Business and charity survey

About the sector

Thank you for participating in this survey.

This brief survey has been produced to gather information about business and the charity sector in the West of England.

There are only 20 questions so should take no more than 2-4 minutes. Before you start, the term VCSE means Voluntary, Charity and Social Enterprise and is a collective term for those that work within the non-profit sector.

We don't expect you to know the answer to all of the questions but would like you to take an educated guess.

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* 1. Take a guess - how many VCSE organisations do you think operate in the West of England? (Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset)

Fewer than 250

250-500

500-1000

1000-2000

2000-3000

3000-4000

4000-5000

5000+

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* 2. From where do you think VCSE organisations receive the majority of their funding/financial support? Choose one only.

Local councils

National government

Fundraising from business

Fundraising from individuals

Grants from foundations/trusts

Trading (shops, gifts, services, etc)

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* 3. Charity size is categorised by income. How much average income per annum (turnover) do you think it takes to be listed in each of the categories below?

Micro

Small

Medium

Large

Super large

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* 4. The following figures are recorded statistics for the charity sector in March 2018. The percentages below depict the numbers of registered charities represented by each category. Please allocate a category to the percentage. Categories: micro, small, medium, large, super large

1.3%

5.5%

13.3%

34.5%

39%

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* 5. The following figures are recorded statistics for the charity sector in March 2018. The percentages shown below are share of total income received by the different sized charities by category. Please allocate a category to the percentage. Micro, small, medium, large, super large.

0.3%

2.7%

6.5%

18.3%

72.2%

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* 6. What do you consider to be a reasonable proportion of income for a charity to spend on its own administration - ie, income generation and governance?

Less than 5%

5-10%

10-20%

20-30%

30-40%

40-50%

Whatever it takes

If you have a view on this please comment

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* 7. Please name up to three national foundations/trusts/charities that distribute grants to local charities (ie., National Lottery).

One

Two

Three

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* 8. Please name up to three local (to West of England) foundations/trusts/charities that distribute grants to local charities.

One

Two

Three

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* 9. What is your understanding of the role of a foundation or trust? Tick any that apply.

To support individuals with financial help

To support individuals with professional help and information (counselling, disability aids, etc)

To support charities with financial help

To support charities with professional help (training, accounting, etc)

To campaign for policy change

To raise awareness of the sector

To provide philanthropy advice and services

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* 10. Which of these trusts or foundations have you heard of? Tick all that apply.

Lloyds Bank Foundation

Bristol Sport Foundation

Quartet Community Foundation

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Gates Foundation

Henry Smith Charity

UK Community Foundations

None of the above

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* 11. Have you heard of / or had experience of a community foundation?

Yes

If yes, please let us know how: