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ALMANAC 2017: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LATEST DATA ON THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR

5 JULY 2017

• Jack EganResearcher, NCVO

• Michael BirtwistlePublic Services Policy Manager, NCVO

KEY THEMES

• Income and spending in the sector

• Net worth of the sector

• Contribution to the economy and society

• Policy implications

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WHAT IS THE ALMANAC?

The Almanac is a report on the state of civil society and the voluntary sector in the UK, looking at:

• Finances – Charity accounts• Volunteering – Community Life Survey• Workforce – Labour Force Survey

Two main products:

• Website - data.ncvo.org.uk• Publication

Published in April/May

For enquiries contact the NCVO research team [email protected]

https://data.ncvo.org.uk/

mailto:[email protected]

THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THE UK IS DIVERSE IN TERMS OF BOTH GEOGRAPHY AND SCOPEKey facts and voluntary sector figures

Source: NCVO/TSRC, Charity Commission

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165,801Voluntary organisations

Most common beneficiary groups*:

Children and young people(98,110 organisations)

The elderly(48,744 organisations)

People with disabilities(45,978 organisations)

THE MAJORITY OF CHARITIES OPERATE LOCALLY, PARTICULARLY SMALLER ORGANISATIONS Area of operation of voluntary organisations in England and Wales by income band, 2014/15 (%)


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2

37

60

69

78

79

81

42

26

19

13

12

2

9

7

5

4

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14

12

8

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6

5

Super-major

Major

Large

Medium

Small

Micro

Local National National and overseas Overseas

INCOME AND SPENDING IN THE SECTOR

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THE LARGEST VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE FEW IN NUMBER BUT ACCOUNT FOR 80% OF SECTOR INCOME Proportion of voluntary organisations in the UK by number and income in 2014/15 broken down by size of organisation Source: NCVO/TSRC, Charity Commission

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Make up

82% of the

total number of voluntary

organisations…

… but account for

80% of

total income of the voluntary sector

Micro/small organisations(£0-£100k)

Large to super-major organisations(£1m+)

…but only 5% of total income of the voluntary sector

Make up just 3% ofthe total number of voluntary organisations…

INCREASES IN INCOME AND SPENDING SEEN LAST YEAR HAVE CONTINUED IN 2014/15UK voluntary sector income and spending, 2000/01 to 2014/15 (£bn, 2014/15 prices)

Source: NCVO, TSRC, Charity Commission

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45

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Income Expenditure

£45.5bn

£43.3bn

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LARGER ORGANISATIONS, PARTICULARLY SUPER-MAJOR, HAVE SEEN THE BIGGEST INCREASES IN INCOMETotal income by size of organisation, 2008/09 to 2014/15 (£bn, 2014/15 prices)


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4

8

12

16

Major

Large

Super-major

Medium

Micro/ small

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THE NUMBER OF ORGANISATIONS WITH AN INCOME OF OVER £100M IS ALSO INCREASINGNumber of super-major organisations, 2008/09 to 2014/15


2629

33 33 33

4042

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10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

THE LARGEST PROPORTION OF VOLUNTARY SECTOR INCOME COMES FROM INDIVIDUALS…Voluntary sector income sources, 2014/15 (£bn)


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45%

34%

1%

9%

4%7%

Individuals£20.6bn

Government£15.3bn

National Lottery£0.5bn

Voluntary sector£4.0bn

Private sector£1.9bn

Investment£3.3bn

…AND INCREASES IN INCOME FROM INDIVIDUALS ARE DRIVING THE INCREASE IN TOTAL SECTOR INCOMESources of voluntary sector income, 2000/01 to 2014/15 (£bn, 2014/15 prices)Source: NCVO/TSRC, Charity Commission

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£20.6bn

£15.3bn

Individual Government Voluntary sector

£4.0bn

25

20

15

10

5

0

DONATIONS PROVIDE THE LARGEST SHARE OF INCOME RECEIVED FROM INDIVIDUALSIncome from individuals breakdown, 2014/15 (£bn, %)


37%

12%

30%

21%Voluntary income -donations£7.6bn

Voluntary income –legacies£2.5bn

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Earned income –charitable activities

£6.2bn

Earned income –activities for generating funds

£4.3bn

Earned income total:

51% Voluntary income total:

49%

SINCE 2010/11 EARNED INCOME HAS GROWN MORE STEADILY THAN VOLUNTARY INCOMEEarned and voluntary income from individuals, 2000/01 to 2014/15 (£bn, 2014/15 prices)


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£7.6bn

£10.5bn12

10

8

6

4

2

0

£2.5bn

INCOME FROM GOVERNMENT MOVES CLOSER TO THE PEAK SEEN IN 2009/10Government income from grants and contracts, 2001/01 to 2014/15 (£bn, 2014/15 prices)


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5.1 5.2 5.7 6.2 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.2 3.2 3.3 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.9 2.9

4.9 5.45.6

5.8 6.99.2 10.1 11.3

12.2 12.5 12.8 11.9 12.1 12.2 12.4

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Government grants Government contracts

£15.3bn£15.7bn

THE LARGEST PROPORTION OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS GO TO SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATIONSGovernment grants and contracts received by sub-sector, 2014/15 (£m)


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0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000

Social services

Health

International

Law and advocacy

Employment and training

Education

Housing

Culture and recreation

Development

Environment

Government contracts (£m) Government grants (£m)

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE, INCOME FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IS HIGHER THAN FROM LOCALGovernment income local and central government, 2004/05 to 2014/15 (£bn, 2014/15 prices)


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3

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04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15

Central Government Local Government

£7.1bn

£7.3bn

SMALLER ORGANISATIONS ARE THE LEAST LIKELY TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM GOVERNMENTIncome from Government as a proportion of total income by size of organisation, 2014/15 (%)


16

2933

42

29

0

25

50

75

100

Micro/small Medium Large Major Super-major

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CHARITIES SPEND THE MAJORITY OF THEIR MONEY ON DELIVERING THEIR MISSION Spending breakdown, 2014/15 (£bn, %)


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NET WORTH OF THE SECTOR

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THE NET WORTH OF THE SECTOR HAS GROWN STEADILY OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARSVoluntary sector assets, 2000/01 to 2014/15 (£bn, 2014/15 prices)Source: NCVO/TSRC, Charity Commission

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£112.7bn

SMALLER ORGANISATIONS ARE FAR LESS LIKELY THAN OTHERS TO HAVE FIXED ASSETS OR RESERVESProportion of organisations with tangible fixed assets by size of organisation, 2014/15 (%)


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15

63

8791

98

0

25

50

75

100

Micro/small Medium Large Major Super-major

44% of micro/small organisations have no reserves

CONTRIBUTION TO THE UK ECONOMY AND SOCIETY

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LEVELS OF BOTH REGULAR AND LESS REGULAR VOLUNTEERING REMAIN STABLERates of formal volunteering, 2001 to 2015/16 (%)

Source: Citizenship Survey, Community Life Survey

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0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

At least once a month At least once a year

41%

27%

HALF OF THOSE WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED IN THE LAST YEAR DID SO AROUND SPORTS OR ACTIVITIESOrganisations/clubs/groups to which respondents who had formally volunteered at least once in the last 12 months gave unpaid help, 2015/16 (% of respondents)

Source: Community Life Survey

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Sport/exercise

Hobbies/recreation/arts/social clubs

Religon

Children's education/schools

Youth/children's activities

Health, disability and welfare

Local or community groups

The elderly

The environment/animals

Education for adults

Safety, first aid

Citizen groups

Other

Justice and human rights

Trade union activity

Politics

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A LACK OF AVAILABLE TIME IS A KEY DRIVER OF PEOPLE STOPPING VOLUNTEERINGTop five reasons for stopping volunteering in the last year, 2015/16 (%)

Source: Community Life Survey

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Not enough time - due to changing home/work circumstances

Due to health problems or old age

Not enough time - getting involved took up too much time

It was a one-off activity or event

Lost interest

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IN TERMS OF HUMAN CAPITAL, THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR EMPLOYS AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLENumber of employees in Tesco, the voluntary sector, and the NHS in 2016

Source: Labour Force Survey, Tesco, NHS

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Since 2015, the voluntary sector’s workforce has increased by

VOLUNTARY SECTOR EMPLOYEES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE FEMALE AND WORK IN SMALL ORGANISATIONSGender of employees (% of total workforce)

Source: Labour Force Survey

65% 35%

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THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR CONTINUES TO MAKE A SIZEABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE UK ECONOMY…Source: World Bank, Office for National Statistics (ONS)

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In 2015, the estimated value of volunteering was

£22.6bn

…AS WELL AS HELPING TO BUILD A MORE SOCIAL ECONOMYKey facts and voluntary sector figures


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165,801

853,000

14.2millionWorkforce

Voluntary Organisations

People volunteered at least once a month in 2015/16

WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR VOLUNTARY SECTOR POLICY?

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WE ARE AT THE START OF A NEW SPENDING CYCLE

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Index of departmental spending (RDEL) and charity governmentincome (2007/08 = 100)

Index of government income Index of RDEL

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Change in income from government by income band, 2012/13 - 2014/15

Micro and Small Medium

Large Major

Super-major

http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/download/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-supplementary-fiscal-tables-expenditure-november-2016/

FORMAL RESOURCES FROM GOVERNMENT ARE UNLIKELY TO INCREASE, ESPECIALLY LOCALLY

70

75

80

85

90

95

100

105

Index of local authority core spending (historical and planned) and charity local governmentincome (2010/11 = 100)

Index of local authority spending Index of local government income

Linear (Index of local authority spending) Linear (Index of local government income)

Local authority spending source: LGA

EARNED INCOME IS THE KEY GROWTH AREA, AND WE NEED TO ENABLE CHARITIES TO GENERATE IT

Household income source: IFS figures based on OBR projections

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Path of real terms donations, earned income from individuals and median household income(indexed, 2007/08 = 100)

Earned income from individuals Donations Median household income

https://election2017.ifs.org.uk/article/incomes-and-inequality-the-last-decade-and-the-next-parliament

USEFUL LINKS

Almanac website:

data.ncvo.org.uk

NCVO Manifesto:

https://blogs.ncvo.org.uk/2017/05/04/ncvos-general-election-message-charities-and-volunteering-make-britain-great/

https://data.ncvo.org.uk/

https://blogs.ncvo.org.uk/2017/05/04/ncvos-general-election-message-charities-and-volunteering-make-britain-great/

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