OSCR Scottish charity profile

Student Partnerships in Quality Scotland SCIO

Known as sparqs

Not SubmittedCharity number SC046172
Registered3 December 2015
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC046172
Status
Not Submitted
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
21
Postcode
EH1 3LH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We are an agency that puts students at the heart of decisions being made about the quality and governance of the learning experience. We are funded by the Scottish Funding Council to advance education by promoting an environment where students are able to make a positive and rewarding difference to their own and others' educational experience. We support students to shape the nature of their learning and contribute to the overall success of learning provision, regardless of wherever and however they learn.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

3.1 to advance education by promoting an environment where students are able to make a positive and rewarding difference to their own and others' educational experience, helping shape the nature of learning and contributing to the overall success of Scotland's universities, colleges and learning providers. 3.2 to support activities that ensure students are able to engage as partners at all levels of quality assurance and enhancement activities throughout their learning journey. 3.3 to promote the benefits of student engagement in meeting the needs of diverse student groups and improving educational opportunities for all students regardless of protected characteristic as covered by equality legislation, mode and level of study and socio economic background and related aspects of widening access. 3.4 to support the development of practices and activities that equip student with the skills, knowledge and expertise to engage as partners in shaping their learning and to support learning providers to use that expertise, skills and knowledge effectively. 3.5 to support student engagement with national sector agencies and policy developments and support the development of a culture of student engagement across Scotland. and 3.6 to promote such similar charitable purposes, objects or institutions in such proportions and manner as the Trustees think fit.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£021Not supplied
31 July 2024£480,920£0£0£0£0£0£435,583£0£0£02124 April 2025
31 July 2023£455,602£357,875£97,727£0£0£0£468,340£0£468,340£0211 May 2024
31 July 2022£426,334£345,504£80,830£0£0£0£427,825£0£427,825£02126 April 2023
31 July 2021£402,257£344,565£57,692£0£0£0£389,030£0£389,030£02127 May 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
24 Forth Street, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.sparqs.ac.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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