Too many charities?
Howard Lake | 8 November 2000 | News
Five thousand new charities are created each year. However, according to an ICM poll for the Media Trust, 70% of the public think there are too many similar charities competing with each other.
Five thousand new charities are created each year. However, according to an ICM poll for the Media Trust, 70% of the public think there are too many similar charities competing with each other.
The Charity Commission now approves only 65% of applications, down from 90% a few years ago. Yet still 95% of charities in England and Wales are too small to employ paid staff, and half of all charities have annual incomes of less than £1,900.
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Is it time for a change? Read Too many cooks? by Alison Benjamin in Society in The Guardian.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.