Christian Aid's income rose more than 8 per cent to £103.6m in the year to March 2014, according to accounts filed recently.

The charity saw income fall from £104.6m in the year to March 2010 to £95m the next year, and has remained at that level since.

This year the charity saw a major increase in grants and contracts awarded, which were worth £28.7m, a 78 per cent increase on the previous year.

The charity also received a 7 per cent increase in voluntary donations – from £55.6m last year to £59.5m. 

More than £10m was raised for the Philippines’ Typhoon Haiyan emergency appeals – along with partners such as the Disasters Emergency Committee. And an additional £1m was raised by churches across the UK.

Income from legacies was its highest ever, standing at £12.9m - £2m more than in the previous year.

Regular gifts raised £16m, in line with the previous year.

The charity also increased staff salaries by £2.5m, with a 2 per cent cost of living increase awarded to staff on contracts drawn up in Britain and Ireland – and increased ranging from 1 per cent to 18 per cent for national staff based on inflation rated in countries where the charity operates. 

The highest paid member of staff was the chief executive, Loretta Minghella. Her salary, which the charity chose to state exactly, was £121,223.