Community & Public Services
531 organisations are counted with Community & Public Services as their primary sector — 15% of everything with a sector on record, and the 2nd largest of 16. A further 57 organisations work in it alongside another sector.
The count
organisations counted with Community & Public Services as their primary sector, across the Bailiwick’s four inhabited islands.
Coverage
#coverage ⧉How complete is this sector’s count?
An estimated 84% of this sector’s organisations are counted — the 6th-highest measured coverage of the 16 sectors.
Every count in this chapter is a floor, never a total.
Headline figures
#headlines ⧉The figures you can quote
The figures in this chapter that clear the citable bar — coverage high enough, count large enough, denominator named. A figure that does not clear it appears further down as a chart, badged, or not at all.
What stands out
#signature ⧉Half of those with a founding year began after 1998, and 70 of 319 were founded a century or more ago
A founding year is on record for 319 of the 531 counted here. The island's median is 2006, on 1,732 of 3,573 (48%) — below the citable bar, which is why it sits in this sentence rather than in the heading above. Counts organisations still trading that publish a founding year; older firms are likelier to do so — survivorship and reporting bias at once.
Community & Public Services organisations by founding era
A founding year on record for 319 of 531 Community & Public Services organisations (60%)
| Founding era | Organisations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| pre-1800 | 25 | 8% |
| 1800s | 30 | 9% |
| 1900–49 | 27 | 8% |
| 1950–79 | 38 | 12% |
| 1980–99 | 44 | 14% |
| 2000–09 | 44 | 14% |
| 2010–19 | 79 | 25% |
| 2020s | 32 | 10% |
Counts organisations still trading that publish a founding year; older firms are likelier to do so — survivorship and reporting bias at once.
The earliest founding year on record in this sector is 1030, published by St Peter's Church. A floor date: the oldest we have found, not the oldest on the island.
Sub-sectors
#composition ⧉Charities & Non-Profits leads, on 169 organisations
Every organisation is counted once, in its primary sub-sector. Separately, 57 organisations outside this count work in Community & Public Services alongside another sector — they are not in the bars below.
Community & Public Services by sub-sector
Counted over all 531 active Community & Public Services organisations
| Primary sub-sector | Organisations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Charities & Non-Profits | 169 | 32% |
| Clubs & Associations | 118 | 22% |
| Government Services | 67 | 13% |
| Utilities | 47 | 9% |
| Religious Organisations | 44 | 8% |
| Culture & Heritage | 37 | 7% |
| Emergency Services | 18 | 3% |
| Social Services | 12 | 2% |
| Justice & Courts | 8 | 2% |
| Healthcare (Public) | 5 | 1% |
| Libraries | 3 | 1% |
| Direct at sector level | 2 | 0% |
| Public Transport | 1 | 0% |
Counts each organisation's primary sub-sector, so the bars sum to the sector, and each is the roll call the directory lists under that name.
2 organisations are classified straight at sector level with no sub-sector — a real cohort, kept visible rather than folded into the largest bar. 57 further organisations work in Community & Public Services alongside another sector and are not in these bars: each is counted in the sub-sector of the sector it calls its main line. "Works in", never "is in".
Parishes
#parishes ⧉St Peter Port holds 198 Community & Public Services organisations
43% of the 459 whose parish is on record. Off Guernsey: 37 on Alderney, 10 on Sark and 1 on Herm.
Community & Public Services organisations by parish
A parish on record for 459 of 531 Community & Public Services organisations (86%)
Tap a parish for its full name and count — at this size some shapes are too small to carry a label. Every parish is in the table.
| Parish | Organisations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| St Peter Port | 198 | 43% |
| St Sampson | 55 | 12% |
| Vale | 50 | 11% |
| Castel | 39 | 8% |
| St Martin | 34 | 7% |
| St Andrew | 29 | 6% |
| St Pierre du Bois | 21 | 5% |
| Forest | 16 | 3% |
| St Saviour | 14 | 3% |
| Torteval | 3 | 1% |
Guernsey parishes only; Alderney, Sark and Herm are counted in the island split above.
24 Guernsey organisations in this sector have no parish on record — a real gap, not an exclusion, and the map fills in as verification proceeds; a further 48 organisations trade on Alderney, Sark or Herm and are counted in the island split rather than on this map.
Where Community & Public Services is over- and under-represented
A parish on record for 459 of 531 Community & Public Services organisations (86%)
Tap a parish for its full name and count — at this size some shapes are too small to carry a label. Every parish is in the table.
| Parish | Organisations | vs island (LQ) |
|---|---|---|
| St Peter Port | 198 | 1.01 |
| St Sampson | 55 | 0.90 |
| Vale | 50 | 0.84 |
| Castel | 39 | 1.00 |
| St Martin | 34 | 0.83 |
| St Andrew | 29 | 1.83 |
| St Pierre du Bois | 21 | 1.54 |
| Forest | 16 | 1.06 |
| St Saviour | 14 | 0.98 |
| Torteval | 3 | — |
The same island, drawn on a location quotient: this sector's share of a parish against its share of the island. Hatched parishes hold too few of this sector to compare at all. Parishes holding fewer than 30 of this sector are drawn and tabled but never named in a sentence: a quotient over a handful of organisations moves on one new record, and a superlative that flips that easily is not one.
Capabilities
#capabilities ⧉The typical mapped organisation holds 2 capabilities, against 3 island-wide
68% of the sector have at least one service resolved to the graph, across 15 domains, against 71% island-wide, the 5th-lowest capability coverage of the 13 sectors where it can be counted. Capabilities as published by each organisation and resolved to the graph; a business with no capability claim is not necessarily a business that does none of these things.
Capability groups on record
A capability on record for 363 of 531 Community & Public Services organisations (68%)
| By group | Organisations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Charity, community & membership | 88 | 24% |
| Clubs & societies | 56 | 15% |
| Attractions & heritage | 40 | 11% |
| Recruitment, training & coaching | 23 | 6% |
| Arts, entertainment & culture | 17 | 5% |
| Legal | 14 | 4% |
| Specialist services | 14 | 4% |
| Children's activities | 8 | 2% |
| Risk, regulatory & compliance | 7 | 2% |
| Business consulting & advisory | 6 | 2% |
| Corporate, fiduciary & funds | 5 | 1% |
| Accountancy & tax | 4 | 1% |
| Estate agency & property | 4 | 1% |
| IT & technology | 4 | 1% |
| Architecture, surveying & engineering | 3 | 1% |
| Marketing & design | 1 | 0% |
| Sports & activities | 1 | 0% |
Capabilities as published by each organisation and resolved to the graph; a business with no capability claim is not necessarily a business that does none of these things.
184 of the 363 with a capability on record span two or more of these groups (1 in 2). Two capabilities inside one group are one trade, not two, which is why this counts groups rather than nodes.
What the most organisations are on record for
A capability on record for 363 of 531 Community & Public Services organisations (68%)
| The busiest nodes | Organisations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Family support | 31 | 9% |
| Worship services | 31 | 9% |
| Condition & disease support | 28 | 8% |
| Waste & rubbish collection | 27 | 7% |
| Heritage sites & visitor heritage | 25 | 7% |
| Church groups & ministries | 24 | 7% |
| Marriages, baptisms & funerals | 22 | 6% |
| Scouts, Guides & cadets | 21 | 6% |
| Church & parish hall hire | 20 | 6% |
| Youth organisations | 20 | 6% |
| Professional training | 18 | 5% |
| Grants & charitable funding | 17 | 5% |
An organisation on two of these is counted on both, so the rows add up to more than the number of organisations.
Capabilities held together
A capability on record for 363 of 531 Community & Public Services organisations (68%)
| What goes with what | Sector | Count | Row share | vs island (LQ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family support | Family support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Family support | Worship services | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Family support | Condition & disease support | 8 | 62% | 15.34 |
| Family support | Waste & rubbish collection | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Family support | Heritage sites & visitor heritage | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Family support | Church groups & ministries | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Family support | Marriages, baptisms & funerals | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Family support | Scouts, Guides & cadets | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Family support | Church & parish hall hire | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Family support | Youth organisations | 1 | 8% | 1.66 |
| Family support | Professional training | 3 | 23% | 12.46 |
| Family support | Grants & charitable funding | 1 | 8% | 6.23 |
| Worship services | Family support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Worship services | Worship services | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Worship services | Condition & disease support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Worship services | Waste & rubbish collection | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Worship services | Heritage sites & visitor heritage | 4 | 6% | 1.34 |
| Worship services | Church groups & ministries | 24 | 35% | 1.85 |
| Worship services | Marriages, baptisms & funerals | 22 | 32% | 1.81 |
| Worship services | Scouts, Guides & cadets | 2 | 3% | 0.47 |
| Worship services | Church & parish hall hire | 17 | 25% | 1.60 |
| Worship services | Youth organisations | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Worship services | Professional training | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Worship services | Grants & charitable funding | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Condition & disease support | Family support | 8 | 62% | 15.34 |
| Condition & disease support | Worship services | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Condition & disease support | Condition & disease support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Condition & disease support | Waste & rubbish collection | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Condition & disease support | Heritage sites & visitor heritage | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Condition & disease support | Church groups & ministries | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Condition & disease support | Marriages, baptisms & funerals | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Condition & disease support | Scouts, Guides & cadets | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Condition & disease support | Church & parish hall hire | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Condition & disease support | Youth organisations | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Condition & disease support | Professional training | 2 | 15% | 8.31 |
| Condition & disease support | Grants & charitable funding | 3 | 23% | 18.69 |
| Waste & rubbish collection | Family support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Waste & rubbish collection | Worship services | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Waste & rubbish collection | Condition & disease support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Waste & rubbish collection | Waste & rubbish collection | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Waste & rubbish collection | Heritage sites & visitor heritage | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Waste & rubbish collection | Church groups & ministries | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Waste & rubbish collection | Marriages, baptisms & funerals | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Waste & rubbish collection | Scouts, Guides & cadets | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Waste & rubbish collection | Church & parish hall hire | 2 | 100% | 6.48 |
| Waste & rubbish collection | Youth organisations | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Waste & rubbish collection | Professional training | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Waste & rubbish collection | Grants & charitable funding | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Heritage sites & visitor heritage | Family support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Heritage sites & visitor heritage | Worship services | 4 | 29% | 1.34 |
| Heritage sites & visitor heritage | Condition & disease support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Heritage sites & visitor heritage | Waste & rubbish collection | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Heritage sites & visitor heritage | Heritage sites & visitor heritage | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Heritage sites & visitor heritage | Church groups & ministries | 3 | 21% | 1.14 |
| Heritage sites & visitor heritage | Marriages, baptisms & funerals | 4 | 29% | 1.62 |
| Heritage sites & visitor heritage | Scouts, Guides & cadets | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Heritage sites & visitor heritage | Church & parish hall hire | 3 | 21% | 1.39 |
| Heritage sites & visitor heritage | Youth organisations | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Heritage sites & visitor heritage | Professional training | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Heritage sites & visitor heritage | Grants & charitable funding | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Church groups & ministries | Family support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Church groups & ministries | Worship services | 24 | 39% | 1.85 |
| Church groups & ministries | Condition & disease support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Church groups & ministries | Waste & rubbish collection | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Church groups & ministries | Heritage sites & visitor heritage | 3 | 5% | 1.14 |
| Church groups & ministries | Church groups & ministries | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Church groups & ministries | Marriages, baptisms & funerals | 17 | 28% | 1.58 |
| Church groups & ministries | Scouts, Guides & cadets | 2 | 3% | 0.53 |
| Church groups & ministries | Church & parish hall hire | 15 | 25% | 1.59 |
| Church groups & ministries | Youth organisations | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Church groups & ministries | Professional training | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Church groups & ministries | Grants & charitable funding | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Marriages, baptisms & funerals | Family support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Marriages, baptisms & funerals | Worship services | 22 | 39% | 1.81 |
| Marriages, baptisms & funerals | Condition & disease support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Marriages, baptisms & funerals | Waste & rubbish collection | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Marriages, baptisms & funerals | Heritage sites & visitor heritage | 4 | 7% | 1.62 |
| Marriages, baptisms & funerals | Church groups & ministries | 17 | 30% | 1.58 |
| Marriages, baptisms & funerals | Marriages, baptisms & funerals | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Marriages, baptisms & funerals | Scouts, Guides & cadets | 1 | 2% | 0.28 |
| Marriages, baptisms & funerals | Church & parish hall hire | 13 | 23% | 1.48 |
| Marriages, baptisms & funerals | Youth organisations | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Marriages, baptisms & funerals | Professional training | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Marriages, baptisms & funerals | Grants & charitable funding | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Scouts, Guides & cadets | Family support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Scouts, Guides & cadets | Worship services | 2 | 10% | 0.47 |
| Scouts, Guides & cadets | Condition & disease support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Scouts, Guides & cadets | Waste & rubbish collection | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Scouts, Guides & cadets | Heritage sites & visitor heritage | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Scouts, Guides & cadets | Church groups & ministries | 2 | 10% | 0.53 |
| Scouts, Guides & cadets | Marriages, baptisms & funerals | 1 | 5% | 0.28 |
| Scouts, Guides & cadets | Scouts, Guides & cadets | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Scouts, Guides & cadets | Church & parish hall hire | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Scouts, Guides & cadets | Youth organisations | 14 | 70% | 15.12 |
| Scouts, Guides & cadets | Professional training | 1 | 5% | 2.70 |
| Scouts, Guides & cadets | Grants & charitable funding | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Church & parish hall hire | Family support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Church & parish hall hire | Worship services | 17 | 34% | 1.60 |
| Church & parish hall hire | Condition & disease support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Church & parish hall hire | Waste & rubbish collection | 2 | 4% | 6.48 |
| Church & parish hall hire | Heritage sites & visitor heritage | 3 | 6% | 1.39 |
| Church & parish hall hire | Church groups & ministries | 15 | 30% | 1.59 |
| Church & parish hall hire | Marriages, baptisms & funerals | 13 | 26% | 1.48 |
| Church & parish hall hire | Scouts, Guides & cadets | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Church & parish hall hire | Church & parish hall hire | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Church & parish hall hire | Youth organisations | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Church & parish hall hire | Professional training | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Church & parish hall hire | Grants & charitable funding | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Youth organisations | Family support | 1 | 7% | 1.66 |
| Youth organisations | Worship services | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Youth organisations | Condition & disease support | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Youth organisations | Waste & rubbish collection | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Youth organisations | Heritage sites & visitor heritage | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Youth organisations | Church groups & ministries | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Youth organisations | Marriages, baptisms & funerals | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Youth organisations | Scouts, Guides & cadets | 14 | 93% | 15.12 |
| Youth organisations | Church & parish hall hire | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Youth organisations | Youth organisations | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Youth organisations | Professional training | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Youth organisations | Grants & charitable funding | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Professional training | Family support | 3 | 50% | 12.46 |
| Professional training | Worship services | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Professional training | Condition & disease support | 2 | 33% | 8.31 |
| Professional training | Waste & rubbish collection | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Professional training | Heritage sites & visitor heritage | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Professional training | Church groups & ministries | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Professional training | Marriages, baptisms & funerals | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Professional training | Scouts, Guides & cadets | 1 | 17% | 2.70 |
| Professional training | Church & parish hall hire | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Professional training | Youth organisations | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Professional training | Professional training | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Professional training | Grants & charitable funding | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Grants & charitable funding | Family support | 1 | 25% | 6.23 |
| Grants & charitable funding | Worship services | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Grants & charitable funding | Condition & disease support | 3 | 75% | 18.69 |
| Grants & charitable funding | Waste & rubbish collection | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Grants & charitable funding | Heritage sites & visitor heritage | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Grants & charitable funding | Church groups & ministries | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Grants & charitable funding | Marriages, baptisms & funerals | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Grants & charitable funding | Scouts, Guides & cadets | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Grants & charitable funding | Church & parish hall hire | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Grants & charitable funding | Youth organisations | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Grants & charitable funding | Professional training | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
| Grants & charitable funding | Grants & charitable funding | 0 | 0% | 0.00 |
Each cell counts the organisations on record for both capabilities; the diagonal is blank on purpose. Capabilities as published by each organisation and resolved to the graph; a business with no capability claim is not necessarily a business that does none of these things.
Is this what they do, or one of many things they do?
A positioning note on record for 320 of 531 Community & Public Services organisations (60%)
| How central is it? | Organisations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| This is what they do | 270 | 84% |
| Core to the business | 123 | 38% |
| One of many services | 47 | 15% |
| A sideline | 37 | 12% |
The roles overlap: one business can be “this is what they do” for one capability and “a sideline” for another, so these rows add up past the number of businesses.
Online presence
#digital ⧉79% of Community & Public Services organisations have a website of their own
Against 67% island-wide — 12 points above the island rate, the 5th-highest own-site rate of the 15 sectors where it can be counted. The gap is the robust part: the sector’s own rate is measured over the organisations we have found, and the ones still missing are disproportionately the web-invisible.
Digital presence, this sector and the island
Counted over all 531 active Community & Public Services organisations
The right-hand column is the gap between community & public services and the island; both values are in the table view. Measured in share of organisations.
Each track carries both values at its ends; the gap between community & public services and the island is in the table view. Measured in share of organisations.
| Sector against island | Community & Public Services | The island | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a website | 79% | 67% | +12% |
| Website on a .gg domain | 51% | 27% | +24% |
| Links a social account of any kind | 50% | 50% | +0% |
| Links a Facebook page | 47% | 47% | +0% |
Verified from published evidence; businesses without a web presence are under-represented.
Each row is a share of all organisations counted, in the sector and island-wide — not a share of those with a website, so the rows are comparable with one another. 1 further row is not drawn: a platform on record for fewer than 15 organisations here moves several points on one new record, which is wider than the gap it would be read against.
Legal form and ownership
#form ⧉Legal form, ownership and size — as far as they are published
These are published far less often than a phone number. Each module below states its own coverage, and renders the gap rather than a confident number over a silent base.
Community & Public Services organisations by legal form
A legal form on record for 315 of 531 Community & Public Services organisations (59%)
On record for 59% — indicative| Legal form | Organisations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Charity | 167 | 53% |
| States entity | 84 | 27% |
| Limited company | 41 | 13% |
| Limited by guarantee | 16 | 5% |
| Other | 3 | 1% |
| Sole trader | 2 | 1% |
| Partnership | 2 | 1% |
Sole traders are the systematic undercount here: a limited company publishes its form, a sole trader rarely does.
A further 57 organisations hold something in the legal-form slot that is not a legal form — filing notes, a bare year. Those leave the denominator rather than inflating “other”.
Community & Public Services organisations by ownership
An ownership type on record for 209 of 531 Community & Public Services organisations (39%)
On record for 39% — indicative| Ownership | Organisations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| States-owned | 88 | 42% |
| Charity or not-for-profit | 85 | 41% |
| Privately held | 20 | 10% |
| Other | 10 | 5% |
| Subsidiary or branch | 4 | 2% |
| Family-owned | 2 | 1% |
As each organisation describes itself. Where a parent is off-island, that is recorded only when it was found — there is no “no parent” record, so this is not a count of independence.
Gaps
#gaps ⧉What this chapter cannot yet say
These modules are on record for too few of the 531 organisations counted here to draw. A blank is deliberate: the module reports its base rather than a number it cannot stand behind.
- Team size16 of 531 on record
- Opening hours148 of 531 on record
Newly verified
#pulse ⧉The last 90 days
Use these numbers
#use ⧉Free to reuse, with attribution
Every section has a stable anchor and every count traces to published evidence — licence CC BY 4.0, credit “Island Graph” with a link.
How this chapter counts
#method ⧉The bases every figure here divides by
This chapter counts over the 531 active organisations whose primary sector is Community & Public Services — 15% of the 3,539 with a primary sector on record; the wider 588 who work in Community & Public Services at all are counted in every sector they work in, and are used only where a sentence says “works in”. Each module then divides by what is actually on record for it — a parish for 459, a founding year for 319, a capability resolved to the graph for 363, opening hours that resolve to a weekly grid for 148 — and those bases are printed under every chart, because the denominator is part of the datum.
This sector’s own coverage was measured at 84% on 30 September 2026, by capture–recapture against Google's business listings for the Bailiwick, with every organisation that was itself added from those listings left out of the comparison so the two counts stay independent. Every count above is a floor.
This chapter’s row on the evidence map — what each module here may and may not claim →
Full methodology — populations, tiers, biases and how coverage is measured →