Things To Know When Donating

Things to know When Donating in United Kingdom 180,000 are the registered charity organisations in England and Wales. So, you can always make a research on the chosen charity in the UK Charity Register! But bear in mind that there are small charity organisations which are not required to register! in-numerous England These are the charities with income under £5,000 per year. Although most of the charity organisations are small, the larger charities generate the amount of the income. 6% of all charities generate almost 90% of the sector's income! Number of charities Revenue (£Bn) £5,000,000 plus E500,001 to E5,000,000 1£100,001 to E500,000 E10.001 to £100,000 £0 to 10,000 More Charity Facts for 2014 Annual Income Bracket Number of Charities Annual Income £bn £0 to £10,000 68,699 41.9 0.229 0.4 £10,001 to £100,000 54,779 33.4 1.933 3.1 £100,001 to £500,000 20,756 12.6 4.601 7.3 £500,001 to £5,000,000 8,237 5.0 12.445 19.8 £5,000,000 plus 1,944 1.2 42.538 69.4 SUB-TOTAL 154,415 94.1 62.746 100.0 Not yet known 9,693 5.9 0.000 0.0 TOTAL 164,108 100.0 62.746 100.0 Things You Should Know If You Want to Make a Donation: #What is a Charity? A charity is a non-profit organisation with exclusively charitable purposes that must operate for the public benefit. DONATE #Which are a charity's purposes? - the prevention or relief of poverty; - the advancement of education; - the advancement of religion, health or the saving of lives, citizenship or community development, the arts, culture, heritage or science, amateur sport, human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity, environmental protection or improvement; the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill- health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; - the advancement of animal welfare; - the promotion of the efficiency of the armed forces of the Crown; or the efficiency of the police, fire and rescue services or ambulance services. Top 3 Charities in UK: #1 THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND Activities: Income: - to relieve distress and to promote the welfare of children in any country; £283,748,000 - to educate the public about the necessity of donating; Spending: - to make available the useful results of people's help. £317,033,000 #2 CANCER RESEARCH UK Activities: Income: to protect and promote the health of the public; £536,557,309 - to conduct researches on the nature, causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of all forms of cancer; Spending: - to provide information and raisė public understanding. €515,375,511 #3 THE GAVI FUND AFFILIATE Activities: Income: - to guarantee equal access to vaccines; £519,741,476 - to educate the public why immunisation is one of the best investments in future generations; Spending: - to save lives and protect health. €557,409,341 What About The Smaller Charity Organisations? #1 The Kindness Offensive DE BEAUTY NI SENSELESS ACTS Mission: to help to those in need in any possible way; - to find sponsorship for money and goods for people in need; Spending: - to inspire the public to take a part in their small acts of kindness. €3,500,000 worth of goods, created loads of events and made videos 42 Action on Disability and Development Mission: to works as an ally of disabled people's organisations in Africa and Asia; - to promote the inclusion and basic rights of disabled people; Spending: - to provide with livelihood opportunities for disabled people. €4,002,814 #3 Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust Mission: to provide a free life-saving Helicopter Emergency Medical Service for the critically ill and injured; - to convey patients by air or land to the most appropriate hospital for their needs; Spending: - to deliver advanced clinical £4,266,000 care. Resources http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk http://thekindnessoffensive.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_on_Disability_and_Development http://www.ehaat.uk.com/ http://www.gavialliance.org http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/apr/24/top-1000- charities-donations-britain 3ALES