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Annual Report Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report 1 October 2023 – 30 September 2024 a ecpr.eu

2023–2024

Who we are, and Report of our Executive ECPR Chair Daniela Irrera A year in review: balancing what we do: ECPR’s Committee for the period and Director Tanja Munro on in-person engagement with full mission statement. ending 30 September 2024. ‘evolution and investment’. environmental stewardship.

ECPR Annual Report covering the period 1 October 2023 – 30 September 2024

Prizes – recognising Monitoring impact: event Event calendar – service and achievement fees, membership fees, chronology of conferences across ECPR’s community. and publications royalties. and teaching events. 21 24 30

Operating responsibly: Financial review: income Administrative details, risk management, staff welland expenditure; surplus staff at Harbour House, being, handling complaints. and deficit. Executive Committee.

Independent Auditor’s Primary financial Notes to the financial Report by Sumer Auditco statements for the year statements. Ltd, Statutory Auditor. ended 30 September 2024.

Data tables for all Key Performance Indicators – see Appendix for headline stats.

Structure, governance and management: trustees’ responsibilities.

Highlights of 2023–24: key statistics on all the most important ECPR metrics.

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Founded in 1970, ECPR is the leading European academic association with a mission to advance political science.

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We bring scholars together across our global network to develop research and grow the discipline.

Our members are universities, and the communities within them, engaged in the research and teaching of social sciences. Through our events, publications and research groups, we foster scholarly collaboration across borders.

We support academics at every stage of their career, providing training, research opportunities and professional development.

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ECPR helps interpret the world’s complex and changing political landscape for the benefit of all.

2023–2024

Report of the Executive Committee

The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) is pleased to present the Trustees’ Report together with the financial statements of the charity for the twelve months ending 30 September 2024

The financial statements comply with the requirements of the ECPR’s Constitution, the charity’s trust deed, the Charities Act 2011 and ‘Accounting

and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice’, in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the

UK and Republic of Ireland, published in October 2019.

About us

PhD student to senior professor, all of whom benefit directly from ECPR membership. While the ECPR is a membership association, our activities are open to all.

the purpose of strengthening the discipline and growing the volume and impact of its output worldwide; and

ECPR is a learned society and a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered in the UK that supports the advancement of political science.

Our members are universities and research institutes concerned with the teaching and research of political science and related disciplines.

by delivering training and

Our mission is to advance political science. We do this in two ways:

development opportunities to scholars at all career stages, with the purpose of enhancing professional skills to strengthen and support the community.

by providing platforms and opportunities for scholars to collaborate and share research, with

Within these institutions is a community of tens of thousands of scholars, from

Grant-making policy

and provide professional and skills-

and provide professional and skillsearly career researchers who cannot based training to scholars; access funding elsewhere. In 2023–24 As a membership association, we provide a we provided £27k worth of travel and a range of funding opportunities to range of funding opportunities to individual accommodation grants, and waived support the participation of students scholars and to groups affiliated with ECPR. £16k worth of registration fees, which and early career scholars in our This provision of funding and financial supported 47 scholars. events; support to our affiliates and Standing Groups (SGs) and Research Networks In 2019 we launched a 50[th] a broad and diverse publishing (RNs) is one of the primary ways in which Anniversary Fund, which supports portfolio providing opportunities for we achieve our charitable objectives. The political scientists facing difficulties scholars to publish and read the most EC continually reviews ECPR’s funding joining our activities and events for up-to-date research in their field, via provision with the aim of increasing and economic, political, social or similar subscription improving the value to affiliates and, in turn, reasons. Unlike our event funding their institution.[[th]]

a range of funding opportunities to support the participation of students and early career scholars in our events;

a broad and diverse publishing

Anniversary Fund, which supports political scientists facing difficulties joining our activities and events for economic, political, social or similar reasons. Unlike our event funding provision, the 50[[th]] Anniversary Fund is not restricted to participants from member institutions. Instead, we use it to enable scholars from across the world to participate in our events. In 2023–24 we spent in excess of £12k on this funding stream. This gave 16 scholars access to ECPR events, financing their travel and accommodation costs, and waiving

portfolio providing opportunities for scholars to publish and read the most up-to-date research in their field, via subscription and Open Access platforms;

a number of high-profile prizes The funding we provide is listed below: member institutions. Instead, we use celebrating academic achievement it to enable scholars from across the across all career stages; SGs and RNs have access to a world to participate in our events. significant annual budget on which In 2023–24 we spent in excess of a programme of support to nurture they can draw to support their event £12k on this funding stream. This and grow our sub-disciplinary activities. This funding is available gave 16 scholars access to ECPR research groups which, in turn, either for internal events organised events, financing their travel and extends the reach and focus of the by the Group or Network which accommodation costs, and waiving organisation; and would otherwise run at a deficit, or to the full fee for event registration. support external events that align with the development of a range of studies the thematic topic on which the Group a The EC Bonus Fund was developed and policies aimed at understanding is focused, in the form of Sponsorship to broaden the funding the ECPR the state of the profession Grants. In 2023–24 we provided £18k offers outside our traditional provision across Europe and the rest of the of funding for this purpose. for events. The Bonus Fund provides

a programme of support to nurture and grow our sub-disciplinary research groups which, in turn, extends the reach and focus of the organisation; and the development of a range of studies and policies aimed at understanding the state of the profession across Europe and the rest of the world, and supporting all scholars working within the discipline.

The EC Bonus Fund was developed to broaden the funding the ECPR offers outside our traditional provision for events. The Bonus Fund provides ‘seedcorn funding’ to any SG or RN working on developing a bid to a major funder for a significant research project. In 2023–24, we were pleased to provide over £3k worth of funding for this purpose.

ECPR affiliates can apply for funding to support their attendance at our events in the form of fee waivers and travel and accommodation grants. The grants are available to students and

This report provides a summary of these activities carried out in the 2023–24 financial year.

Our charitable status

Public benefit

The Executive Committee (EC) has a duty to ensure that the activities undertaken by the ECPR fulfil its charitable objectives and provide a public benefit. Our public is the academic institutions which make up our membership and those scholars

who study and teach within them. It is also the wider general public, whose lives are influenced by the resulting research. The EC ensures this public benefit is met through the creation and continued development of a range of activities and initiatives to foster deeper and more productive collaboration between

scholars worldwide, with the aim of producing the best quality research. These activities include:

an annual programme of international workshops, conferences and training events designed to develop ongoing research

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Evolution, investment, engagement

The 2023–2024 reporting year shows a significant evolution for ECPR. Membership grew substantially, and engagement across all activities reached new heights. Our rapidly expanding portfolio of activities, services, and scholarly content reinforces ECPR’s position as Europe’s primary hub for political science research and collaboration.

Breaking down barriers

A defining moment for our community is the realisation of an ambitious dream: the removal of barriers to publishing in our journals for every political science scholar. After a long process of selection and negotiation, we reached an agreement with Cambridge University Press to manage our full portfolio, and to do so by transitioning to full Open Access publishing at no cost to the authors.

global reach and amplify our impact. All this will reinforce ECPR’s role as a leader in political science research and dialogue.

Commitment and expertise

The extraordinary commitment and expertise of our staff at Harbour House ensures excellence across all ECPR activities. Whether face-to-face at events or behind the scenes online, you can be certain that a real person is working hard to guarantee the quality experience you have come to expect. As ECPR continues to overcome the deficit of previous years, we are positioned for sustainable growth and cost-effective service delivery. ECPR continues to evolve as an agile, inclusive organisation ready to meet future challenges. We will continue to dream big and aim high.

ECPR is the first social science association to take this bold step. This positions us at the forefront of accessible research dissemination, while maintaining rigorous academic standards. Working in partnership with CUP, we will ensure a smooth transition that protects our authors’ and readers’ interests over the coming years, and paving the way for generations of researchers to come.

Enhancing member benefits

Strengthening our community

Looking ahead, our focus remains on further enhancing our offerings to our members. We are committed to expanding the Methods School and to refining our training and professional development provisions in the year ahead, ensuring scholars’ ready access to the methodological and interdisciplinary knowledge necessary to advance research and career goals.

ECPR is navigating calmly through

During 2023–2024, ECPR experienced important changes, promising signs of growth and the need to embark on reforms and adaptations. We live in a world marked by war, illiberalism and instability. The role of political scientists in such a world is constantly challenged.

troubled times,

constantly

constantly While we acknowledge the challenges of operating in a complex global environment, in which world events and systemic inequalities ECPR has always been a privileged place for intellectual growth and the exchange of ideas. Building on the exceptional achievements and the exchange of ideas. Building on the exceptional achievements restrict access to resources, we want to continue taking proactive of the 2021–2024 Chair David Farrell, all new ECPR initiatives are defending peace, steps to support a better future for political science research. The aimed at strengthening the community, and addressing the needs investment into the creation of a special Middle Eastern series, of scholars at every stage of their career. ECPR is navigating calmly $/jtfif equality, diversity i and the financial support of researchers working in this field, is just one example of our efforts to support research that often through troubled times, constantly defending peace, equality, diversity and respect for academic freedom.diversity and respect for academic freedom. ; ad ’ challenges or is forced to operate in extraordinary circumstances. /| and respect for = Daniela Irrera, Chair, academic freedom We are also strengthening our digital infrastructure to enhance the

ECPR has always been a privileged place for intellectual growth and the exchange of ideas. Building on the exceptional achievements and the exchange of ideas. Building on the exceptional achievements of the 2021–2024 Chair David Farrell, all new ECPR initiatives are aimed at strengthening the community, and addressing the needs of scholars at every stage of their career. ECPR is navigating calmly through troubled times, constantly defending peace, equality, diversity and respect for academic freedom.diversity and respect for academic freedom.

We are also strengthening our digital infrastructure to enhance the member experience. This will ensure seamless, engaging interactions across all platforms, and develop new partnerships that extend our

ECPR Executive Committee, 2024 – 2027 Tanja Munro, ECPR Director

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Proactive steps for a better future

ECPR is breaking down barriers to publishing, refining our professional development programme, strengthening our digital infrastructure, and addressing the needs of scholars at every stage of their career

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Groups and Networks – reflecting the discipline

A year in review

Members are at the heart of all ECPR activities. We have grown our membership so that more scholars than ever enjoy career-enhancing benefits; we have expanded our events programme to reflect the changing world; and we are dismantling barriers to reading and publishing new research

win Membership – a gro g community

During the reporting period, we were delighted to see our membership continue to grow by eight institutions, to 338. We now have members in 44 countries worldwide, extending member benefits to some 38,000 scholars. While this number is an indicator of the size of our membership community, involvement with ECPR extends much further, with many non-members also taking part in our activities.

(OR) Retreat in Colchester, bringing together representatives from current and lapsed UK member institutions to contribute towards ECPR’s strategic planning. Following OR feedback, ECPR developed an online ‘Institution Dashboard’ through which ORs can manage their institution’s membership with improved functionality.

with their university, ensuring everyone who is eligible benefits fully from ECPR membership.

At the General Conference in Dublin, membership was once again a focal point. Our dedicated stand at the Expo, staffed by the Community Engagement Team, provided information and collected feedback from the community.

During this year, we also completed a major project to improve membership data ECPR maintained its support for integrity and processing. This has created colleagues affected by war with Russia, a smoother experience for users, and a continuing to provide free membership platform to connect them more easily to eight universities across Ukraine.

Activities this year focused in particular on engagement and institutional support. We held an in-person Official Representative

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To improve accessibility and functionality, ECPR further developed the web pages we host at ecpr.eu for each Standing Group. We introduced new features to enable further customisation that allows each group to reflects the varying needs of their communities.

Together, our Groups and Networks create a thriving research ecosystem that reflects the breadth, diversity and innovation across the field.

and Global Governance; Digital Authoritarianism; The Political Theory of Elections; and US Foreign Policy. These groups and networks have a combined membership of just over 23,000.

We now have 53 Standing Groups and 13 Research Networks operating under the auspices of ECPR, and fully supported by professional staff across all departments. Four new Research Networks were approved by the Executive Committee during this period, covering: Autocracies

ECPR took steps throughout the year to enhance engagement and support. In June 2024, we held a one-day online workshop for Steering Committee members, fostering discussions on key issues affecting these groups.

We also updated and enhanced the key documentation we provide to support and guide the Steering Committees of ECPR Standing Groups and Research Networks.

Events – bringing scholars together

In 2023–24, we delivered over 40 events (see page18). Along with the annual Joint Sessions of Workshops and the General Conference, ECPR delivered online Methods School courses, in-person summer schools, and online seminars organised by our Groups and Networks.

involvement, with slightly more participants than in the previous year.

worked alongside our Events team to ensure a seamless experience for all attendees.

Joint Sessions of Workshops

General Conference

The 2024 Joint Sessions of Workshops took place in March at Leuphana University Lüneburg. Workshops on diverse topics fostered in-depth exploration of specialist subfields of political science, and facilitated meaningful academic exchange.

University College Dublin hosted the 2024 General Conference in August. The Conference offered a diverse array of Panels and Roundtables, covering all subdisciplines of political science. Our event also included taster sessions for ECPR’s methods courses. These offered attendees a preview of a number of social science research methodologies, from classic to cutting-edge.

These events attracted a significant took place in March at Leuphana University number of registrations from scholars Lüneburg. Workshops on diverse topics across various disciplines, all managed fostered in-depth exploration of specialist through ECPR’s custom online platform. subfields of political science, and facilitated Participation levels were strong. Many meaningful academic exchange. attendees at the General Conference and other events focused on the European The event’s success was largely down Union and on Gender and Politics. to the efforts of the Local Organising Our methods training sessions and Committee: Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, seasonal schools also saw considerable Michael Koß, and Sarah Engler, who

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A highlight of the conference was the keynote lecture from by Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, titled Climate, Nature, and Conflict: The Unspoken Interactions That Require Urgent Actions. Her thought-provoking address explored the complex links between climate change and global conflicts, emphasising the urgent need for long-term leadership in tackling these pressing issues. Alongside his position as ECPR Chair, David Farrell also led the local organising team, delivering an exceptional experience for all attendees.

Leuven, all designed to meet the evolving needs of the political science community. Participants at various stages of their academic careers received intensive training in a range of research methods aimed at enhancing qualitative and quantitative research skills.

Jean Blondel Lecture

In November 2023, we delivered the first annual Jean Blondel Lecture in partnership with the University of Essex, honouring the significant contributions made by Jean Blondel to both institutions.

Middle East Project

The lecture, titled The Meanings of ‘Voting’ for Ordinary Citizens, was delivered by Carolina Plescia, the 2014 winner of the Jean Blondel PhD Prize.

Prompted by an open letter to the Council by members of our community, in summer 2024 we launched a call for Convenors of a project addressing the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. The first event, organised by Convenors Christos Kourtelis and Assem Dandashly, discussing Middle Eastern Policy and EU relations, took place in October.

The event was attended in person by those participating in our annual Official Representative Retreat, and members of the university’s Government Department. The lecture was also streamed online.

Methods School

In 2024,ECPR’s Methods School offered a variety of virtual courses throughout the year, some in collaboration with KU

Publishing – making research accessible to all

to publish OA without a financial barrier. Meanwhile, ECPR continues to provide fee waivers for all PRX authors affiliated with an ECPR member organisation.

Our stable of political science and international relations journals continue to be highly desirable, trusted platforms to publish and read the latest research in the field. Across the portfolio we published 240 new pieces of research in 2024, from a pool of almost 1,500 submissions.

and EPS from 1 January 2026; PRX will move across in 2028.

Transition to Open Access

New EJPR editorial team

A key feature of the new partnership is that all journals will be published Open Access (OA) from the start of the agreement, making ECPR the first society in the social sciences to have a fully OA journals portfolio. An agreement with a single publisher provides many operational benefits that will improve the author and reviewer experience, the support provided to our editors, and the overall visibility and impact of the published research.

Editorial teams play a key role in setting the discipline’s agenda. Their stewardship of the journals ensures adherence to rigorous processes throughout peer review, selection and publication.

Request for Proposals

In April 2023 we issued a Request for Proposals to our current publishing partners, inviting them to tender to publish the full journals portfolio (excluding EJIR). Our Publications Subcommittee, led by Giliberto Capano, evaluated the proposals We then held a series of meetings with the shortlisted and then with the preferred publishers throughout the late autumn and winter. We submitted a final recommendation to the Executive Committee for approval at its 2024 spring meeting.

At the end of 2024 we appointed a new team to EJPR, replacing Isabelle Engeli, Emiliano Grossman, Robert Huber, and Sofia Vasilopoulou. Isabelle Borucki, Nicole Curato, Caterina Froio, Airo Hino, Alessandro Nai, Emilie van Haute and Markus Wagner will steer EJPR through a period of significant change and opportunity, as it flips to OA from January 2026.

In January 2024, European Political Science Review (EPSR) flipped to OA, joining Political Research Exchange (PRX) in opening almost half of ECPR’s journal content for the community to read free of charge. Through their extensive library agreements, philanthropic arrangements and fee waivers, EPSR’s publisher CUP guarantees that all authors have access

The Subcommittee selected Cambridge University Press (CUP) as ECPR’s publishing partner for EJPR, PDY, EPSR

The Loop

The ⛓ Constraints on Academic Freedom series played host to an exchange about whether organisations such as ECPR should take a stand on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Many contributors speculated on the next phase of war in Ukraine, and its aftermath. And there were many submissions covering elections in a year in which more than half the world’s population went to the polls. Key highlights:

} In 2024, The Loop ~~oe~~ published 217 blog pieces, 96.5% of which were pitched direct or through a series editor. Female authors made up 46% of the total; a 2% rise on the previous year. More than half of contributors were early-career scholars, and more than 65% worked or studied at an ECPR member institution. Authors were based in 36 different countries, as far afield as Chile, Costa Rica and Kazakhstan. More than a third of Loop authors were a member of at least one ECPR Standing Group.

[Published 301 authors based ] in 36 countries worldwide.

Governance – decisive leadership

Executive Committee

On 20 November 2023, ECPR held an extraordinary meeting of Council. Its purpose was to consider a proposal by the Executive Committee that EC member Gianluca Passarelli be removed from office following complaints of misconduct.

2024–2027

At the end of April 2024, six EC members completed their terms of office, requiring an election to replace them. Running from 16 October 2023 to 23 February 2024, nominations were first sought from across the membership, followed by a period of endorsements and final ballot by Official Representatives from fullmember institutions.

Chaired by Speaker of Council Thomas Poguntke, the meeting was attended by 138 Official Representatives, and 133 votes were cast: 96 (72%) yes and 37 (28%) no. As a two-thirds majority (67%) was needed for the resolution to be passed. The resolution was carried.

Seven women and six men put themselves forward. Two were removed from the ballot because they failed to secure sufficient endorsements; three

The EC agreed to leave a vacant seat on the board until the next set of elections.

Launched a new social media account on BlueSky ~~ee~~ which had amassed more than 1,700 followers by the end of the year.

Ran successful in-person ‘Blog Bootcamp’ sessions at the General Conference in Dublin.

Awarded our second Best Blog prize.

In the calendar year 2024, The Loop attracted 205,500 clicks and 10.57 million page impressions.

women and three men were duly elected at the end of the process: Gianfranco Baldini, Petra Guasti, Shane Martin, Jonathan Polk, Luana Russo and Sofia Vasilopoulou. Jean-Michel EymeriDouzans was appointed to take up the seat left by Gianluca Passarelli’s removal.

Welcoming a new Chair

David Farrell completed his term as ECPR Chair and Executive Committee member at the end of April. After a vote by ongoing members of the EC, he was replaced by Daniela Irrera. Daniela is only the second female ECPR Chair, following Simona Piattoni, elected in 2012.

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Prizes 2023–2024

ECPR offers a broad range of prizes , which recognise service and achievement across our community, honouring individuals at every stage of their career

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Prize Awarded for Winner
2023
Rudolf Wildenmann Joint Sessions Paper IMF Survival Instincts: Kathleen Brown
Prize 2023 Risk Exposure and the Design of Loan Programs Leiden University
Karin Dyrstad and Jonathon W.
Jacqui Briggs EPS Article Big data meets open political science: An empirical Moses Norwegian University
Prize 2023 assessment of transparency standards, 2008–2019 of Science and Technology
Extensive publications, significant contributions to
Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
Rising Star Award 2023 international research projects, and commitment to public
University of Southampton
engagement through his Democratic Theorizing Project
Theses The (Im)Possibility of Feminist Critique in
Leandra Bias University of Bern;
Joni Lovenduski PhD Prize Authoritarianism: Revisiting Western Knowledge-Transfer
Cecilia Josefsson
in Gender and Politics 2023 in Russia and Serbia; Adaptive Resistance: Power Struggles
Uppsala University
over Gender Quotas in Uruguay
Elif Naz Kayran European Centre
EPSR Early Careers Article Non-citizen voting rights and political for Social Welfare Policy and
Prize 2023 participation of citizens: evidence from Switzerland Research; Anna-Lena Nadler
Leiden University
The Loop Best Blog Blog piece Black, Queer, Trans, Disabled Lives Matter! Brandon Mack
Prize 2023 Empowering identities to transform democracy University of Houston
Chendi Wang
Cora Maas Award 2023 Methods School Course Bayesian Modelling
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2024
Lifetime Achievement Incredible impact on the discipline – Myra Marx Ferree Harvard
Award 2024 as teachers, mentors, and leaders University, Richard S. Katz
Johns Hopkins University
Book Anu Bradford
Stein Rokkan Prize 2024
Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology Columbia Law School, New York
Hedley Bull Prize in Book Settling for Less: Lachlan McNamee
International Relations 2024 Why States Colonize and Why They Stop Monash University
Tejas Parasher University of
Political Theory Prize 2024 Book Radical Democracy in Modern Indian Political Thought
California, Los Angeles
Thesis Three Essays on the Legitimate Authority Lukas Schmid
Jean Blondel PhD Prize 2024
of Immigration Control Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Mattei Dogan Foundation Anna Durnová University of Vienna
Contributions to core issues of political sociology
Prize 2024
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Monitoring impact

Our income is derived from three main streams: membership fees, event fees, and publications royalties

We keep a close eye on the impact and success of these activities in terms of the benefit they bring to individual scholars and their institutions; the impact they have across the community and in raising the profile of the organisation; and the income they generate. For the purposes of this Annual Report, we employ a number of key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor year on year, as detailed below.

Event participation

Attendance at ECPR events is a strong indicator of the popularity and relevance of our programme. Numbers fluctuate, particularly for the General Conference, depending on the location, and its capacity. Virtual events do not have the capacity constraints of physical institutions, and depend more on the number of people willing and able to engage with the technology. However, online options open attendance up to a new demographic who may not have been able to attend in-person activities.

Membership

We carefully monitor trends in membership renewal and acquisition each year. While the period from 2015–16 onwards saw a steady decline in membership, this past year saw a reversal of this, and an increase from 324 to 338 institutional members. We believe this is a direct result of the additional focus and resources directed here over the past 12–18 months.

The 2024 Joint Sessions (JS) and General Conference (GC) offered a selection of virtual Workshops and Panels alongside in-person sessions. Collectively, they were attended by 2,485 participants, compared with 2,850 in 2023: a decrease of 365 (13%). The GC fell by 415 participants (17%) attracting 2,009 registrations compared with 2,424 in 2023. 1,865 Papers were presented across 476 Panels and 61 Sections (compared with 2,163, 538 and 66 respectively in 2023). The JS increased by 50 participants (12%), attracting 476 registrations compared with 426 in 2023. 32 Workshops took place, compared with 30 in 2023. All Workshops were in-person, though participants could access online options in special circumstances.

Publications

We evaluate the impact and health of our individual publications, and the programme as a whole, in a number of ways. However, for the purposes of this report, we apply the following indicators:

the number of article submissions in a given year (which shows the popularity of the journal as a publishing destination);

The Methods School was attended by 521 participants, compared with 611 in 2023; a decrease of 90 (15%). Changes in the training landscape, alongside rising numbers of people accessing training online as a credible financially viable alternative in a postpandemic world of cuts and high economic uncertainty, indicate a shift in demand that requires us to recalibrate our offering.

the rejection rate (which shows the competitiveness / benchmark to be accepted for publication given the quality of the article and the available space within the journal volume if applicable).

Attendance at Standing Group and Research Network events increased sharply, by 1,941 (43%), up from 2,572 to 4,513. This is largely because the total number of events (excluding General Conference, Joint Sessions and Methods School) jumped from 22 in 2023 to 36 in 2024. It is also because two large biennial conferences, for our Standing Groups on Politics and Gender, and on the European Union, took place in 2024.

citation metrics such as the Clarivate Impact Factor , Scopus Citescore , etc (to show impact of the published work across the discipline).

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Event calendar

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Event name, Standing Group
or Research Network
Standing Group on Political Theory Seminar Series 4 Oct 2023–10 Apr 2024 Virtual 141
Case Study Research: Signature 9–13 Oct 2023 Virtual 17
Method and Practice Course
Standing Group on the European Union Seminar Series 17 Oct 2023–16 Apr 2024 Virtual 263
Standing Group on Seminar Series 19 Oct 2023–6 Jun 2024 Virtual 260
Environmental Politics
Standing Group on Citizenship Seminar Series 19 Oct 2023–15 Mar 2024 Virtual 53
Standing Group on Seminar Series 24 Oct 2023–17 Jun 2024 Virtual 341
Migration and Ethnicity
Spiral of Silence: Is Self-Censorship House Series 26 Oct 2023 Virtual 54
Threatening Academic Freedom?
Research Network on Seminar Series 31 Oct 2023–30 Apr 2024 Virtual 92
Food Policy and Governance
Research Network on Mediterranean Seminar Series 2 Nov 2023–29 Apr 2024 Virtual 48
Politics and Society
Standing Group on Gender and Politics Seminar Series 8 Nov 2023–19 Sep 2024 Virtual 98
Standing Group on Knowledge Seminar Series 9 Nov 2023 Virtual 51
Politics and Policies
Standing Group on Public Policy Seminar Series 13 Nov 2023– Virtual 136
16 Sep 2024
The Meanings of ‘Voting’ House Series 16 Nov 2023 Hybrid 87
for Ordinary Citizens
Conference 20–21 and 24–25 Hybrid 18
Standing Group on Nov 2023
Kantian Political Thought
Winter School 22–24 Nov 2023 Hybrid 11
Research Network on Seminar Series 7 Dec 2023–18 Apr 2024 Virtual 50
Differentiated Integration
Measuring Human Rights: House Series 12 Dec 2023 Virtual 46
Challenges and Developments
Research Network on Statehood, Seminar Series 18 Dec 2023–8 May 2024 Virtual 71
Sovereignty and Conflict
Standing Group on Seminar Series 18 Dec 2023–7 May 2024 Virtual 36
Southern European Politics
Event type Dates Format Number of participants
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Event name, Standing Group
or Research Network
Methods School (Winter) Winter School 5–9 Feb 2024 Virtual 289
Research Network on Energy Policy, Seminar Series 23 Feb–27 Sep 2024 Virtual 148
Politics and Governance
Joint Sessions of Workshops Conference 25–28 Mar 2024 Hybrid 476
Stein Rokkan Lecture House Series 26 Mar 2024 Hybrid 281
Standing Group on Seminar Series 26 Mar–26 Jun 2024 Virtual 20
Kantian Political Thought
Standing Group on Political Culture Seminar Series 10 Apr– 25 Sep 2024 Virtual 44
Standing Group on Organised Crime Seminar Series 25 Apr 2024 Virtual 26
Deconstructing Generations in Movements House Series 14 May 2024 Virtual 122
Signature 20–24 May 2024 Virtual 11
Working with Concepts Course
Standing Group on Organised Crime Summer School 12–25 Jun 2024 In-Person 25
Standing Group on the European Union Conference 19–21 Jun 2024 In-Person 575
Standing Group on Interest Groups Summer School 24–29 Jun 2024 In-Person 12
Young ECPR Network on Europeanisation Seminar Series 11 Jul 2024 Virtual 14
Standing Group on Summer School 1–5 Jul 2024 In-Person 15
Extremism and Democracy
Standing Group in International Relations Summer School 1–5 Jul 2024 In-Person 15
Standing Group on Gender and Politics Summer School 8–10 Jul 2024 729
Methods School (Summer) Summer School 22 Jul–2 Aug 2024 Virtual 220
Methodological Challenges House Series 25 Jul 2024 In-Person 50
and Opportunities in Studying
Young People’s Activism
General Conference Conference 12–15 Aug 2024 Hybrid 2,009
Climate, Nature, and Conflict: House Series 13 Aug 2024 Hybrid 500
The Unspoken Interactions
That Require Urgent Actions
Standing Group on Parliaments Summer School 18–29 Aug 2024 In-Person 15
Standing Group on Political Parties Summer School 2–6 Sep 2024 In-Person 8
Critical Peace and Conflict Studies Seminar Series 26 Sep 2024 Virtual 30
Event type Dates Format Number of participants
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KPI data tables

Please refer to separate Appendix for headline statistics on all ECPR publications

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	2019–20		2020–21		2021–22		2022–23		2023–24		2024–25
	Target	Actual	Target	Actual	Target	Actual	Target	Actual	Target	Actual	Target
Membership	345	320	340	308	320	305	321	324	321	338	338

Participation at events, 2020–2024

	Participation at events, 2020–2024	Participation at events, 2020–2024	Participation at events, 2020–2024	Participation at events, 2020–2024	Participation at events, 2020–2024	Participation at events, 2020–2024	Participation at events, 2020–2024	Participation at events, 2020–2024	Participation at events, 2020–2024	Participation at events, 2020–2024	Participation at events, 2020–2024
	2020 Target Actual*		2021 Target Actual		2022 Target Actual		2023 Target Actual		2024 Target Actual		2025 Target
General Conference	1,850	2,214	2,000	2,349	2,000	2,017	2,174	2,424	2,113	2,009	2,486
Joint Sessions	425	87	400	628	400	449	489	426	434	476	495
Methods School, including (from 2024) Signature Courses		1,180	n/a*	1,078	n/a*	562	918	611	816	521	611

4 Operating responsibly

*Previously, targets set and reporting has been based on participant numbers rather than courses sold. From 2021–2022, reporting on course numbers has been adopted as a more reliable metric.

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Supporting and trustees, and offering advice oO complaints@ecpr.eu. Once received, . Once received,
2019 433 96% 2.830 | 97 48% 1.429 | 197 74% 2.327 391 87% 3.474 | 43 44% our volunteers and training. complaints are processed by our Senior
2020 514 85% 4.943 123 59% 1.756 230 88% 4.143 469 91% 4.023 87 77% Management Team or Director. We have
2021 474 88% 5.774 91 70% 2.436 210 82% 3.123 426 91% 2.946 84 71% also published a Code of Conduct on our
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2022 446 85% 5.3 84 61% 2 232 80% 3.2 402 86% 3.4 91 76% Volunteers are defined as people who Complaints website, revised in March 2021, which
| | conduct work on behalf of ECPR without handling policy
2023 526 97% 5.7 117 68% 2 218 91% 3.2 435 91% 3.4 110 93%
financial reward. Currently, we define we consider to be appropriate conduct.
2024 767 126 416 298
Total submissions Rejection rate Impact Factor Total submissions Rejection rate Impact Factor Total submissions Rejection rate Impact Factor Total submissions Rejection rate Impact Factor Total submissions Rejection rate
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and trustees, and offering advice ~~oO~~ complaints@ecpr.eu. Once received, . Once received, and training. complaints are processed by our Senior Management Team or Director. We have also published a Code of Conduct on our Complaints website, revised in March 2021, which handling policy explains explicitly to our community what we consider to be appropriate conduct.

conduct work on behalf of ECPR without financial reward. Currently, we define members of Steering Committees of ECPR’s Standing Groups and Research Networks, and Associate Editors of the journal PRX, as volunteers. We recognise the contribution of this group to meeting the organisation’s mission, and we aim to support them in a number of ways, including opportunities to meet with staff

We work hard to ensure that we always deliver the best service to our members and affiliates; to support this effort we have developed a complaints policy to allow us to receive, review and take action on any concerns raised. Complaints can be made in person, over the phone or via a dedicated confidential email address:

*ECPR publications follow the calendar year. Some data were therefore unavailable at the time of publication.

Staff wellbeing

Our staff at the Colchester headquarters work hard to deliver an extensive range of benefits and services to a large community of scholars across the world. All staff

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benefit from flexible working, so they can work the hours that suit their own personal situations. Staff required to work additional hours at times of high workload can accrue time-off-in-lieu (TOIL), in addition to the standard 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

Home-working has always been an option for staff under certain circumstances, but the pandemic has proven that staff are able and capable of working from home on a regular basis, with minimal disruption to our operations. We have adopted a more flexible approach to home-working, allowing staff to combine home and office working to allow them to better manage their commitments outside of work.

We have developed a number of policies to support and protect staff who are working away from the office, and the organisation reimburses all necessary costs incurred while travelling for work purposes. We provide a defined-contribution pension scheme for all employees, to which ECPR doubles any contribution made by staff, up to 16% of salary. We also provide staff with a benefits package that includes shopping discounts; reduced train tickets;

spreading the cost of technology, childcare and vehicles; access to over a thousand e-learning modules and courses; free coffee and movies; and discounts on gym memberships. We are also committed to maintaining the good mental health of our staff. We have trained Mental Health First Aiders and, through our staff benefits package, we provide access to a free counselling service.

Procurement and sustainability

We have adopted a Procurement Policy which seeks to balance the need to protect the resources of ECPR by achieving value for money, with factors such as sustainability and supplier values.

The policy seeks to achieve this by requiring any trustee, volunteer or member of staff considering a purchase to evaluate the following criteria: price of product; quality of product; ability of the product to fulfil the charity’s need; supplier’s reputation, range of products, service, delivery ability and sustainability principles.

For large purchases or long-term supplies, we seek formal quotes and tenders from at least two competitors. Quotes made by charities or other notfor-profit organisations, and those local to our headquarters or event host (as appropriate), are considered favourably.

Risk management

We regularly evaluate the risks facing the organisation through the Risk Register. This informs the degree of reserves required to sustain the organisation in the event of one or more of these factors materialising.

A key risk the organisation faces is a sustained loss of surplus from our events activities. Multiple factors impact this: increased operating costs due to high inflation; increased shipping costs due to Brexit; decreased income due to VAT; and decreased income due to maintenance of registration fees despite increasing costs. A new key risk is the recent decline in Methods School numbers. The EC will be working closely with the newly appointed Academic Convenors to

reformat the school. The EC will also continue to look at options to reduce any further decline in income, to ensure the sustainability of the events portfolio.

While the EC is responsible for adopting the annual budget, and for ensuring that accounts are properly audited, day-to-day management of income and expenditure lies with our Finance Department and Senior Management Team, with regular oversight by the Chair of the Finance Subcommittee.

Reserves policy

ECPR aims to maintain reserves equivalent to the risks identified in the Risk Register. The last Risk Register to be approved by the EC set a net reserves target of £2.1m; at the close of the 2022–23 financial year net reserves (excluding Fixed Assets) were at £944k (44% of target).

At the close of 2023–24, reserves dropped to £763k; only 36% of the target set. Reserves have been declining as a result of several years of deficits. The EC is working towards reversing this trend, and generating surpluses to build reserves.

Current principal ongoing or ‘standing’ risks faced by ECPR

Risk	Loss of Methods School as a viable event	Reductions to publications income	Sustained loss of surplus from events	Trade or protest action leading to the cancellation of, or significant interruption to, the General Conference	Bank failure
Impact	Increased costs resulting in the activity becoming financially unviable	Decreased income caused by the impact of Open Access	Increased costs resulting in loss of surplus across all events	Increased costs resulting Trade disputes lead to staff at the local host institution going on strike, or protestors disrupting the event in some way	Loss of unguaranteed income
Mitigation	Revision of strategies and format	ECPR has signed new contracts with CUP to bring the journals under one publisher, stabilising income and reducing the impact	Costs secured as part of the tender process and budgets confirmed in advance	Ensuring ECPR’s contracts with host institutions, and our insurance polcies, cover such scenarios	Monitor news
Net risk rating	Very high	Very high	Likely	Very low	Very low

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Financial review

Income

EJPR income increased by 6.6%, from £273k to £291k. This is because the forecast for the 2024 journal income, which will not be fully received until 2025, is higher than for 2023.

Our four primary income streams are:

� Registration income from the annual General Conference � Membership fees (subscriptions) � Publications income � Methods School registration income

EPS income increased by 36.2%, from £63k to £86k. This is due to revised forecasts, which project a higher return in royalty income for the journal.

Every year, ECPR raises membership subscription rates and event registration fees in line with European Central Bank inflation rates. For the 2023–24 year, fees increased by 4.49%.

EPSR income increased by 52.1% from £32k to £48k. This is due to the publishers revising their forecasts because of structural changes in how academic publishing is now financed, resulting in the creation of a new revenue stream.

Overall income in 2023–24 increased by 15.4%, up from £1.9m in 2022–23 to £2.2m. Income from publications increased by 17.6% to £491k, compared with £418k in the prior period.

EJIR income remained stable at £18k.

Broken down across our portfolio of journals and book series:

PRX income increased by 39.2%, from £15k to £21k. This was mainly the result of the inclusion of an accrual for anticipated 2024 royalty income due to be received in 2025.

ECPR Press income increased by 60.2%, from £16.3k to £26.1k. This was the result of several years of backdated sales being received from third parties, due to ECPR transitioning the Press back in house.

Income compared to prior year

Variance 2023–2024 income against previous year

Income

summary

Breakdown of income received in 2023–2024

Current year income

Prior year income

Event income increased by 16.4%, from £894k in the previous

year, to £1m in 2023–24.

General Conference income increased by 12%, from £383k to £428k. There were 411 fewer registrations for the 2024 event than in 2023, but this was offset by the fee increase.

Other events income decreased by 56.8%, from £22k to £9k. This was due mainly to income from the ECPR Academy being received in the previous year but not in 2023–24.

a Joint Sessions income increased by 20.5%, from £79k to a £95k. This was the result of an 50 extra registrations for the 2024 event, and of fee increases.

Miscellaneous income decreased by 61.5%, from £2k to £806. This is because ECPR received £1.5k of funding in 2022–23 for a member of staff on a government training program that we did not receive in 2023–24.

Methods School income decreased by 7%, from £328k to £305k. Increased fees were offset by the fact that ECPR sold 32 fewer course registrations.

Membership subscription income increased by 11.2%, from £598k to £665k. This was due to a significant increase in member numbers – 20 – from 323 to 343, and to increases in subscription fees.

Standing Group and Research Network income increased by 145.7%, from £82k to £202k. Two large events which occur in alternate years cause a significant variance in income when compared to the previous year.

Investment income increased by 50%, from £22k to £34k, due to an improvement in the investment portfolio.

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Expenditure

Overall expenditure increased by 14.5%, from £2.3 to £2.4m.

Support costs remained stable, at £1.1m. Governance costs increased by 7.3% on audit fees and 10.2% on EC expenditure, rising from £16k to £17k and from £47k to £52k respectively. Expenditure on funding and prizes, personnel, office, banking and finance, legal and professional fees, depreciation and taxation all decreased. Expenditure on publicity and marketing, IT software and equipment, general administration and salaries and wages all increased.

Expenditure on staff salaries and wages is the largest area of expenditure, and it rose 6.4% from £1.1m to £1.2m. Expenditure on staffing for support activities increased 5% from £670k to £703k. Expenditure on staffing for generating funds increased by 16.9%, from £47k to £55k and on charitable activities it increased by 7.6%, from £402k to £432k. Overall salaries and wages increased by 5.4%, from £923k to £973k. Average staff numbers increased from 27 to 28 because vacant positions were filled, staff on maternity leave returned and existing staff received promotions. Employer social security costs increased 9.1%, from ££83k to £91k. Pension costs increased 13%, from £112k to £127k.

Expenditure on raising funds (membership subscriptions) increased by 21.3%, from £59k to £71k. Host fee waivers increased by £5k and salary apportionment increased by £8k.

Expenditure summary

Due to the increase in direct expenditure, the allocation of support costs increased 14.5%, from £56k to £64k.

Breakdown of charitable expenditure 2023–2024

Expenditure on publications increased 10.6%, from

£262k to £290k, due mainly to an increase in staff salary apportionment of £39k.

| General Conference expenditure increased by 7.9%, from £224k to £241k due to an increase in staff salary apportionment of £7k and a small increase in event expenditure of £10k.
| Joint Sessions expenditure increased by 151%, from £37k to £93k. The 2023 event had been hosted free, so the sharp increase was mainly the result of a £57k rise in event costs. Methods School,

Methods School expenditure decreased by 12.9%, from £289k to £252k. ECPR saved £30k in costs by holding the Winter School online instead of in person.

Standing Group and Research Network expenditure increased by 12.5%, from £265k to £298k, because two large events that take place in alternate years both fell in 2024.

Charitable expenditure compared to prior year

Expenditure on other events such as retreats decreased by 15.2%, from £28k to £23k because ECPR held them online.

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Support costs compared to prior year

Surplus and deficit

Membership generated a surplus of £594k . This represents

an increase of £54k (10.1%) on the previous year.

Publications generated a surplus of £201k, an increase of £46k (29.3%) on the previous year.

The General Conference generated a surplus of £187k, an increase of £28k (17.7%) on the previous year.

The Joint Sessions generated a surplus of £2k. This is a decrease of £40k (95%) on the previous year.

The Methods School generated a surplus of £54k, an increase of £14k (37.2%) on the previous year.

Standing Groups and Research Networks generated a deficit of £96k. This is a decrease in deficit of £87k (47.4%) on the previous year.

Current year expenditure Prior year expenditure

Other events generated a deficit of £14k, an increase in deficit of £8k (147.3%) compared to the prior year.

Additional income from miscellaneous payments, donations and investments amounted to £35k. This is a rise of £11k (43.8%) on the previous year.

Surplus for incomegenerating activities

Overall, the surplus generated by these activities was £963k, up £192k (24.9%) from the prior year. This amounted to 80.9% of the support costs, up from 68.9% in the prior year. The deficit of £177k was reduced by investment gains of £114k, so the overall deficit was £63k – a decrease in deficit of £242k (79.3%) compared to the prior year.

Investment policy and performance

When ECPR makes a surplus, we use this money to build reserves which we can call upon to keep the organisation functioning should it meet any of the risks highlighted by our Risk Register or generate operating deficits instead of surpluses. Some of our reserves are held in an investment portfolio.

After a review by the EC in 2017, we decided that our managed fund was not bringing us value for money, so we transferred the £855k to Vanguard Investments UK Limited, split 50/50 across two funds: Vanguard Lifestrategy 40% Equity Fund and Vanguard Lifestrategy 60% Equity Fund. These index-tracking funds tend to be less volatile than active funds, and attract lower management costs, at 0.24%.

Current year expenditure

Prior year expenditure

Since the transfer of the portfolio, the investments had brought us gains increasing the value of the fund to £1.1m in 2020–21. The value of the fund decreased for the first time in 2021–22, but has been recovering steadily since then, and at the end of 2023–24 it had returned to a value of £1.1m. Investment gains in the year were £114k, and £34k of income was generated.

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Administrative information

Principal Office

Website

Bankers Investment Managers

https://ecpr.eu/

Bank of Scotland Teviot House South Gayle Crescent Edinburgh EH12 9DR

Harbour House 6–8 Hythe Quay Colchester Essex CO2 8JF

Vanguard Investments UK Limited PO Box 10315 Chelmsford Essex CM99 2AT

Auditors

Registered Charity Sumer Auditco Limited Number Statutory Auditor 820 The Crescent Colchester Business Park 1167403 CIO – Charitable Colchester

Solicitors

Colchester Business Park Birkett Long LLP 1167403 CIO – Charitable Colchester Faviell House, 1 Coval Wells Incorporated Organisation Essex CO4 9YQ Chelmsford Essex CM1 1WZ

Staff at Harbour House in Colchester

Executive Committee: trustees 2024 – 2027

Daniela Irrera Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Centre for High Defence Studies, Rome Positive and negative action and influence ry. on global politics by non-state actors.

Petra Guasti Associate Professor of Democratic Theory, Charles University Central and Eastern Europe, civil society, comparative politics, democratisation, EU, gender, governance, integration, parliaments, political participation, populism.

Ladislav Cabada Vice-Rector for Research, Quality and Development, Metropolitan University Prague

Gianfranco Baldini Associate Professor, University of Bologna

Political parties, electoral systems; regionalism and federalism; comparative politics; local politics; political communication; European Union.

Regionalism and development studies in Central and South-Eastern Europe.

Employed 1 October 2023 – 30 September 2024

Director

Olga Roelens Samantha Wong Marketing Manager Training Coordinator Until May 2024

Tanja Munro

Rebecca Delve Editorial Senior Coordinator Maternity leave Management Team June 2023 – July 2024

Andie Nash Events Coordinator Until October 2023

Anna Hubbard Rebecca Gethen Editorial Coordinator Head of Communications

Hayley Cadel Events Coordinator Until September 2024

Charlie Brown

Mark Kench Head of IT and Events

Editorial Coordinator

Amy Nice Events Coordinator

Jessica Dorling Community Helen Morgan Engagement Coordinator Head of Finance Until May 2024 / Head of Compliance Miah Edwards Digital From May 2024 Engagement Coordinator

Robert Neale

Events Coordinator

Alice See Training Coordinator From May 2024

Communications

Events

IT and Website

Annie Ho Events Manager

Helen Cooper Community Engagement Manager

James Gooch

Bridie Calver

Development Manager

Kate Hawkins Training Manager Publishing Maternity leave Colin McPhie and Content Manager October 2023 – August 2024 Systems Manager

Antoni Christodoulou Developer

Jordan Rudge Junior Developer

Compliance

Bianca Taylor Finance Manager

Kim Jesney HR Manager

Francisco Alamo Rios

Data Analyst From October 2023

Sean Judge Finance Assistant

Calum Martin

Finance Apprentice Until May 2024

Emily Price Office Administrator March – June 2024

Christian Haerpfer Associate Professor

of Political Science, University of Vienna Europe (Central and Eastern), Comparative Politics, Democracy, Political Participation, Electoral Behaviour, Public Opinion, Survey Research.

Sofia Vasilopoulou Professor of European Politics, King’s College London Comparative politics and political behaviour; causes and consequences of political dissatisfaction; Euroscepticism and far-right politics.

Anne Rasmussen Professor of Political Science, University of Copenhagen Representation, (inequality in) political representation, public opinion, political 7 parties, and public policy. Luana Russo Associate Professor in Political Behaviour and Quantitative Methods, Maastricht University : Elections, political attitudes and behaviours, political psychology, affective polarisation, and negative partisanship.

Shane Martin Anthony King Chair in Comparative Government, University of Essex

Legislative organisation, Irish politics, parliamentary structures, influence of electoral incentives, representation.

Jonathan Polk Professor, Department of Political Science, Lund University Political parties, the European Union and comparative politics. Representational relationship between citizens and parties in European democracies.

Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans Exceptional Class Professor, Sciences Po Toulouse

International expert in comparative public administration. Also legislative behaviour, legislative organisation, parliamentary accountability.

Amy Verdun Full Professor of Political Science, University of Victoria, British Columbia . European integration widely defined: political economy, policy, governance, integration theories, comparative politics.

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Structure, governance, and management

Staff Remuneration Policy

Organisation and control

As a UK registered charity, the ECPR seeks to ensure that:

We are governed by our board of trustees, the EC, with day-to-day operational management delegated to the Director and Senior Management Team. The EC is responsible for ensuring ECPR acts solely to further its charitable objects. It reports to the Council, which is made up of Official Representatives from member institutions.

staff are paid fairly, in line with local market rates, appropriately for their level of responsibility and in line with the pay of colleagues who perform similar tasks;
staff salaries are awarded based on skills and experience and are free from discrimination;

ECPR’s activities were divided into five portfolios of work; however, during the year, one of the Subcommittees was disbanded and the work of that committee was absorbed into another portfolio. Each of the four Subcommittees comprises two or three members of the EC, plus the Chair and Vice Chair. The Director, related Senior Manager and their staff work with the Subcommittees day-to-day to operationalise EC decisions. Subcommittees have decision-making authority delegated to them via a Scheme of Delegation, and bring key items to the EC in plenary for decision and strategic discussion.

we comply with our obligation to expend our incoming resources responsibly;
there is transparency in all aspects of our operations.

To achieve the above goals, we must balance the need to ensure value for money when expending the Charity’s resources with the need to recruit and retain the best people for the job.

There is a structured induction process for new trustees which includes meeting key staff and receiving governance, strategy and financial documents. The first meeting of a new cohort of trustees will normally take place at ECPR’s offices where they will have the opportunity to sit in on the final meeting of the outgoing group.

The EC is responsible for setting management pay, including that of the Director, usually by delegation to the Management Subcommittee; the EC is also responsible for the recruitment and appointment of the Director. Staff are awarded an annual cost of living pay increase, which is also approved by the EC.

Conflicts of Interest Policy

Key management remuneration

ECPR trustees have a legal duty to ensure they always act in ECPR’s best interest when making decisions. It is a legal requirement that trustees report a potential conflict of interest as soon as it arises. A conflict of interest would arise if:

All Executive Committee members give their time freely. No remuneration was paid to them during the year. Trustees are reimbursed travel and subsistence expenses when working away on ECPR business. Accommodation is usually organised and paid for by ECPR. ECPR provides the Chair’s institution financial support to cover their absence while they are serving their term of office.

a trustee could benefit financially from a decision over which they have influence, whether directly or indirectly through a personal connection;
a trustee’s loyalty to the ECPR conflicted with a duty or loyalty to another organisation or person.

No remuneration is made to serving EC members or to people who volunteer for ECPR without the express approval of the EC and in line with the Charity Commission for England and Wales’ regulations.

Conflicts of interest are common in charities, so we adopted practices aimed at reducing the risk of / to:

making decisions that could be overturned;
implementation of a Register of Interests, which is updated annually with appropriate procedures for managing conflicts.
ECPR’s reputation;
trustees having to repay ECPR for unauthorised payments.

Where trustees delegate their decision-making powers to staff members under the terms of the organisation’s Scheme of Delegation, those staff are also expected to declare any potential conflict of interest and absent themselves from any discussions

ECPR has adopted the following practices to safeguard against the above risks occurring:

clauses 7.8 and 8 of the ECPR Constitution ;

Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

As a group of trustees, the EC is responsible for preparing its Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In so far as the EC is aware:

there is no relevant audit information of which the Charity’s auditor is unaware;
it has taken all steps that it ought to have taken to make itself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of that information.

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the EC to prepare financial statements for each financial year that give a true and fair view of the Charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the Charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The EC is responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the Charity and financial information included on the Charity’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

Auditor

observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

On 28 March 2024, our auditor, SB Audit LLP, merged with Sumer Auditco Limited. Accordingly, SB Audit LLP formally resigned as the Company’s auditor, and the Directors duly appointed Sumer Auditco Limited to fill the vacancy arising.

state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue to operate.

Daniela Irrera

On behalf of the Executive Committee 13 March 2025

The EC is responsible for keeping sufficient accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of ECPR’s Constitution. It is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence, for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Amy Verdun

On behalf of the Executive Committee 13 March 2025

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Independent Auditor’s Report

SB Audit LLP, Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor

Opinion

Conclusions relating to going concern

accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

We have audited the financial statements of the European Consortium for Political Research (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 30 September 2024 which comprise the statement of financial activities, the balance sheet, the statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

Basis for opinion

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

In our opinion, the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the charity’s affairs as at 30 September 2024, and of its incoming resources and application of resources for the year then ended;

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and

have been properly prepared in

our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:

the information given in the Report of the Executive Committee is inconsistent in any material respect with the financial statements; or

sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or

the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of trustees ee

Responsibilities of trustees

regulations. We design procedures in line As explained more fully in the trustees’ with our responsibilities, outlined above, to responsibilities statement the trustees detect material misstatements in respect are responsible for the preparation of of irregularities, including fraud. The extent the financial statements and for being to which our procedures are capable of satisfied that they give a true and fair detecting irregularities, including fraud is view, and for such internal control as the detailed below: trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements We identified areas of laws and that are free from material misstatement, regulations that could reasonably be whether due to fraud or error.

the preparation of financial statements We identified areas of laws and that are free from material misstatement, regulations that could reasonably be whether due to fraud or error. expected to have a material effect on the financial statements from our general In preparing the financial statements, the commercial and sector experience, trustees are responsible for assessing through discussion with the Head of the charity’s ability to continue as a going Compliance (as required by auditing concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters standards) and senior management, related to going concern and using the inspection of the Charity’s regulatory and going concern basis of accounting unless legal correspondence and discussed with the trustees either intend to liquidate the the Head of Compliance the policies and charity or to cease operations, or have no procedures regarding compliance with realistic alternative but to do so. laws and regulations. We communicated identified laws and regulations throughout Auditor’s responsibilities our team and remained alert to any for the audit of the indications of non-compliance throughout financial statements the audit. The potential effect of these laws and regulations on the financial statements varies considerably.

We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

Firstly, the Charity is subject to laws and regulations that directly affect the financial statements including financial reporting legislation and taxation legislation and we assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement items.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Secondly, the Charity is subject to many other laws and regulations where the consequences of non-compliance could have a material effect on amounts or disclosures in the financial statements, for instance through the imposition of fines or litigation. We identified the following areas as those most likely to have such an effect: compliance with the requirements of The Charity Commission, health and safety, corporate governance including safeguarding and wellbeing, human rights and employment law, anti-bribery and corruption and GDPR. Auditing standards limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and

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and regulations to enquiry of the Governors and other management and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Audit procedures undertaken in response to the potential risks relating to irregularities (which include fraud and noncompliance with laws and regulations) comprised of: enquiries of management and those charged with governance as to whether the Charity complies with such regulations, enquiries of management and those charged with governance concerning any actual or potential litigation or claims, inspection of any relevant legal documentation, review of board minutes, testing the appropriateness of journal entries and the performance of analytical review to identify any unexpected movements in account balances which may be indicative of fraud.

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the

events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Irregularities that result from fraud might be inherently more difficult to detect than irregularities that result from error. As explained above, there is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements may not be detected, even though the audit has been planned and performed in accordance with ISAs (UK). A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is on the Financial Reporting Council’s website. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity’s Executive Committee, as a body, in accordance with Section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and with regulations made under Section 154 of that Act. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s Executive Committee those matters we are required

to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s Executive Committee as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have forme.

Signature and approval

Piers Harrison, Senior Statutory Auditor For and on behalf of Sumer Auditco Limited, 13 March 2025

Statutory Auditor, 820 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 9YQ

Sumer Auditco Limited is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006

Statement of financial activities

Year ended 30 September 2024

The notes on pages 40–45 form part of these financial statements

~~a~~	Note ~~a~~	2024 £ ~~a~~	2023 £ ~~a~~
Income from ~~a~~			~~a~~
Donations		816	-
Charitable activities	2	1,532,563	1,313,896
Subscriptions from members	3	665,284	598,468
Investments	4	33,653	22,438
Total income		2,232,316	1,934,802

Expenditure on
Raising funds	6	135,519	114,835
Charitable activities	7	2,273,409	2,155,643
Total expenditure		2,408,928	2,270,478

Unrealised investment gains / (losses)		113,588	30,930
Net expenditure of funds for the year		(63,024)	(304,746)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward		2,355,836	2,660,582
Total funds carried forward		2,292,812	2,355,836

Continuing operations Total recognised gains and losses Funds All incoming resources and resources The statement of financial activities All of the income, expenditure expended derive from continuing activities. includes all gains and losses and gains for the last two financial recognised in the year. periods relate to unrestricted funds.

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Statement of cashflows

Year ended 30 September 2024

The notes on pages 40–45 form part of these financial statements

Balance sheet

2023 £ 2024 £ as restated Cash flows from operating activities Net expenditure for the year (63,024) (304,746) As at 30 September 2024 Adjusted for The notes on pages 40–45 form part of these financial statements Depreciation of tangible assets 19,409 22,607 2024 £ 2023 £ Loss on disposal of assets 94 94 Note as restated Unrealised investment gain (113,588) (30,930) Fixed assets ~~| | EE ee eee~~ Dividend accumulated in funds (22,001) (16,595) Tangible assets 11 394,965 412,778 ~~ee —————————~~ Interest received (11,652) (5,843) ~~hee eee eee a~~ Investments 12 1,134,915 999,326 ~~a~~ (Increase) / decrease in debtors (46,200) 15,909 ~~a~~ 1,529,880 1,412,104 (Decrease) / increase in creditors (28,865) 88,069 Net cash used in operating activities (265,827) (231,435) Current assets Debtors 13 442,100 395,900 Cash flows from investing activities ~~Se~~ Current asset investment 104,338 101,380 ~~ee~~ Purchase of tangible fixed assets (1,690) (9,510) Cash and cash equivalents 14 1,270,601 1,529,424 Interest received 8,694 4,995 ~~St~~ 1,817,039 2,026,704 ~~——_—~~ Purchase of investments - (50,000) Net cash gained from / (used in) investing activities 7,004 (54,515) Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 15 (1,054,107) (1,082,972) Net current assets 762,932 943,732 Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year (258,823) (285,950) Net assets 2,292,812 2,355,836 Cash and cash equivalents brought forward 1,529,424 1,815,374 Funds Cash and cash equivalents carried forward 1,270,601 1,529,424 Unrestricted funds 2,292,812 2,355,836 No Net debt analysis has been included as there is no debt in the charity

Approved by the Executive Committee and signed on its behalf by:

Daniela Irrera Amy Verdun On behalf of the Executive Committee On behalf of the Executive Committee 13 March 2025 13 March 2025

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended 30 September 2024

Accounting Republic of Ireland (FRS policies 102) issued on 16 July 2014 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: a. Basis of Statement of Recommended accounting Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.

income have been met, it is 12 months regular expenditure. probable that the income will be All funds held are unrestricted. received and the amount can be reliably measured. f. Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

12 months regular expenditure. All funds held are unrestricted.

Income from subscriptions from members is accounted for in the year to which they relate.

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:

The financial statements have

The charity constitutes Income from publications in the a public benefit entity as form of royalties is received in defined by FRS 102. relation to the journals. Royalty income is accounted for in the The financial statements are year that it becomes receivable, rounded to the nearest £1 which is when the publication and are prepared in sterling, is sold. which is the functional currency. Income from conferences is

been prepared under the historical cost convention with the exception of investments, which are included at market value. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

Accounting and Reporting currency. Income from conferences is � Costs of raising funds by Charities preparing their accounted for in the year in comprise the costs of accounts in accordance b. Going concern which the conference occurs. commercial trading with the Financial Reporting including investment Standard applicable in the UK Income from investment management and their and Republic of Ireland (FRS Having considered the Charity’s activities is recognised when associated costs. 102) issued in October 2019 forecasts and projections the received and the amount can be and the Financial Reporting Trustees are satisfied that the measured reliably by the charity. � Expenditure on charitable Standard applicable in the UK Charity has adequate resources activities includes the d. Interest and Republic of Ireland (FRS to continue in operational costs of publications, 102), the Charities Act 2011 existence for the foreseeable receivable courses, conferences and and UK Generally Accepted future, and for a period of at other activities undertaken Accounting Practice. least 12 months from the date to further the purposes of approving these financial Interest on funds held on deposit of the charity and their The financial statements statements. For this reason is included when receivable and associated support costs. have been prepared to give the Trustees continue to adopt the amount can be measured a ‘true and fair’ view and the going concern basis in reliably by the charity; this is � Governance costs have departed from the preparing the accounts. The normally upon notification of the represents the Charities (Accounts and Trustees are not aware of any interest paid or payable by the costs of governance Reports) Regulations 2008 material uncertainties with bank. arrangements and only to the extent required regard to going concern. include costs associated to provide a ‘true and fair’ e. Fund accounting with compliance with view. This departure has c. Income constitutional and involved following Accounting statutory requirements. and Reporting by Charities Unrestricted funds are available preparing their accounts Income is recognised when the to spend on activities that Irrecoverable VAT is charged in accordance with the charity has entitlement to funds, further any of the purposes as a cost against the activity Financial Reporting Standard any performance conditions of the charity. Reserves are for which the expenditure was applicable in the UK and attached to the item(s) of targeted to be approximately incurred.

Unrestricted funds are available Income is recognised when the to spend on activities that Irrecoverable VAT is charged charity has entitlement to funds, further any of the purposes as a cost against the activity any performance conditions of the charity. Reserves are for which the expenditure was attached to the item(s) of targeted to be approximately incurred.

g. Allocation of �[Freehold land is not ] support costs depreciated. less from the date of acquisition Taxation of Chargeable Gains or the opening of the deposit or Act 1992 to the extent that such similar account. income or gains are applied Support costs are those j. Fixed asset exclusively to its charitable functions that assist the work of investments o. Creditors and purposes.

Support costs are those exclusively to its charitable functions that assist the work of investments o. Creditors and purposes. the charity but are not directly provisions attributable to charitable r. Pension costs activities. Support costs Listed investments are stated represent costs attributable to at market value at the Balance Creditors and provisions are the management of the charity’s Sheet date. Realised and recognised where the charity The Charity operates a assets and organisational unrealised gains or losses are has a present obligation defined contribution plan administration. These costs calculated based on the market resulting from a past event for its employees. A defined have been allocated between value at which the investments that will probably result in the contribution plan is a pension costs of raising funds and are recorded in the financial transfer of funds to a third party plan under which the Charity expenditure on charitable statements and are shown on and the amount due to settle pays fixed contributions into activities. The basis on which the face of the statement of the obligation can be measured a separate entity. Once the support costs have been financial activities. or estimated reliably. Creditors contributions have been paid allocated are set out in note 8. and provisions are normally the Charity has no further k. Stock recognised at their settlement payment obligations. The h. Foreign currency amount after allowing for any contributions are recognised as trade discounts due. an expense in the Statement Stocks are stated at the lower of Financial Activities when Monetary assets and liabilities in of cost and net realisable value p. Financial they fall due. Amounts not paid foreign currencies are translated after making due allowance for instruments are shown in accruals as a into sterling at the rates of obsolete and slow-moving items liability in the Balance Sheet. exchange ruling at the balance The assets of the plan are held sheet date. Transactions in l. Debtors The charity only has financial separately from the Charity in foreign currencies are translated assets and financial liabilities independently administered into sterling at the rates of of a kind that qualify as basic funds. exchange ruling at the date Trade and other debtors are financial instruments. Basic of the transaction. Exchange recognised at the settlement financial instruments are initially s. Significant differences arising in the normal amount due after any trade recognised at transaction value judgements and course of trading are dealt with discount offered. and subsequently measured at estimates in the statement of financial their settlement value. m. Current asset activities for the year. investments q. Taxation The more significant judgements and estimates involved in the i. Fixed assets preparation of the financial Current asset investments ShapeEuropean Consortium for statements include assessing consist of readily available Political Research is a charity the depreciation rates applicable Individual assets costing £250 amounts held in liquid funds. within the meaning of the to tangible fixed assets and or more are capitalised at cost Movements in the fair value of Charities Act 2011 and as such the way in which certain and depreciated over their the asset are included in the is a charity for tax purposes costs should be apportioned. estimated useful economic profit and loss. in line with Paragraph 1 of Further details regarding these lives on a straight-line basis as Schedule 6 Finance Act points are included within the follows: n. Cash and cash

investments The more significant judgements and estimates involved in the preparation of the financial Current asset investments ShapeEuropean Consortium for statements include assessing consist of readily available Political Research is a charity the depreciation rates applicable amounts held in liquid funds. within the meaning of the to tangible fixed assets and Movements in the fair value of Charities Act 2011 and as such the way in which certain the asset are included in the is a charity for tax purposes costs should be apportioned. profit and loss. in line with Paragraph 1 of Further details regarding these Schedule 6 Finance Act points are included within the n. Cash and cash 2010. Accordingly, European accounting policies. equivalents Consortium for Political Research is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of Cash and cash equivalents income or capital gains received include cash and short term within categories covered by highly liquid investments with Part 11, Corporation Tax Act a maturity of three months or 2010 or Section 256 of the

[Freehold buildings ] between 2% and 10% per annum.
[Office and IT equipment ] 25%

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2. Income from

5. Publications income

charitable activities

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2024 £ 2023 £
ECPR Press 26,115 16,304
European Journal of Political Research 290,707 272,585
European Political Science (journal) 85,826 63,012
Other publications 708 415
European Political Science Review (journal) 48,480 31,867
European Journal of International Relations 18,560 18,608
Political Research Exchange (journal) 20,539 14,757
Total 490,935 417,548
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2024 £ 2023 £
Publications (note 5) 490,935 417,548
General Conference 428,473 382,694
Joint Sessions of Workshops 95,221 79,036
Methods School 305,484 328,310
Standing Groups & Research Networks 202,173 82,274
Other events 9,471 21,938
Miscellaneous 806 2,096
Total 1,532,563 1,313,896
Income from charitable activities can be further analysed as:
2024 £ 2023 £
Income from rendering of services 1,041,628 896,348
Income from royalties 490,935 417,548
Total 1,532,563 1,313,896
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6. Expenditure on

raising funds

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2024 £ 2023 £
Directly attributable activities
for generating funds 71,411 58,857
Support costs allocated 64,108 55,978
Total 135,519 114,835
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3. Subscription from Members

3. Subscription from Me	mbers	Total 135,519 114,83
2024 £ Subscription from members 665,284	2023 £ 598,468	7. Expenditure on charitable
100% of the subscriptions from members – £665,284		activities

100% of the subscriptions from members – £665,284 (2023: £598,468) relates to the provision of services.

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2024 £ 2023 £
Publications 290,052 262,200
General Conference 241,151 223,592
Joint Sessions of Workshops 93,142 37,105
Methods School 251,961 289,286
Standing Groups & Research Networks 298,190 264,979
Other events 23,469 27,683
Share of support costs (see note 8) 1,075,444 1,050,798
Total 2,273,409 2,155,643
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4. Investment income

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2024 £ 2023 £
Income from fixed-asset investments 22,001 16,595
Bank interest receivable 11,652 5,843
Total 33,653 22,438
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8. Support costs

Basis of allocation

Support costs have been allocated against charitable activities in line with the percentage of other expenditure directly attributable to the activity. All members of the Executive Committee are reimbursed travelling and subsistence expenditure incurred in the course of their duties. During the year reimbursed expenses amounted to £39,793 (2023: £30,057). This amount is included within governance costs. No emoluments have been paid to any member of the Executive Committee. Support costs can be broken down as follows:

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2024 £ 2023 £
Funding and prizes 25,568 38,874
Publicity and marketing 4,213 2,072
Personnel costs 54,590 58,804
Office costs 32,729 38,754
IT software and equipment 116,233 82,201
General administration 18,136 8,412
Banking and finance 59,945 63,773
Legal and professional 26,415 32,320
Depreciation 18,457 22,607
Taxation 10,889 25,859
Staff salaries and wages 703,384 670,093
Total 1,070,559 1,043,769
Governance costs: audit fee 17,200 16,025
Governance costs:
Executive Committee expenses 51,793 46,982
Total 68,993 63,007
Grand total 1,139,552 1,106,776
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9. Staff costs

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2024 £ 2023 £
Wages and salaries 972,594 923,133
Social security costs 90,993 83,370
Pension costs – defined contribution 126,754 112,145
Total 1,190,341 1,118,648
Directly attributable wages (note 7) 432,031 401,563
Directly attributable wages for activities
for generating funds 54,926 46,992
Total wages cost to be included in
support costs allocation (note 8) 703,384 670,093
Total 1,190,341 1,118,648
Management and administration of the
Charity 28 27
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The charity considered its key management personnel to comprise the Executive Committee and the Senior Management Team, comprising the Director and three Heads of Department. The total employment benefits, including employers’ pension contributions of the key management personnel, were £306,106 (2023: £281,246). Three employees had employee benefits between £70,000 and £80,000 and one had employee benefits between £90,000 and £100,000. (2023: Three employees had employee benefits between £60,000 and £70,000 and one had employee benefits between £70,000 and £80,000).

10. Audit fee

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2024 £ 2023 £
Auditors’ remuneration
in respect of audit services 17,200 16,025
Total 17,200 16,025
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11. Tangible fixed assets

12. Investments

Assets held for charity use and to provide investment return 2024 £ 2023 £ Banco Santander shares 1,135 1,135 Funds held with Vanguard Investment UK, Limited 1,133,780 998,191 Total 1,134,915 999,326 The movement in the year is as follows 2024 £ 2023 £ Market value as at 1 October 2023 999,326 951,801 Gain on valuation 113,588 30,930 Dividend accumulated in fund 22,001 16,595 Market value as at 30 September 2024 1,134,915 999,326 ~~a —~~ The investments shown above comprise UK and overseas investments. Below are investment holdings by category: 2024 £ 2023 £ Managed funds 1,134,915 999,326

Freehold Assets held for charity use and to provide Office and IT land and investment return 2024 £ 2023 £ equipment £ buildings £ Total £ Banco Santander shares 1,135 1,135 Cost Funds held with Vanguard Investment At 1 October 2023 42,177 489,117 531,294 UK, Limited 1,133,780 998,191 Additions 1,690 - 1,690 Total 1,134,915 999,326 Disposals (1,046) - (1,046) At 30 September 2024 42,821 489,117 531,938 The movement in the year is as follows 2024 £ 2023 £ Depreciation Market value as at 1 October 2023 999,326 951,801 At 1 October 2023 29,165 89,351 118,516 Gain on valuation 113,588 30,930 ~~———~~ Charge for year 5,990 13,419 19,409 Dividend accumulated in fund 22,001 16,595 ~~ee~~ Eliminated on disposals ~~ee~~ (952) - (952) ~~a~~ Market value as at 30 September 2024 1,134,915 ~~—~~ 999,326 At 30 September 2024 34,203 102,770 136,973 The investments shown above comprise Net book value UK and overseas investments. Below At 30 September 2024 8,618 386,347 394,965 are investment holdings by category: 2024 £ 2023 £ At 30 September 2023 13,012 399,766 412,778 Managed funds 1,134,915 999,326

The managed funds with Vanguard relate to two Vanguard LifeStrategy funds. The LifeStrategy 40% equity fund is made up of 40% equity and 60% bonds. The LifeStrategy 60% equity fund is made up of 60% equity and 40% bonds. The investments are split equally between the two managed funds.

13. Debtors

16. Creditors

2024 £ 2023 £ 2024 £ 2023 £ Deferred income 831,270 699,072 Trade debtors ~~ee~~ Accruals 68,010 235,641 (including subscriptions due) 258,430 227,076 Trade creditors 135,827 117,018 ~~ee ee ae~~ Other debtors 169,705 124,975 Other taxation and Social Security 19,000 31,241 Prepayments Total 1,054,107 1,082,972 Events 1,483 2,000 Amounts invoiced in advance represent income in respect Publications - 3,750 of future events; subscription income from members where ~~rs~~ the subscription year starts on 1 October 2024; and publications HR costs 1,079 825 ~~—=~~ income for the three-month period to 31 December 2024. Feee—‘“_ Rates 1,431 1,476 Insurance 7,962 13,669 | Office costs 286 284 17. Financial instruments Professional fees 1,724 3,342 General Prepayments - 18,503 2024 £ 2023 £ Total prepayments 13,965 43,849 Total debtors 442,100 395,900 Financial assets

	2024 £	2023 £
Financial assets
Financial assets measured at amortised cost	428,135	352,051
Financial assets measured at fair value	1,134,915	999,326
Total	1,563,050	1,351,377
Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost	186, 637	336,634

14. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents consist of the following items for the purpose of the Statement of cash flows:

Financial assets measured at amortised cost comprise trade debtors and other debtors.

Financial assets measured at fair value comprise listed investments. Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost comprise accruals and trade creditors.

	2024 £	2023 £
Total cash and cash equivalents	1,270,601	1,529,424

18. Related parties

15. Prior year adjustment

The related parties of ECPR are the members of the Executive Committee. ECPR is controlled by its Executive Committee. No other transactions were identified which should be disclosed under Financial Reporting Standard 102.

Following a review of cash and investments, management determined that some balances are held in accounts with a maturity date greater than three months. In line with the accounting policy these balances, totalling £101,380, have therefore been reclassified from cash and cash equivalents to current asset investments within the Balance Sheet. There is no impact on the Statement of Financial Position in the current or prior year.

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Events organised

Standing Groups & Research Networks

Awarded in funding across four funding streams

338

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Contents

Report of the Executive Committee

About us

Grant-making policy

Our charitable status

Public benefit

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Evolution, investment, engagement

Breaking down barriers

Commitment and expertise

Enhancing member benefits

Strengthening our community

ECPR is navigating calmly through

troubled times,

constantly

Proactive steps for a better future

Groups and Networks – reflecting the discipline

A year in review

win Membership – a gro g community

Events – bringing scholars together

Joint Sessions of Workshops

General Conference

Jean Blondel Lecture

Middle East Project

Methods School

Publishing – making research accessible to all

Transition to Open Access

New EJPR editorial team

Request for Proposals

The Loop

Governance – decisive leadership

Executive Committee

2024–2027

Welcoming a new Chair

Prizes 2023–2024

Monitoring impact

Event participation

Membership

Publications

Event calendar

KPI data tables

Participation at events, 2020–2024

~~4~~ Operating responsibly

Staff wellbeing

Procurement and sustainability

Risk management

Reserves policy

Current principal ongoing or ‘standing’ risks faced by ECPR

Financial review

Income

Broken down across our portfolio of journals and book series:

Income compared to prior year

Income

summary

Event income increased by 16.4%, from £894k in the previous

Expenditure

Overall expenditure increased by 14.5%, from £2.3 to £2.4m.

Expenditure summary

Expenditure on publications increased 10.6%, from

Charitable expenditure compared to prior year

Support costs compared to prior year

Surplus and deficit

Surplus for incomegenerating activities

Investment policy and performance

Administrative information

Principal Office

Website

Bankers Investment Managers

Auditors

Solicitors

Staff at Harbour House in Colchester

Executive Committee: trustees 2024 – 2027

Director

Tanja Munro

Communications

Events

IT and Website

Compliance

Structure, governance, and management

4 Operating responsibly

Responsibilities of trustees ee