ABSTRACT
A number of general features of voluntary sector income can be identified, namely that income is unevenly distributed between organisations, that different industries or subsectors command different proportions of total sector income, and that organisations within the same size band may derive their income from different sources. The popular notion that voluntary sector income comes from voluntary sources-such as fundraising from the general public-does not accord with reality. A significant proportion of income, especially for larger organisations, comes from the state and from the sale of goods and services, with a wide variation between organisations even within the same size band.
