Community Groups Owning Assets: changes over time

Number of community groups in 2022: 505

Figure 2: More than sixfold increase in community groups owning assets since 2000

The number of community groups owning assets recorded in Scotland as of 31 December 2022 by the earliest year the group acquired the assets currently owned, from 2000 to 2022

Note the figure does not indicate the number of groups which owned assets during this period. Community groups are excluded where, as of 2022, they no longer own any assets.

The figure is available in the Figures supporting document.

The number of groups who own assets in 2022 was 505, compared to 75 groups in 2000 or earlier. This trend is similar to that of the number of assets with a steady increase observed from 2000, reflecting that most groups own only one asset.

There are 130 groups which own more than one asset; the most assets owned by a single group is 13. The local authorities with the most community groups are Highland (127, 25%) and Argyll and Bute (58, 11%).