Financial review 2007/8



Income

Total annual income rose by 30% to £40.3 million.

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£million
Donations and gifts 19.5
Legacies 2.3
Fundraising events 3.3
Grants (voluntary income) 1.9
Grants (restricted) 10.6
Other 2.7

 

How your £1 was spent in 2007/8

Fundraising and governance 23p and charitable objectives 77p.

Diagram called How your £1 was spent

Expenditure

 

Total expenditure in 2007/08 was £35.5 million of which £27.4 million was spent on our charitable objectives.

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£million
Supporting partners to deliver water, sanitation and hygiene 23.1
Influencing policy in water, sanitation and hygiene 4.3
Fundraising 7.8
Governance 0.3

Voluntary income rose to £27.2 million, an increase of 20% on the previous year's figure of £22.7 million. Like last year, we experienced significant growth in grant funding for specific charitable activities (55% up on 2006/07). Total expenditure in 2007/08 was £35.5 million of which £27.4 million was spent on our charitable activities.

Charities Online Accounts award 2008 1st placeIn 2008/09, with your essential support, our income is planned to exceed £45 million, helping our partners to provide over one million people with safe water and more than three million people with sanitation.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 4 September 2008 and signed on its behalf by:

Jeremy Pelczer's signature

   Hugh Belshaw's signature
Jeremy Pelczer, Chairman    Hugh Belshaw, Trustee