Red Nose Day has raised a record £80m for charity this year.

The final total is the result of a number of fundraising efforts, with corporate partners producing particularly good figures; Stella McCartney t-shirts sold at TK Maxx raised more than £3.3m, while Sainsbury’s brought in more than £11m via the sale of red noses.

Comic Relief chief executive Kevin Cahill said the organisation was impressed with the feat, particularly in light of the recession. “We’ve been bowled over by this extraordinary result. Even at a time when the British public may have been worrying about their own situation they came together to make a real difference,” he said.

The funder has already spent nearly £7m of the funds raised.