Concern suffers €7m fall in donations as spending cut 8%

Public donations to charity Concern dropped by 18% here last year to €30.7m as the organisation’s losses increased 55-fold.

According to Concern’s 2012 annual report, losses increased from €70,000 to €3.89m, in spite of cutting back spending by 8% from €160.3m to €147.3m.

The directors’ report states the fall in public donations “was broadly in line with expectations and reflected the more general reduction in emergency related appeals”.