Dan Hodges,
Daily Telegraph yesterday, makes good points about how UK Taxpayers are often topping up the various charities. Is this what we really want to do? The
National Audit Officce, (NAO) has a report: "Public Funding Of Large Charities - 2007" which is an interesting read.
Of the £219M income for NCH Action for Children, £196.7M came from public money. Of the £164M income for MENCAP, £155M came from public funding. So who is making up the difference?
Leonard Cheshire income for 2013/14 was £162.2M - voluntary donations were £17.8M. MENCAPs' 2014 AR had an income of £201.2M, £13.2 raised through fundraising.
I wonder how many Charities ask the Government for hand-outs? where many have monies invested in Property etc.
. Many UK Charities list their Annual Accounts on line these days. The above doesn't take into account the several 1,000s of volunteers in the Charity sector which saves Companies money each year.