96%

of the UK’s 166,000 charities are small

Find out more

Source: NCVO

Half

of small charities have moved to hybrid working since 2020

Find out more

Source: Charity Digital Skills Report

Four

volunteers for every member of staff in small charities

Find out more

Source: Locality

Start exploring key themes and issues affecting small charities in the UK today.

Insights

Government income to small charities has declined by 20% in real terms over a six-year period

Government income is the 2nd largest source of income for small charities. Income from government has significantly declined for all charities, other than the very largest.

Source: NCVO
Find out more
Insights

Following the pandemic, half of small charities offer new services online

50% of small charities have started offering new online services and 57% have started offering services online and in person.

Source: Charity Digital Skills Report
Find out more
Insights

In 2020, 58% of small charities had a service user on their board of Trustees

Small charities were more likely to have a service users on their board of trustees compared to large or major charities.

Source: NPC
Find out more
Insights

25% of small charities deliver public services ‘a great deal’ or ‘a fair amount’ as part of their work, compared to 59% of the largest charities

22% of small charities make a loss on their public sector contracts, and 61% of small charities subsidise public service contracts with income from other sources

Source: Locality, NPC
Find out more