01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC035813
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 56
- Postcode
- EH1 1LT
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our charity exists to disseminate peer-reviewed research and scholarship, making academic knowledge accessible to students, researchers, and the public. We publish in areas underserved by commercial publishers — niche disciplines, developing world scholarship, and open access titles where profit is not viable. Our surplus is reinvested into our charitable mission rather than distributed as profit. Editorial decisions are made on scholarly merit rather than commercial considerations, ensuring we serve academic and scholarly communities rather than shareholder interests. We also provide open access funding support to authors who lack institutional or grant funding, enabling research to be published freely available to all rather than behind a paywall.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To promote and advance education: (1) by printing, publishing, binding, editing, compiling, buying, selling, distributing, exporting and importing books, papers, catalogues, reports, magazines, journals, pamphlets, circulars, binders, cassettes, databases, CD ROMs and other electronic publishing products. and (2) by covenanting or otherwise contributing money to Edinburgh University (provided Edinburgh University continues to be recognised as a charity for tax purposes).
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2025 | £5,339,520 | £5,154,123 | 56 | 23 April 2026 |
| 31 July 2024 | £5,027,754 | £5,029,760 | 56 | 28 March 2025 |
| 31 July 2023 | £5,163,557 | £4,947,596 | 56 | 25 March 2024 |
| 31 July 2022 | £4,365,401 | £4,095,644 | 56 | 20 July 2023 |
| 31 July 2021 | £4,113,613 | £3,797,417 | 56 | 6 April 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Edinburgh University Press, 13 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.eup.ed.ac.uk
- Parent charity
- University of Edinburgh · SC005336
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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