# Development sector income up 59% in a decade, Bond reports - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/10/08/development-sector-income-59-decade-reports-bond/ - Published: 2018-10-08T08:30:29+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **Overall income to the development and humanitarian sector grew by 59% between 2006 and 2016, a survey of Bond members has shown, although most funding growth occurred in bigger organisations.**   The report found that overall income for 305 of [Bond](https://www.bond.org.uk/) members stood at £3.8bn as of April 2016, compared to the wider UK domestic charity sector, which grew by 10% over the same period. ## 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/)   Individual giving was the largest income stream to the humanitarian and development sector, accounting for 31%. This was followed by government contracts (19%), government grants (14%) and voluntary sector (17%), which includes trusts and foundations.   Government income – grants and contracts – are amongst the strongest growing areas of income, representing 33% of total funding, which according to the report is almost exactly the same level at which the government funds the UK domestic charity sector( 32%).       [⌊Bond infographic⌉](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-05-at-13.47.58.png)       According to Bond, which is a UK network of over 400 NGOs, funding to international development organisations now represents a twelfth of charity sector funding in the UK, with social services the largest (£10.6bn), followed by culture and recreation( £5.8bn) and health (£5.4bn).   However, the report also shows that the majority of growth in terms of funding occurred within organisations earning over £20m. A third of income went to the eight largest organisations, which each have annual income greater than £100m, another third went to 17 INGOs with income between £40m and £100m, while the remaining third went to 280 organisations with annual income below £40m.   The report reveals some differences however, with individual giving and voluntary sector income strong for organisations with income below £500k. Earned fundraising from selling donated goods or events tickets to individuals has shown strong recent growth with organisations of income between £500,000 and £2m, while earned charitable income from services such as consultancy and rent appears to have grown noticeably in the £2m to £5m group.   In a survey last year, 55% of Bond members identified diversifying income and becoming financially sustainable as their biggest long-term challenge.   Murtaza Jessa, haysmacintyre chartered accountants and tax advisers, Head of Charities said:   >  “The overall picture of INGO funding over the last ten years appears at first > sight to be very positive. However, it is clear that there are winners and losers > and there is some striking polarisation, with the larger organisations attracting > the lion’s share of government funds, individual giving and voluntary sector income. > This report is a useful reference for INGOs to plan funding strategies and think > afresh about funding. It is also a valuable tool to help organisations consider > their mission and the sustainability of their underlying business models. The > lessons for organisations are clear: they must remain nimble and not take any > funding for granted.”   * **[UK’s biggest charities see cash levels rise by half a billion](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/10/17/uks-biggest-charities-see-cash-levels-rise-half-billion/)**( 17 October 2018) * **[Manifesto joins The Panoply in its run up to IPO](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/10/29/manifesto-joins-panoply-run-ipo/)**( 29 October 2018) * **[Think Global announces closure after 35 years](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/11/09/think-global-announces-closure-35-years/)**( 9 November 2018) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)