Taken together, the information gathered during the 2005 and 2006 mapping of the Social Firm sector provides valuable information on the Social Firm sector. The information gathered in 2006 was across a wider range of organisations, and taken with the 2005 information we are now beginning to build a more solid picture of the sector. Time constraints at Social Firms UK have meant that comparisons between the two years have not been made in any depth, offering a real opportunity for an external research body to analyse the information on the sector gathered by Social Firms UK to date.