# St Vincent de Paul’s fundraising income down nearly €4 million - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/12/10/st-vincent-de-pauls-fundraising-income-nearly-e4-million/ - Published: 2015-12-10T17:22:16+00:00 - Author: Howard Lake **A drop in fundraising income saw St Vincent de Paul’s (SVP) income fall from just over €82 million in 2013 to just over €78 million last year, according to the charity’s latest accounts.** [SVP](http://www.svp.ie), which operates on an all Ireland basis, experienced a fall in its main voluntary income source, donations, which were €19.5 million in 2014, from €23 million in 2013. SVP’s high profile church collections remained fairly static at €10.3 million. The strength of sterling against the euro realised an income gain of €0.5 million in 2014. Also down was SVP’s legacy income which was €5.3 million last year, against €7.5 million the year before. The accounts note that the receipt of legacies is ‘irregular,’ although the accounts for previous years show that legacies are traditionally an important source of income. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) Shops income increased by €2.9 million to €23.5 million with the growth attributable to existing and new shops. Government grants last year totalled €2.2 million, from €2.7 million in 2013. The balance of SVP’s income, €9.2 million, was derived from fee income from hostels and resource centres, SVP’s relatively low fundraising costs, €870,000 (€823,000 in 2013), is a reflection of the type of fundraising undertaken by the charity and the extensive voluntary network throughout Ireland. * **[Ireland Funds’ Promising Ireland campaign raises $223 million](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/01/11/ireland-funds-promising-ireland-campaign-raises-223m/)**( 11 January 2016) * **[Peace funding to set timetable soon](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/01/14/peace-funding-to-set-timetable-soon/)**( 14 January 2016) * **[Ireland Funds small grants round open](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/03/09/ireland-funds-small-grants-round-open/)**( 9 March 2016) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)