# Charity credits theft for drop in income

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/08/20/charity-credits-theft-drop-income/
- Published: 2006-08-20T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

As Irish disability charity Enable Ireland launched its Gold Badge Appeal it is 
reporting a drop in fundraising income in 2005 and is placing some of the blame 
on ‘systematic theft’ of its door to door clothes collections. Net fundraising income
in 2005 was ‚€2.5 million, down from just under ‚€3 million in 2004. 
Enable Ireland
runs one of the largest charity retail operations in Ireland which accounted for
43% of fundraising income in 2005, down from under 50% in 2004. Enable Ireland has
attempted to address the theft of clothes by asking people to deliver clothes direct
to shops.

The Gold Badge appeal asks people to donate ‚€2 for badges from the 18th to 24th
September. In 2005 Enable Ireland had an income of ‚€43.5 milliion. Total fundraising
income was ‚€8.9 million, with costs at ‚€6.4 million.

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