- Since the onset of the COVID pandemic in 2020*, there has been slight increases overall in the number of people working for charities of all sizes apart from the largest charities (with 500 or more employees).
- In 2020, the number of people working for charities with fewer than 25 employees has grown by 2% from 398,000 to 407,000. The number of people working for a charity with between 25 – 50 employees has increased by 5% in this time.
- Over the past six years, the size of the voluntary sector workforce has increased by 16%. In this time, number of employees working for charities with 500 or more employees has grown by 45%.
*figures up to end of September 2020