Statutory funding

Statutory funding comprises various types of funding, such as grants and contracts, from a number of different sources, such as local authorities, primary care trusts, and central government departments.

In recent years many of the sector’s biggest organisations have become more and more reliant on statutory funding, as the culture of contracting with local and central government agencies to deliver public services becomes more prevalent.

The 2009 Civil Society Almanac, published by the NCVO, states that income from government totalled £11.5bn the latest year for which figures are available, and £7.8bn of this was from public sector contracts. The sector’s total income was £33.2bn, meaning statutory funding now accounts for a third of charities’ total revenue.

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'One-stop' disability consortium wins £2.6m employment services contract

'One-stop' disability consortium wins £2.6m employment services contract 0

Governance | Tania Mason | 9 Mar 2010
Topics: Public service delivery | Statutory funding

A unique partnership between one national charity and five local charities has won a £2.6m contract from Birmingham’s local strategic partnership to provide employment services for people with multiple disabilities in five of Birmingham City’s most deprived areas.

Acevo creates Commission on Public Health

Acevo creates Commission on Public Health 0

Governance | Gareth Jones | 3 Mar 2010
Topics: Statutory funding | Public service delivery

Acevo has launched a Commission on Public Health, which will be chaired by Addaction CEO Simon Antrobus, to identify how the sector can maximise its contribution in this regard.

New government 'won't understand the sector'

New government 'won't understand the sector' 0

Governance | Tania Mason | 2 Mar 2010
Topics: Statutory funding | Public service delivery | Umbrella bodies

Charities must prepare for a new government that will have very little knowledge or understanding of how civil society organisations work, whichever party wins the election, delegates to the NCVO annual conference were warned last week.

Lessons for the sector after the election - by Diana Aviv

Lessons for the sector after the election - by Diana Aviv 0

Governance | Tania Mason | 1 Mar 2010
Topics: Umbrella bodies | Statutory funding

This is the full text of Diana Aviv's speech to the NCVO 2010 Annual Conference

Handling a difficult trustee

Handling a difficult trustee 0

Governance | 12 Feb 2010
Topics: Trustee boards | Trustee roles and responsibilities | Statutory funding

Our local authority provides 20 percent of our funding requirement. One of the conditions attached to the funding was that we would accept as a trustee a nominee of the local authority. We agreed especially as their nominee, Duncan, has skills and expertise that could be very useful to the board.

New charity British Waterways 'would be UK's 13th-biggest'

New charity British Waterways 'would be UK's 13th-biggest' 1

Governance | Tania Mason | 1 Feb 2010
Topics: Statutory funding | Leadership and strategy | Public benefit | Sustainability

Moving British Waterways out of the public sector and into the voluntary sector would create the 13th-largest charity by income and the fifth-largest fundraising charity, according to a new report outlining the pros and cons of the idea.

Scottish charities avoid FOIs for fear of offending funders

Scottish charities avoid FOIs for fear of offending funders 0

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 6 Jan 2010
Topics: Funding | Statutory funding

Almost half of the voluntary sector in Scotland fear using freedom of information (FOI) requests in case of harm to working or funding relationships, according to research from the University of Strathclyde on the use of FOI laws by the voluntary sector.

Lung charity restructures and creates trading arm

Lung charity restructures and creates trading arm 0

Governance | Tania Mason | 5 Jan 2010
Topics: Leadership and strategy | Trading | Public service delivery | Statutory funding

The British Lung Foundation has restructured its operations and created a new trading subsidiary that will deliver lung testing events for Primary Care Trusts across the country.

Refreshed Compact is launched

Refreshed Compact is launched 0

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 16 Dec 2009
Topics: Compact | Statutory funding

The refreshed Compact, outlining commitments for a working partnership between government and the voluntary sector, has launched today following a storm of controversy on the government’s recent breach of Compact guidelines.

Alzheimer's Society restructures and creates 100 more jobs

Alzheimer's Society restructures and creates 100 more jobs 0

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 1 Dec 2009
Topics: Leadership and strategy | Statutory funding | Human resources | Recruitment

The Alzheimer’s Society is creating more than 100 new jobs and setting up 49 regional central branches in the UK in a bid to win more contracts from Primary Care Trusts and local authorities. Some 36.5 per cent of its income currently comes from grants and contracts.

Public spending cuts 'to mirror 1970 levels'

Public spending cuts 'to mirror 1970 levels' 0

Governance | Gareth Jones | 21 Oct 2009
Topics: Statutory funding | Recession

Forthcoming government cuts in public spending will be as high as cuts made in the recession of the 1970s, Robert Chote, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned charity finance leaders earlier this week. Speaking at the Charity Finance Live conference about the state of the UK economy over the next five years, Chote said the government had implied a cut in spending by 3 per cent a year in real terms from 2010. Over three years this would result in around £33bn in savings.

Does transparency actually make any difference?

Does transparency actually make any difference? 11

Governance | John Tate | 3 Jun 2009
Topics: Accountability and transparency | Statutory funding

Charity Finance reports today that the NCVO is to receive a £750,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fund to help it demonstrate how it and other infrastructure bodies benefit the sector. Back in 2004 the government provided funding for a number of hubs, several of which were led by the NCVO. The objective was to provide a framework for collaboration. But it didn’t work well. An independent report by David Carrington commissioned by the ACU (a government body) on the ICT hub commented: "The Consortium’s ability to implement its strategy and to meet the ACU special condition about “constructive dialogue with relevant groups or organisations to ensure a broad-based approach” was undermined by ......the past ‘history’ of some other organisations involved in ICT development in the voluntary and community sector with one of the Consortium’s members, NCVO.

Public service delivery - look before you leap

Public service delivery - look before you leap 0

Governance | 1 Mar 2007
Topics: Statutory funding | Public service delivery

The role of charities and other voluntary organisations in delivering public services shows no sign of dropping down government's agenda.

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