The Barclay's Charity Finance 100 index of charity income has fallen for the first time in five years, triggering concerns about key sources of revenue for the voluntary sector.
Latest results for the index, which is sponsored by Barclay Global Investors, show a fall of 35 to 2,136 in the second quarter of 2000. The index tracks quarterly changes in income reported by the UK's largest charities, from a base of 1,000 at the beginning of 1992. This is only the second fall in the index's nine-year history and the first since 1996.