In the year to 31 March 2010, the BBC World Service Trust received £28.2 million. The principal funding source was grants receivable from international bilateral donors.
This enabled us to work on 123 projects in more than 30 countries.
| £m | % | |
| UK government (DFID)* | 12.1 | 43.0 |
| UK government (FCO) | 4.4 | 15.6 |
| European Union | 2.5 | 8.9 |
| United Nations | 1.7 | 6.0 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| Other (less than £0.9m each) | 5.4 | 19.1 |
| Total grant income | 27.0 | 95.8 |
| Voluntary income | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| Other income | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Total income | 28.2 | 100.0 |
*Includes £6.6m where funding is received through a consortium where the BBC World Service Trust is a junior partner in DFID-funded projects.
This summary financial information has been extracted from the BBC World Service Trust Annual Report for the year to 31 March 2010, which has been independently audited by KPMG LLP.
The full Annual Report for 2009/10 (PDF, 1.8MB) is available online. Most computers will open PDF documents automatically, but you may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
