STRUCTURE / Financial ressources
Since inception, PlaNet Finance focuses on an efficient and transparent management of financial resources.

1.0 - Use of Resources Statement ¹ - PlaNet Finance NGO ²

USES In euros In %
Social missions 6 179 670 81 %
Technical assistance programs: grants and support to MFIs 5 913 920 77 %
Africa and the Middle East 2 529 883
Asia 1 771 324
Latin America 1 031 474
Europe 581 239
MFI financing 265 750 4 %
Africa and the Middle East 122 114
Asia 72 960
Latin America 57 008
Europe 13 668
Communication & Fundraising 490 719 6 %
Administration 717 388 9 %
Provision for depreciation of participations 302 476 4 %
Excess - -
TOTAL 7 690 252 -
REVENUES In euros In %
Private donations allocated to programs 1 529 333 20 %
Private donations allocated to the organisations' development 898 961 12 %
Public grants 1 484 477 19 %
Ordered services 1 722 834 22 %
Technical Assistance 1 571 262 20 %
Income from financing activities 56 910 1 %
Other (including expense transfer to affiliates) 94 663 1 %
Sales (greeting cards, books…) 205 570 3 %
In-kind revenues 1 225 337 16 %
Other revenues 174 352 2 %
Non-operational loss 302 476 4 %
Operational loss 146 913 2 %
TOTAL 7 690 252 -

With a total of 7,240,864 EUR in annual revenues, the 2006 fiscal year shows a 6% increase compared to 2005 (total revenues: 6,853,992 EUR). Nonetheless, the spin-off of the rating activity by mid-2005 had transformed the scope of the accounts. All program activities held constant, the growth of revenues would have shown a 10% increase for the 2006 fiscal year.

The net result shows a 449,389 EUR loss and is mostly a consequence of a prudential provision -without any effect on cashcaused by equity participation commercial subsidiaries still in their start-up phase (302,476 EUR).

In 2006, PlaNet Finance dedicated 81% of its budget to its social missions. Technical assistance programs, that include grants and support to MFIs, have risen significantly, with a 27% budget increase compared to 2005.

A few examples of programs set up in 2006: Setting up of a microfinance bank in Mexico (207,704 EUR), « Microfinance & Health program» in Benin (200,000 EUR), Reconstruction program in Sri Lanka (93,356 EUR), « Asia@ITC II - Broadband for Barefoot Bankers » in China (111,775 EUR) or « Entreprendre en Banlieue » (« Entrepreneurship in the suburbs ») in France (161,780 EUR).

Total equity for the NGO « PlaNet Finance » ³ (main legal structure with « PlaNet Finance ») reaches 794,527 EUR.

2.0 - Total yearly resources (in K EUR) - NGO PlaNet Finance

3.0 - PlaNet Finance NGO’s participations in the subsidiaries (in K EUR)

Capital Participation %
Planet Rating 580 406 70 %
MicroCred Holding 5 795 500 9 %

¹ The Use of Resources Statement (URS) is a financial tool analysing all the elements shown in the income statement, to which are added the in-kind resources. The URS indicates where the resources of an organization come from and how they are used.

² N.B: « PlaNet Finance » refers to the NGOs’ head office and its affliates, offices and representative offices.

³ This structure is made of a single legal entity, including the French Head office and the PlaNet Finance offices in Benin, Senegal, Madagascar, UAE, Lebanon, Palestian Territories,Israel, en Jordan, China, Japan and Argentina (in 2006).

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Philippe Peuch-Lestrade - Treasurer, PlaNet Finance

" With a 6% annual increase of its resources (10% all program activities held constant), totalling 7 million eur (9 million usd), the 2006 fiscal year confirms the growth of planet finance’s activities in poverty alleviation.

This development is accompanied by an increase in human resources.Tthe operating result shows a slight loss, due to the lag time between the planned launch of certain programs and the actual starting-up of the activities in the field.

Moreover, it was decided to prudently constitute provisions for equity participation that burden the net result, but have no impact on the operational cash-flow "