State of the Sector 2013 | Data Tables

These data tables accompany the State of the Sector 2013 report.

Figure 1

The increase/decrease in organisation size reported by respondents between 2007 and 2013.

Over the last 12 months has your organisation:	2007	2008	2009 (estimate)	2010 (estimate)	2011	2012	2013
Grown in size	48%	35%	N/A	N/A	30%	31%	43%
Remained the same	46%	57%	N/A	N/A	45%	51%	43%
Reduced in size	6%	8%	N/A	N/A	25%	18%	15%

 

Figure 2

This graph shows reported growth by organisation size in 2013

Growth by organisation size	£0-£25k	£25k-£100k	£100k-£1m	Over £1m
Grown in size	43%	31%	48%	49%
Stayed more or less the same size	50%	53%	37%	31%
Reduced in size	8%	16%	15%	20%

 

Figure 3

Where respondents expect to see increases and decreases in next 12 months

Increases or decreases in 2014	Increase	Stay the same	Decrease	Don't know or N/A
Demand for your services	78%	18%	2%	2%
Competition for resources	72%	22%	1%	5%
Collaboration with other organisations	68%	28%	3%	2%
Expenditure	60%	33%	6%	2%
Volunteer numbers	40%	44%	6%	10%
Income	27%	41%	30%	2%
Paid staff numbers	22%	50%	16%	12%
Staff pay	19%	64%	5%	13%

 

Figure 4

Anticipated increases/ decrease in demand in next 12 months

Demand for your services	2011	2012	2013
Increase	76%	76%	78%
Stay the same	20%	20%	18%
Decrease	2%	2%	2%
Don't know	2%	2%	2%

 

Figure 5

Anticipated increases/ decrease in expenditure in next 12 months

Expenditure	2011	2012	2013
Increase	43%	63%	60%
Stay the same	33%	27%	33%
Decrease	22%	7%	6%
Don't know	2%	2%	2%

 

Figure 6

Anticipated increases/ decrease in paid staff numbers in next 12 months

Paid staff numbers	2011	2012	2013
Increase	15%	15%	22%
Stay the same	53%	52%	50%
Decrease	19%	17%	16%
Don't know	13%	16%	12%

 

Figure 7

Anticipated increases/ decrease in staff pay in next 12 months

Staff pay	2011	2012	2013
Increase	7%	14%	19%
Stay the same	70%	63%	64%
Decrease	9%	8%	5%
Don't know	14%	16%	13%

 

Figure 8

Anticipated increases/ decrease in competition in next 12 months

Competition for resources	2011	2012	2013
Increase	81%	77%	72%
Stay the same	15%	18%	22%
Decrease	1%	1%	1%
Don't know	4%	4%	5%

 

Figure 9

Anticipated increases/ decrease in collaboration in next 12 months

Collaboration with other organisations	2011	2012	2013
Increase	62%	66%	68%
Stay the same	32%	29%	28%
Decrease	3%	3%	3%
Don't know	3%	2%	2%

 

Figure 10

Planning for next 12 months	Response Percent
Develop new income sources	71.5%
Develop new projects	70.6%
Extend existing services	57.0%
Focus on business development	47.4%
Increase capacity	46.1%
Join a new partnership or consortium	20.6%
Restructure	18.4%
Close services / projects	10.5%
Merge	1.8%
Wind up	0.4%

 

Figure 11

What period respondents feel they can confidently plan ahead

Given your current funding arrangements, are you able to plan ahead beyond the next 12 months	Responses
Cannot confidently  plan ahead	38%
1 year ahead	34%
2 years ahead	16%
3+ years ahead	8%
Other	4%

 

Figure 12

Respondents’ financial confidence for the next 12 months

Financial Confidence	Improve	Stay about the same	Worsen
Financial situation of your own organisation	24%	42%	35%
General economic situation in Scotland	13%	51%	36%
Financial situation for the third sector in Scotland	6%	36%	58%

 

Figure 13

Respondents’ confidence in their own financial situation for the next 12 months, from 2011 to 2013

Financial situation of your own organisation	2011	2012	2013
Improve	10%	14%	24%
Stay about the same	46%	45%	42%
Worsen	45%	42%	35%

 

Figure 14

Respondents’ confidence in Scotland’s financial situation for the next 12 months, from 2011 to 2013

General economic situation in Scotland	2011	2012	2013
Improve	3%	4%	13%
Stay about the same	21%	34%	51%
Worsen	76%	62%	36%

 

Figure 15

Respondents’ confidence in the Scottish Third Sector’s financial situation for the next 12 months, from 2011 to 2013

Financial situation for third sector in Scotland	2011	2012	2013
Improve	2%	1%	6%
Stay about the same	18%	18%	36%
Worsen	80%	81%	58%

 

Figure 16

Respondents’ key funding challenges for the next 12 months

Are any of the following funding issues going to be a challenge for your organisation over the next 12 months?	Responses
General funding shortages	69%
Lack of long-term funding	68%
Sustainability of funding	62%
Covering core costs	53%
Funding cuts / decreases	51%
Securing charitable trust grants	50%
Securing public sector grants	49%
Difficulty diversifying funding sources	39%
Increasing donations	37%
Paying salaries	32%
Tendering for contracts /SLAs	32%
Increasing trading income	23%

 

Figure 17

Respondents’ key funding challenges for the next 12 months by organisation size

Answer Options	£0-£25k	£25k-£100k	£100k-£1m	Over £1m
General funding shortages	61%	81%	68%	58%
Lack of long-term funding	69%	69%	74%	42%
Sustainability of funding	69%	57%	65%	56%
Covering core costs	50%	55%	60%	39%
Securing charitable trust grants	47%	57%	52%	44%
Funding cuts / decreases	36%	57%	47%	61%
Securing public sector grants	42%	45%	51%	56%
Diversifying funding sources	25%	43%	42%	39%
Increasing donations	42%	43%	36%	36%
Tendering for contracts /SLAs	6%	21%	37%	56%
Paying salaries	25%	50%	31%	19%
Increasing trading income	11%	24%	20%	42%

 

Figure 18

A word cloud image based on the frequency of words used by respondents describing their key issues for the coming year.

20 Most Important Words and Phrases	%	Count
Funding	36%	122
Services	16%	55
Increase	11%	37
Demand	9%	31
Income	9%	30
Staff	8%	27
Volunteers	8%	27
Sustainability	5%	19
Local	5%	19
Welfare Reform	4%	16
Money	3%	13
Cuts	3%	12
Finding	3%	10
Managing	2%	8
Making	2%	7
Finance	1%	6
Benefit	1%	6
Self	1%	4
Tendering	1%	4
Reserves	1%	4

 

Figure 19

How many respondent organisations pay the Living Wage

Answer Options	Response Percent	Response Count
Yes, we pay all employees at least the Living Wage	75.9%	148
No, some employees are on the Minimum Wage	15.9%	31
Don’t know	8.2%	16

 

Figure 20

How many respondent organisations pay the Living Wage by organisation size.

Answer Options	£0-£25k	£25k-£100k	£100k-£1m	Over £1m
Yes, at organisation’s request	8	5	22	8
Yes, at employee’s request	1	5	5	3
No	8	28	62	24
Don’t know	1	0	4	0

 

Figure 21

Responses to the question ‘Does your organisation have employees on flexible contracts with no or few guaranteed hours?’

Answer Options	Response Percent	Response Count
Yes, at organisation’s request	23.4%	45
Yes, at employee’s request	7.8%	15
No	65.1%	125
Don’t know	3.6%	7

 

Figure 22

Responses to the question ‘Does your organisation have employees on flexible contracts with no or few guaranteed hours?’ by organisation size.

Answer Options	£0-£25k	£25k-£100k	£100k-£1m	Over £1m
Yes, at organisation’s request	8	5	22	8
Yes, at employee’s request	1	5	5	3
No	8	28	62	24
Don’t know	1	0	4	0

 

Figure 23

The size of respondents’ organisations

Size	Survey Respondents	Wider Sector
£0-£25k	18%	68%
£25k-£100k	20%	16%
£100k-£1m	45%	12%
Over £1m	16%	4%

 

Figure 24

The geographical scope of respondents’ organisations

Scope	%
Local	86%
National	11%
International	3%

 

Figure 25

The job roles of respondents

Answer Options	Response Percent
Officer	9.0%
Manager	35.9%
Chief Officer	27.4%
Board Member	16.1%
Volunteer	6.3%
Other	5.4%