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OSCR publishes new Sector Overview Report

June 15, 2023May 8, 2023 Stuart Mitchell

The Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) has published a new Sector Overview Report covering the period up to 31 March 2023. The report uses key facts and figures from our database of charity information to present a profile of income, expenditure, purposes, beneficiaries, activities and operations. Key figures include: The gross annual income of Scottish charities on the Scottish Charity Register is £14bn The majority of charities (57%) report annual incomes of £0 to £25,000 It is estimated that there are 180,000 trustees of charities on the Scottish charity register, with…

OSCR publishes new research on Scottish charity sector

November 24, 2021October 31, 2021 Stuart Mitchell

New research published by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) sets out the current state of the country’s charity sector. The research reveals: Two thirds of Scotland’s twenty-five thousand registered charities are run entirely by volunteers Charities in Scotland also employ over two hundred thousand staff The majority of charities in Scotland have an income of less than £25,000 per year, with over a third reporting an income of less than £10,000 over the same period Scottish charities have a combined annual income of over thirteen billion pounds, making the sector…