Assets by Length of Ownership, 2022

New assets in community ownership in 2022: 16

Figure 4: Just over half of assets have been owned for 10 years or less

The number of community owned assets recorded in Scotland as of 31 December 2022 by length of ownership

Length of ownership is calculated using the year an asset was transferred to community ownership. Should a transfer date later come to be known or changed from its current value, the data will be revised.

The figure is available in the Figures supporting document.

Of the community owned assets in 2022, 392 were acquired in the last ten years, with 38 (5%) acquired more than 25 years ago. Just over a fifth of assets (167) were acquired between one and five years ago, with 2% (16) acquired in the last year.

There were 13 assets (2%) where the year of ownership is unknown or currently unavailable. It is likely that these are longstanding community owned assets as it is more difficult to find the year of ownership for older records that are not on the Land Register.