Latest Data: 2020
This section reviews data provided by respondents working in development-led archaeology. Question logic was used in the survey so that only respondents that identified that they undertook contractor or consultancy work saw and answered these questions.
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The following table (1.9.1) presents a breakdown of respondents’ reported turnovers.
Table 1.9.1: Source of turnover funding for respondents in 2020. UK only.
| Source | £ | % |
|---|---|---|
| Fees and charging for services | £111,499,915 | 97% |
| Funding agreements with local authorities | £240,772 | 0% |
| Funding from local or national government | £847,212 | 1% |
| Grants from National Heritage Lottery Fund, or other lottery funders, etc. | £1,536,550 | 1% |
| Grants from other sources i.e. not Lottery or local/national government | £829,182 | 1% |
| Fund-raising and donations | £6,065 | 0% |
| Membership fees | 0% | |
| Total (£) | £114,959,696 | |
| Number of Respondents (n=) | 64 |
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Previously, similar data were collected as part of the State of the Archaeological Market reports; however, in 2020 the question was changed to better capture types of income as opposed to sources. The previous data can be found in table 1.9.2.
Table 1.9.2: Distribution of turnover from 2014-15 to 2019-20. UK only.
| Source | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private sector (including third parties) | 67% | 75% | 79% | 81% | 83% | 73% |
| Central government departments and agencies | 14% | 13% | 3% | 7% | 9% | 9% |
| National heritage agencies (Historic England, Historic Environment Scotland, Cadw, Heritage Council etc) | 6% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| Other public bodies (including universities, public-private partnerships and local enterprise partnerships) | 5% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Local, district, city, county or unitary councils (local planning authorities) | 5% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 5% |
| Community groups (including HLF projects, town and parish councils and neighbourhood forums) | 3% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 5% |
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Sectoral sources of fee income were also tracked. For the first time, in 2019-20, Transportation overtook Residential Development to be the largest source of fee income in development-led archaeology.
Table 1.5.3: Sources of fee income, from 2013-14 to 2019-20. UK only.
| Source of income | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 Amount | 2019-20 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential development | 41% | 40% | 53% | 42% | 36% | 34% | £24,713,131 | 28% |
| Commercial and industrial | 6% | 24% | 14% | 18% | 13% | 10% | £15,266,709 | 17% |
| Minerals | 5% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 9% | £2,240,828 | 3% |
| Waste | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | £45,869 | 0% |
| Transport | 4% | 6% | 10% | 6% | 14% | 15% | £30,047,104 | 34% |
| Energy | 12% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 14% | 18% | £6,213,506 | 7% |
| Telecommunications | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | £4,005 | 0% |
| Water Supply | 5% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | £923,214 | 1% |
| Education | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | £1,094,391 | 1% |
| Health | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | £120,166 | 0% |
| Community projects and HLF | 4% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 1% | £1,788,911 | 2% |
| National Agencies and University Grants | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | £1,459,082 | 2% |
| Local Authority Initiatives | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | £622,787 | 1% |
| Other research and public archaeology | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 0% | £83,010 | 0% |
| Heritage conservation | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | £1,185,498 | 1% |
| Assistance to LPAs in delivering development control services | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | £96,998 | 0% |
| Any other services not categorised above | 1% | 2% | 1% | 9% | 0% | 5% | £1,508,877 | 2% |
| Leisure, sport, entertainment and tourism | 6% | 1% | 0% | 5% | 2% | £ | ||
| Retail and town centres | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | £ | ||
| Total | £87,414,086 |
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Watching Brief 3 by Wessex Archaeology. From Flickr CC BY NC SA
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Title: Profiling the Profession
2020 Authors: Kenneth Aitchison, Poppy German and Doug Rocks-Macqueen
Published by: Landward Research Ltd
Version Date: 2021
ISBN: 978-0-9572452-8-0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14333387
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2020 funders: Historic England, with support from Historic Environment Scotland, CIfA and FAME.
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