Community Groups Owning Assets: changes over time

Number of community groups in 2023: 533

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 2023 by the earliest year the group acquired the assets currently owned, from 2000 to 2023

Note community groups are excluded where, as of 31 December 2023, they no longer own any assets.

The figure is available in the Figures supporting document.

The number of groups who own assets in 2023 was 533, compared to 86 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 156 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 (135, 25%) and Argyll and Bute (60, 11%).