01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC051188
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G1 1XU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
ESN UK is a charity student organisation representing local associations (‘ESN sections’). Our aim is to foster student mobility in Higher Education, provide opportunities for cultural understanding and self-development under the principle of ‘Students Helping Students’. ESN UK works in the interest of international students who are spending parts of or their entire formal education at a Higher Education Institution in the UK, as well as UK students who spend parts of or their entire higher education at a Higher Education Institution abroad. All the sections of ESN UK help thousands of international exchange, international full-time degree, and local students every academic year, through social events and cultural integration activities. At a national level, we support these sections by providing capacity-building opportunities and guidance, and represent the voice and views of international students studying in the UK to stakeholders.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
Purposes 4 The organisation's purposes are: (a) Protect the interests of students who study at UK institutions for higher education, be it full-time, part-time, or as foreign exchange students. (b) Improve the practical and social integration of international students in the UK, and the reintegration of returning UK exchange students, by encouraging them to be active in the network. (c) Further the advancement of cross-cultural understanding of students within the UK by enabling them to study in foreign academic institutions and gain deeper perspectives on foreign cultures. (d) Encourage students to spend a part of their higher education studying in a foreign country to experience foreign learning environments. (e) The organisation aims to defend the interests of ESN UK sections (local level branches of ESN UK that operate at Higher Educational Institutions within the country) that support the aforementioned goals by facilitating access to information, services and activities that promote the aims stated above.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 30 June 2025 | £65,923 | £60,540 | 0 | 30 March 2026 |
| 30 June 2024 | £46,603 | £47,547 | 0 | 30 March 2025 |
| 30 June 2023 | £12,376 | £11,599 | 0 | 11 March 2024 |
| 30 June 2022 | £4,712 | £6,823 | 0 | 25 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
- ESN Strathclyde, 51 Richmond Street
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://esnuk.org/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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