OpenCharities

Edinburgh University Press Limited

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC035813
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed April 23, 2026. Filing history
Registered
July 20, 2004
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Part of
University Of Edinburgh (SC005336)

Address

Address
Edinburgh University Press
13 Infirmary Street
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH1 1LT

Contact

Website
eup.ed.ac.uk

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education'

Our charity exists to disseminate peer-reviewed research and scholarship, making academic knowledge accessible to students, researchers, and the public. We publish in areas underserved by commercial publishers — niche disciplines, developing world scholarship, and open access titles where profit is not viable. Our surplus is reinvested into our charitable mission rather than distributed as profit. Editorial decisions are made on scholarly merit rather than commercial considerations, ensuring we serve academic and scholarly communities rather than shareholder interests. We also provide open access funding support to authors who lack institutional or grant funding, enabling research to be published freely available to all rather than behind a paywall.

Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people','Older People','Other defined groups'

Objectives: To promote and advance education: (1) by printing, publishing, binding, editing, compiling, buying, selling, distributing, exporting and importing books, papers, catalogues, reports, magazines, journals, pamphlets, circulars, binders, cassettes, databases, CD ROMs and other electronic publishing products. and (2) by covenanting or otherwise contributing money to Edinburgh University (provided Edinburgh University continues to be recognised as a charity for tax purposes).

Geography

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
UK and overseas

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Employees
July 31, 2025 April 23, 2026On time £5,339,520 £5,154,123 56
July 31, 2024 March 28, 2025On time £5,027,754 £5,029,760 54
July 31, 2023 March 25, 2024On time £5,163,557 £4,947,596 54
July 31, 2022 July 20, 202381 days late £4,365,401 £4,095,644 46
July 31, 2021 April 6, 2022On time £4,113,613 £3,797,417 43

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.