Evidence library

New report setting out the current state of the charity sector in Scotland. The report profiles the 25,199 charities on the OSCR register, including:

• profiles of Scottish charities (24,020) and cross-border charities (1,179)
• geography
• income and staffing data
• info on different groupings of charities, eg universities, social enterprise, ALEOs

The report also brings in additional info from other surveys, eg public trust.

Key Findings

• With an annual income of £13.17bn and over 208,977 staff, the Scottish charity sector is a similar size to the Scottish NHS
• There is a wide diversity of charities in Scotland, with 68% of organisations reporting that they are run entirely by volunteers and around 50% reporting an income of less than £25,000
• Public trust in Scottish charities is at the highest level since OSCR began to measure this in 2009