The Regulator for Charities in England and Wales
|
At 31st December |
Total Number |
Annual income |
Number of |
Annual Income |
Proportion of Total Income |
|
2007 |
169,297 |
44.55 |
679 |
22.41 |
50.3 |
|
2006 |
168,609 |
41.26 |
627 |
20.10 |
48.7 |
|
2005 |
167,466 |
37.86 |
570 |
17.59 |
46.5 |
|
2004 |
166,336 |
34.86 |
511 |
15.84 |
45.4 |
|
2003 |
164,781 |
31.62 |
460 |
14.19 |
44.9 |
|
2002 |
162,335 |
29.45 |
421 |
13.04 |
44.3 |
|
2001 |
160,778 |
26.71 |
372 |
11.42 |
42.7 |
|
2000 |
159,845 |
24.56 |
336 |
10.27 |
41.8 |
|
1999 |
163,355 |
23.74 |
307 |
10.19 |
42.9 |
The table above shows the increase in the size (both numerically and in income terms) of the registered charity sector in England and Wales over the last decade or so.
It also confirms that the number of large charities (over £10 million annual income) has more than doubled resulting in the proportion of the sector’s resources controlled by its largest organisations rising to more than half of the total.
Please note that £10 million has been used to define large charities here because data is available for that segment of the sector for the whole period.