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Facts & Figures

31st December 2009

Annual income Bracket	Number of charities	%	Annual Income £bn.	%
£0 to 10,000	72,958	45.4	0.247	0.5
£10,001 to £100,000	50,430	31.4	1.759	3.4
£100,001 to £500,000	16,527	10.3	3.756	7.3
£500,001 to £5,000,000	7,658	4.8	11.507	22.2
£5,000,000 plus	1,710	1.1	34.469	66.6
Sub-Total	149,283	93.0	51.738	100.0
Not yet known	11,232	7.0	0.000	0.0
TOTAL	160,515	100.0	51.738	100.0

30th September 2009

Annual income Bracket	Number of charities	%	Annual Income £bn	%
£0 to 10,000	72,777	45.6	0.247	0.5
£10,001 to £100,000	50,036	31.3	1.746	3.4
£100,001 to £500,000	16,417	10.3	3.731	7.2
£500,001 to £5,000,000	7,606	4.8	11.480	22.1
£5,000,000 plus	1,691	1.1	34.619	66.8
Sub-Total	148,527	93.1	51.823	100
Not yet known	11,073	6.9	0.000	0.0
TOTAL	159,600	100.0	51.823	100.0

30th June 2009

Annual income Bracket	Number of charities	%	Annual Income £bn	%
£0 to 10,000	77,010	46.2	0.256	0.5
£10,001 to £100,000	49,750	29.8	1.737	3.4
£100,001 to £500,000	16,377	9.8	3.721	7.3
£500,001 to £5,000,000	7,587	4.6	11.472	22.4
£5,000,000 plus	1,672	1.0	33.980	66.4
Sub-Total	152,396	91.4	51.166	100.0
Not yet known	14,411	8.6	0.000	0.0
TOTAL	166,807	100.0	51.166	100.0

31st March 2009

Annual income Bracket	Number of charities	%	Annual Income £bn	%
£0 to 10,000	79,459	47.2	0.262	0.5
£10,001 to £100,000	49,458	29.4	1.722	3.5
£100,001 to £500,000	16,351	9.7	3.710	7.4
£500,001 to £5,000,000	7,578	4.5	11.395	22.8
£5,000,000 plus	1,639	0.9	32.854	65.8
Sub-Total	154,485	91.7	49.943	100.0
Not yet known	14,015	8.3	0.000	0.0
TOTAL	168,500	100.0	49.943	100.0

31st December 2008

Annual income Bracket	Number of charities	%	Annual Income £bn	%
£0 to 10,000	79,813	47.4	0.262	0.5
£10,001 to £100,000	48,834	29.0	1.697	3.5
£100,001 to £500,000	16,069	9.6	3.626	7.5
£500,001 to £5,000,000	7,518	4.5	11.204	23.2
£5,000,000 plus	1,586	0.9	31.611	65.3
Sub-Total	153,820	91.4	48.400	100.0
Not yet known	14,534	8.6	0.000	0.0
TOTAL	168,354	100.0	48.400	100.0

Recent History 1999 to 2009

At 31st December	Total number of charities	Annual Gross Income £bn	Number of Large charities (annual income > £10 million)	Annual Gross Income £bn	Proportion of Total Income %
2009	160,515	51.74	833	28.26	54.6
2008	168,354	48.40	747	25.67	53.0
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

Notes

The figures above are based on the Annual Gross Income reported by charities in their Annual Returns. Annual Gross Income differs from the Total Incoming Resources reported in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) prepared by charities in the following ways:

Gross Income is used to determine reporting and scrutiny requirements in accordance with charity law.
Prior to 2008, Gross Income excluded newly endowed resource, gains or losses on disposals of 'own use' assets during the year and the financial activity of subsidiaries.
From 2008 onwards, because of the advent of group accounts, the definition of Gross Income was changed to bring it more closely into line with the Total Incoming Resources reported in the SOFA and in particular to include the financial activity of subsidiaries and any gains or losses on disposal of own use assets.

To see a financial overview of charities in England and Wales based on Total Incoming Resource, please refer to the Register of Charities homepage.

The change of definition described above will mean that the income figures displayed on this page from 2009 onwards will not be directly comparable to the historic figures shown. During the transition the figures displayed will be based on a mix of the old and new definitions.

At an aggregate level the total income figures for all registered charities inevitably includes an element of double counting. Double counting arises when resources are transferred between charities and counted in both.

To request data from previous quarters or for further background information please email us at DataExtractRequests@charitycommission.gsi.gov.uk.