01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC036529
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 7
- Postcode
- EH2 2PR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Evaluation Support Scotland helps charities and other third sector organisations demonstrate the difference they make. We support charities, trustees, intermediaries and funders to measure, understand and explain their impact. We do this through training, advice, resources and practical support that help organisations gather and use evidence about their work. By improving evaluation and learning practices, we help organisations improve services, make informed decisions, demonstrate accountability and contribute evidence that can shape policy and practice across the voluntary sector.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
Beneficiaries
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the Company are: (a) to promote learning about evaluation and the results of evaluation as a process which can be used to improve the delivery of services and promote effectiveness and efficiency of organisations working for the public benefit. and in support of that object but not otherwise: (i) to encourage lifelong learning and education through the involvement of service users in the evaluation and improvement of services. (ii) to provide advice and support to charities, organisations undertaking or funding charitable work, and organisations working for the public benefit more widely, about undertaking and learning from evaluation of their activities. (iii) to improve the delivery of services for the public benefit by encouraging funders, voluntary organisations and others to work together to implement learning about effective service delivery. (iv) to encourage Government and other organisations to learn from the results of evaluation and thus make better use of resources for the benefit of the public. and
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £267,894 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £278,280 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 29 September 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £254,971 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £302,987 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 29 September 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £309,725 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £328,503 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 25 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £304,476 | £40 | £301,898 | £255 | £2,283 | £0 | £296,711 | £0 | £296,711 | £0 | 7 | 20 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £360,865 | £0 | £359,456 | £335 | £1,074 | £0 | £341,452 | £0 | £341,452 | £0 | 7 | 14 September 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
- Thorn House, 5 Rose Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.evaluationsupportscotland.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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