# Too many charities?

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/11/08/too-many-charities-223/
- Published: 2000-11-08T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Five thousand new charities are created each year. However, according to an ICM 
poll for the Media Trust, 70% of the public think there are too many similar charities
competing with each other.
Five thousand new charities are created each year. However,
according to an ICM poll for the Media Trust, 70% of the public think there are 
too many similar charities competing with each other.

The Charity Commission now approves only 65% of applications, down from 90% a few
years ago. Yet still 95% of charities in England and Wales are too small to employ
paid staff, and half of all charities have annual incomes of less than £1,900.

Is it time for a change? Read Too many cooks? by Alison Benjamin in Society in The
Guardian.

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