How has voluntary income from the public changed over time?

The amount of income that small charities receive as legacies has grown from £241m to £522m.
It has doubled as a proportion of their total income from 5.2% in 2013/14, to 10.6% in 2017/18.
The proportion of income from donations has declined by 5% in the same time period.

In this site, we define a small charity as a voluntary or community organisation with an annual income of less than £1m...

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