# Voluntary income down at Concern UK

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/01/29/voluntary-income-down-at-concern-uk/
- Published: 2016-01-29T17:53:11+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Concern Worldwide in the UK saw its overall income increase in 2014 but its voluntary
income fell by nearly 9%, according to the development charity’s latest accounts.**

Total income was £23.5 million, against £17.8 million in 2013. The increase was 
due to a big jump in income from £6.7 million to £13.7 million in 2014 from the 
UK Department for International Development. Voluntary income, however, fell from
£10.7 million in 2013 to £9.7 million in 2014.

[Concern Worldwide](http://www.concern.net)’s main voluntary income source, committed
giving, held up well in 2014 at £3.7 million, largely the same as in 2013. Public
appeals and events, was slightly down at £2.4 million, from £2.5 million the previous
year while trusts, corporates and major donors increased from £1.3 million to £1.7
million.

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Legacy income for 2014 was down nearly a third at £600,000 but the big drop in income
came from the Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) which was just under £1 million,
from £1.9 million in 2013. DEC is a joint appeal on behalf of a number of charities,
usually in response to a major disaster in the world.

Fundraising costs in 2014 were £3.3 million, from £3 million the previous year. 
The biggest fundraising cost was for public appeals and events at £1.6 million while
committed giving cost £1.3 million, up from a £1 million in 2013. Trusts, corporates
and major donors appears to be Concern’s most efficient fundraising scheme at a 
cost of £400,000.

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