Charity Retail Ireland Impact Report 2025
Charity retail delivers impact across the triple bottom line, creating social, environmental and economic value. This report, based on a comprehensive survey of Charity Retail Ireland members’ activities in 2025, shines a light on their achievements across each of these metrics of people, planet and prosperity.
It also explores the challenges faced by Irish charity retailers and identifies the supports they require to continue to be the driving force for reuse in Ireland, while supporting the work of vital charitable services.
What We Do: The Triple Bottom Line
People: Our members provide vital community hubs, give access to affordable goods through 10 million+ transactions, and deliver work experience for nearly 7,000 people.
Planet: Divert 21,000 tonnes from landfill, finding new homes for 17 million+ items.
Prosperity: Drive turnover of €73 million+, supporting essential causes.
Our Challenges:
Paying the price for fast fashion: high volume, low quality donations are placing unsustainable pressure on staff, costs and infrastructure.
Rising costs: the flow of funds to our causes is under pressure from rising operational costs.
Volunteers: volunteer numbers and availability have dropped at a time when we need them more than ever
Read the full 2025 impact report including more detail on what Irish charity retailers need to thrive.