I am looking for a formula that looks up the value of a cell if another cell contains certain text. ie.

.....A.......B........C.......D
1 John....£30....£55....£90
2 Tim......£40
3 Rosie....£30
4 John.....£25
5 Tim......£50

(excuse my use of '..' to get a correctish lay out...so novice i know

The relationship between columns A and B is 'A' ie John saved £30 and at a later date saved £25 (cell 4B)

So im looking for a formula that adds up all that each individual has saved.

Something like

=IF(A1:A5) equals 'John' then add all the values in column 'B' (in this case B1 and B4) and display the total in another Cell, say C1

=IF(A1:A5) equals 'Tim' then add all the values in column 'B' (in this case B2 and B5) and display the total in another Cell, say D1

Is there a formula that is cunning enough to add up all John, Tim and Rosie's individual totals

please imagine a lot of names and a lot of amounts.

Regards

Nic