# Putting it all in perspective

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1997/10/29/putting-it-all-perspective/
- Published: 1997-10-29T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Just how big is fundraising in the UK? How many fundraisers are there?
The Institute
of Charity Fundraising Managers’ Annual Report 1996-7 lists some impressive figures
that show the dimensions of fundraising in the UK.

 * The charity sector has an annual income of between £12 and £16 billion.
 * There are 181,000 registered charities in England and Wales, and a further 26,000
   in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
 * The voluntary sector employs 466,700 people (1.5 per cent of the total working
   population)
 * Almost 90 per cent of charity income and expenditure is accounted for by the 
   top 10 per cent of charities.
 * 46 per cent of all charity income is voluntary, and nearly 80% of voluntary income
   comes from the general public, who in 1996 gave £1,708 million.
 * In the five years from 1991 to 1995 voluntary income increased in real terms 
   by 26 per cent.

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