Scottish Legacy Market Report 2023
Report highlighting the growth and breadth of the Scottish legacy market for charities and underlines the importance of investing long-term in this fundraising stream.
The report brings together key statistics on the Scottish legacy market, as well as insights and recommendations from legacy experts at charities, such as CHAS, Worldwide Cancer Research, Children in Scotland, Cancer Support Scotland and SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, to help those at the start of their legacy fundraising journey.
Key findings
- The connection supporters feel to good causes continues to grow along with a rising interest in legacy giving.
- 42% of Scots aged 40 and above say they would be happy to give in this way and 21% have already done so.
- Legacy giving to Scottish charities is showing a year-on-year rise, with the latest data from SCVO showing that it reached £136m in 2020/2021
- Legacy income accounts for one fifth of all money donated to Scottish charities annually.
- Almost half of all Scottish charities’ legacy income goes to Scotland’s top 50 charities, who received £66m in 2020/21, with the biggest share going to health causes.
- Some 500 Scottish charities of all sizes are named in Wills each year.
Published on 26 June 2023
