Small Charities Data is a digital research hub that brings together the latest and best available data on small charities in the UK. The data is updated yearly and drawn from a wide range of sources, like government, regulators, membership bodies and infrastructure organisations in the charity sector, independent funders, academics researchers, and many others.
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New analysis by Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales on a cohort of 180 small charities shows how charities have sustained their response to Covid-19 throughout the crisis.
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Catch up on the conversation taking place in the webinar where we launched smallcharitiesdata.org, and spoke to the importance of good data in the sector’s recovery.
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Government income to small charities has declined by 20% in real terms over a five-year period
Government income is the 2nd largest source of income for small charities. Central government is the largest source of income for small charities, followed by local government.
Source: NCVO
79% of small charities have lost funding since the start of the COVID-19 crisis
Funding and income is the most urgent challenge for charities, with only 18% projecting that their annual income will not be affected.
Source: Small Charities Coalition
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
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