The agency, which has 57 branches spanning the West Midlands, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, East Midlands, Derby and surrounding areas, passes donations to The Travel Foundation, which works with tourism organisations to protect popular holiday destinations and ensure tourism benefits local people.
Natalie Turner, the agency’s head of branches, said customers bought home an average £78 of unused currency:
“Customers can exchange their foreign notes in our stores for a market leading exchange rate, but those pesky coins inevitably go to waste.