direct debit far more often than other givers, 62 per cent against 43 per cent, and standing arrangements 36 per cent against 21 per cent. Those who do not give a fixed share are more likely to give in the collection at church.
For a fundraising team, the useful reading is that the structural giver is not a demographic but a tradition, and is already inside an automated payment route. Reaching that person is a different exercise from reaching the occasional giver, and the two are not distinguished by age.
The report sets out the giving chapter in full, including how these figures sit alongside national research on household giving.
Source: European Christian Media Survey 2026