In the last 15 years the Scottish voluntary sector has become a larger part of the Scottish economy. This short report will give you some key facts and figures to feel comfortable talking about charities in Scotland.

Here are just a few discoveries:

• The Scottish Charity sector had doubled in size in terms of finances in the decade of 2003-2013, reaching £4.9 billion in 2013.[i]
• 23,700 charities have registered with the regulator, and Scotland currently has 3.6 charities per 1000 people, compared to 2.4 in England.
• One in five people in Scotland volunteered in the last year (a total of 1.3 million[ii]).

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