How have the main funding sources changed over time?

Small charities have experienced fluctuation in the proportion of income from different income sources over time.
As a proportion of total income for small charities, income from the general public has slightly increased since 2013/14 (3 percentage points), as has income from investments.
The largest change in the proportion of any income source was income from government which has decreased by 4 percentage points since 2013/14.

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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