Overview
- In the COVID-19 crisis, awaiting PBE data
- Over a five year period to 2018/19, around one-third of small charities consistently reported that annual demand for their services had increased by up to 10% (quarter-on-quarter)
- In 2017, small charities a majority of small charities (85%) reported anticipating an increase in demand over the next twelve months
- For the charities that expected demand for their services to increase, the majority (61%) did not feel sufficiently resourced to meet this demand
- Awaiting LBFEW data
How have charities perceived demand for their services?
- Between 2013/14 and 2018/19, small charities reporting an increase in demand by up to 10% in the previous quarter has remained relatively stable.
- In this time, there has been some fluctuation in the proportion of small charities reporting greater increases or no change in demand; with a move in the last 3 years towards greater stability.
How do small charities anticipate demand for their services?
- In 2017, the majority of small charities (85%) reported that they expected demand to continue to increase over the next 12 months.
- They were more likely to be expecting an increase in demand for their services than in previous years.
- Similarly, a majority of small charities reported that demand for their services had increased over the past 12 months in 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively.
How well resourced do charities feel to meet demand?
- In 2017, for those charities who expected demand for their services to increase in the next 12 months (85%), just under a fifth (17%) felt able to respond to this demand increase.
- The majority (61%) of small charities did not feel sufficiently resourced to meet this demand.