State of the Sector VI

Methodology• May 2011, 5,234 questionnaires distributed

• Survey re-issued in June 2011 to maximise return rate

• A total of 1,550 organisations responded, giving a response rate of 29%

• Of this number, 359 were either extinct or were classified as not suitable for the purposes of this survey

• A total of 1,191 usable questionnaires was generated, which is a 23% response rate

• 512 sets of annual accounts for 2009-2010 made available

Workforce / Employment

• An increase in the number of staff employed in the sector.

• The sector now employs an estimated 27,773 individuals (3.8% of the total NI workforce)

• Compared with 26,737 (3.7%) in 2008• 28,932 reported in State of the Sector IV (4.4%) (NICVA, 2005)

Employment - Workforce profile by sub-sectors

  Mean % of workforce

Advice services 13 4.0Arts in the voluntary and community sector 5 1.3Children and families 18 20.1Community development 6 4.9Community relations 8 1.5Criminal justice and community safety 28 1.8Disability 64 24.2Education/training 13 7.2Health and wellbeing 17 8.0Housing and homelessness 47 3.0Lobbying/policy 24 1.0Older people 48 8.8Women 64 1.8Young people 13 5.3Other 32 2.3

Breakdown of paid workforce by size of organisation

  2011 (%) 2008 (%)

£10,000 2.5 0.4

£10,001- £100,000 12 11.0

£100,001 - £250,000 12.2 12.4

£250,001 - £500,000 15.5 13.7

£500,001 - £1 million 13.6 9.9

£1 million plus 44.2 52.6

INCOME

Distribution of organisations by economic size for the period 2001-2002 to 2009-2010 (%)

<10,000 £10,000-£100,000

£100,000-£250,000

250,000-500,000

500,000-£1 million

>1 million 0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

37

43

7 63 4

42

36

6 74 5

35 36

129

4 4

37

30

13

86 6

2001/02

2003/04

2006/07

2009/2010

Average annual income by income band

Income band Average income2009/10

% of total

income 2009/10

% of sector

2009/10

% of total income 2006/07

% of sector

2006/07

 <£10,000 £4,854

 1

 37

 1

 35

£10,001-£100,000 £41,905

 7

 30

 9

 36

£100,001 - £250,000 £151,963

 11

 13

 12

 12

£250,001 - £500,000 £336,737

 15

 8

 20

 9

£500,001 – £1 million £697,087

 14

 6

 8

 4

Over £1,000,001 £2,990,605

 52

 6

 51

 4

Central government funding by department 2008-2009 and 2009-2010

Northern Ireland Assembly: Direct Departmental Expenditure

2008-2009 expenditure (£)

2009-2010 expenditure (£)

DARD 1,432,000 513,000

DCAL 6,845,929 9,916,748

Department of Education 11,073,458 3,231,667

DEL 16,645,608 16,866,948

DETI 618,200 914,644

DHSSPS 12,549,738 9,779,885

DOE 1,894,440 1,106,552

DOJ 5,141,986 5,944,987

DRD 4,250,000 5,500,000

DSD 185,376,624 198,527,310

OFMDFM 3,474,166 1,643,290

Northern Ireland Direct Total 249,302,149 253,945,031

Overall main funding sources

Funding source 2009-2010£ million

%

Central Government 253,945,031 34.2

Non-departmental public bodies / statutory bodies etc

  

Health and Education 84,731,961 11.4

Other NDPBs etc 44,469,880 6 Local Government 9,000,000 1.2Europe 70,099,426 9.4Lottery 31,140,299 4.2Trusts 28,500,000 3.8General public 220,000,000 29.7Total 741,886,597 100

Number of organisations

Summary figures

  2011 2008 2005Nos. vol / com organisations

4,836 4,700 4,500

Assets £863 million

£737 million

£755 million

Total income £741 million

£570 million

£614 million

Total expenditure £719 million

£544 million

£590 million

Volunteers

Volunteering• From the State of the Sector VI survey 86% of respondents indicated that

they currently involve volunteers • Total number of volunteers reported 45,106• 19% of volunteers play a role in the governance of their organisation• Most volunteers are found in the category ‘young people’, accounting for

just over 20% of total volunteers, followed by ‘health and wellbeing’ and ‘sport/recreation’, between them accounting for 23%

• Over the next 12 months 46% of respondents indicated that they intend to increase the numbers of volunteers in their organisation

• Two reports on volunteering produced by Volunteer Now in 2010 and 2011 in total covered 189,362 volunteers with the majority of volunteers found in the voluntary and community sector

The most popular types of volunteering opportunities

• Governance (59%)• Fundraising (58%) • Administration/office work (56%) • Working with young people (41%) • Event management (40%)

Source: Mapping Volunteering in Northern Ireland: Phase 2 (Volunteer Now)

Volunteers by organisation main sub category

Sub sector Mean TotalYoung people 141 9,442Health and wellbeing 69 5,819Sport/recreation 291 4,372Education/training 58 3,912Disability 53 3,695Community development 19 3,020Children and families 21 2,879Arts/voluntary and community sector 24 1,637Older people 22 1,510‘Other’ 33 1,450Advice services 31 1,337Volunteer development 115 1,034Community relations 27 1,012Remaining sub-categories - 3,907Total   45,026

Charitable Giving

Charitable Giving (excluding places of worship)

  2010 2008 2005Mean £25.35 £14.22 £12.76Proportion giving to charity

83% 83.8% 93.8%

Popular causes

Arts

Education/schools

Emergency services

Human rights

War veterans

Older people

Sports and recreation

Conservation, environment & heritage

Animal welfare

Disabled

Homeless, housing & refuge

Hospitals and hospices

Other/didn't notice

Disaster relief

Health

Medical research

Children and young people

Religious organisations

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

0.1

1

2

2

2

3

3

2

5

6

6

9

6

11

28

34

22

38

0.01

0.02

0.5

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.8

1.1

1.4

1.8

2

5.4

6.1

10.3

13.7

14

14.4

26.1

% Share of all total yield

% Of donor popula-tion supporting cause

Charitable Giving - Impact of the recession• Follow-up survey in October 2011• 66% of respondents had given money to charity

in some way over the last four weeks• A drop from 83% in the main Individual Giving

survey• Average donation per donor has dropped

significantly from a mean of £34.46 to £26.94• Median donation reduced from £16.75 to £8.00

Main areas of work

Primary sub-sectors of organisations (%)

Women

Community relations

Other

Advice services

Young people

Arts (vol / com sector)

Older people

Disability

Education / training

Health and wellbeing

Children and families

Community development

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

3.5

3.7

4.3

4.6

6

6.2

6.4

6.7

7.2

8.4

14.4

14.8

Five main beneficiary groups for voluntary and community organisations in Northern Ireland

10.8%

9.9%8.8%

8.4%

7.9%

Preschool (0-5 year olds)

General public

Children (5-13 year olds)

Older people

Vol. & community sector

Viewfinder 13 (November 2012)In October 2012 the Viewfinder 13 questionnaire was made available online to 906 NICVA member organisations. In total 198 organisations responded, generating a response rate of 22%.

• The economic environment continues to impact heavily on member organisations, with 41% reporting that their financial situation has worsened over the past12 months

• 57% of responding organisations have been affected by the public sector funding cuts (down 10%).

• For almost a fifth of responding organisations (19%) there has been some reduction in staff numbers; 21% have increased staff numbers.

• 41% of member organisations have increased their expenditure; 31% decreased• 56% of organisations have increased their services over the last 12 months.• For 56% of organisations, grants make up over 60% of all income, and for over a

quarter of respondent organisations (24%) grants make up between 90% and 100% of overall income.

• 44% of respondents stated that they receive some level of funding from Government, 38% funding from charitable trusts and 28% from the general public.

Update of the forecast section

Funding sources (base 198)

Investments

Legacies

Business

Educations and Library Boards

European funding

Membership fees

Big Lottery

Other

General public

Health Board / Trusts

Councils

Charitable Trusts

Government departments

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

2%

6%

8%

9%

14%

18%

24%

25%

28%

33%

34%

38%

44%

Level of Cuts

1-10%

11-20%

21-30%

31-40%

41-50%

51-60%

91-100%

Don't know / not sure

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

47%

24%

6%

6%

5%

6%

2%

5%