# Voluntary income falls for Concern in the UK

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/03/09/voluntary-income-falls-concern-uk/
- Published: 2018-03-09T08:49:54+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Concern Worldwide UK saw its voluntary income fall significantly in 2016 in what
the charity called a ‘challenging year for public fundraising.’**

Voluntary income in 2016 was £7.4 million, down from £10.3 million the year before.
Grants from government were also down by nearly £2 million which meant total income
was £26.5 million (£31.6 million in 2015).

Individual giving, which is the largest category of voluntary income, was the biggest
faller in 2016 at £4.6 million, from £6.3 million. As well as regular giving, individual
giving includes specific Concern campaigns throughout the year such as appeals for
Ethiopia which was supported by 2,400 donors contributing £222,163, an appeal for
Syria which raised £130,000 and the ‘Build Hope in the City’ appeal contributing
£279,436.

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The accounts comment on the problems with monthly direct debit donations in May 
2016 which withdrew larger amounts than people agreed to.

“This was quickly corrected, although did result in the loss of individual supporters,”
according to the accounts.

Legacy income, community fundraising and contributions from the Disasters Emergency
Committee (DEC) fell to £439,000, £275,000 and £265,000 respectively.

Corporate, major donor and trust income was one of the areas of fundraising which
grew in 2016, from £1.3 million to £1.8 million. Charitable foundations remain a
growing source of support for Concern, with 102 foundations contributing a total
of £664,858.

[Concern](http://www.concern.org.uk)’s accounts provide details of expenditure for
each fundraising area and record that individual giving costs were £1.9 million,
corporate costs were £387,000 and community fundraising £183,000. Overall, total
fundraising costs were down from £2.9 million to £2.6 million.

 

_Photo: Mariama Mahamado manages Concern’s nutrition programme in Niger (2016). 
Image: Concern Worldwide_

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