Blakemore Retail donates all proceeds from the sale of carrier bags across England and Wales to A.F. Blakemore's charitable trust, the Blakemore Foundation.
Please see Blakemore Retail's Annual Carrier Bag Report for 2017/18 below.
Number of chargeable bags supplied: 8,192,643
Total amount received from the sale of bags £409,632.15
[8,192,643 x 5p]
Total amount received from the 5p charge £409,632.15
[8,192,643 x 5p]
Net proceeds of the charge: £341,500.38
[£409,632.15 - £68,131.77 – see below]
We donated the net proceeds to the Blakemore Foundation.
The difference of £68,131.77 between the total amount received from the sale of bags and the net proceeds of the 5p charge is made up of the following costs:
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