OSCR Scottish charity profile

Evaluation Support Scotland

ActiveCharity number SC036529
Registered16 May 2005
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
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
8
Postcode
EH2 2PR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Evaluation Support Scotland helps charities demonstrate the difference they make. ESS works with third sector organisations, as well as trustees, intermediaries and funders, to ensure that they can measure and explain their impact and learn how to improve practice and inform policy.

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

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£254,971£302,987829 September 2025
31 March 2024£309,725£328,503825 September 2024
31 March 2023£304,476£296,711820 September 2023
31 March 2022£360,865£341,452814 September 2022
31 March 2021£401,298£396,915814 September 2021

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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