diff --git a/code/Report.php b/code/Report.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/code/Report.php
+++ b/code/Report.php
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ class SS_Report extends ViewableData {
 		return $this->dataClass;
 	}
 
+
 	public function getLink($action = null) {
 		return Controller::join_links(
 			'admin/reports/',
@@ -136,6 +137,21 @@ class SS_Report extends ViewableData {
 		);
 	}
 
+
+	/**
+	 * counts the number of objects returned
+	 * @param Array $params - any parameters for the sourceRecords
+	 * @return Int
+	 */
+	public function getCount($params = array()){
+		$sourceRecords = $this->sourceRecords($params, null, null);
+		if(!$sourceRecords instanceOf SS_List){
+			user_error($this->class."::sourceRecords does not return an SS_List", E_USER_NOTICE);
+			return "-1";
+		}
+		return $sourceRecords->count();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Exclude certain reports classes from the list of Reports in the CMS
 	 * @param $reportClass Can be either a string with the report classname or an array of reports classnames
@@ -420,4 +436,4 @@ abstract class SS_ReportWrapper extends SS_Report {
 	public function canView($member = null) {
 		return $this->baseReport->canView($member);
 	}	
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
adding getCount method

the getCount method works out the number of "entries" for each report. E.g. if the report is "missing pages" and the method returns 3 then there are three "missing pages".