Christian Aid income fell by £13m during Covid-19
by Russell Hargrave, Civil Society News:
Income and spending both fell sharply at Christian Aid last year, according to the charity’s latest financial accounts.
Christian Aid’s income dropped by £13m in the year to March 2020-21 compared with 2019-20, while expenditure fell more than £16m, the accounts show.
The annual report, which was published last month, shows that income from Christian Aid Week was down by nearly 50% compared with 2020, although legacy income rose by around 10%.
The accounts cover 12 months when Covid-19 rules meant that the charity’s fundraising events and aid programmes overseas were restricted. This created “an extremely challenging context” for staff, the report says.
£4m from Christian Aid Week
Christian Aid raised £86.4m last year, compared with £99.5m in 2019-20. It spent £89.2m, down from £105.7m.
Christian Aid Week, held in May 2020, when the country was in national lockdown, raised £4.1m, compared with £7.6m in 2019. Chief executive Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, writing in the introduction to the accounts, said that this was still far more than the charity’s “pandemic-adjusted target”, which forecast that the week’s fundraising might only be worth £1m.