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Is being a charity right for me?
How do I apply to become a charity?
Can OSCR or someone else help me set up my charity?
How do I raise a concern about a charity?
I submitted a concern about a charity and did not get a response.
What is an online annual return?
How do I complete an online annual return using OSCR Online?
What else can I do on OSCR Online except submit an online annual return?
How do I get access to OSCR Online?
How do I reset my OSCR Online password?
How can I add/remove a charity user within OSCR Online?
How do I update the principal contact details using OSCR Online?
I can't scan or upload my accounts into my OSCR Online annual return
Can I amend the documents after I have submitted an online annual return?
Can my online annual return deadline be extended?
Do you accept digital signatures on charity accounts?
How do I know what kind of charity accounts to prepare?
Who can check my accounts?
Do I have to prepare accounts if I haven’t had any income or expenditure during the financial year?
Can my charity change its financial year end date? (accounting reference date)
If I change to receipts and payments or fully accrued accounting, how do I show last year’s figures?
Can you give dispensations for audits?
How should the receipt and repayment of a loan be shown in the receipts and payments account?
How should the disposal of investments be treated in the receipts and payments account?
We are a charitable company, can we prepare micro-entity accounts?
Will my charity’s accounts appear on the Scottish Charity Register?
What rules must our charity follow when it is fundraising?
How do charities claim Gift Aid?
Can OSCR advise my charity on investments?
What level of reserves should a charity hold?
Can OSCR advise my charity on establishing a trading subsidiary?
What is a charity trustee?
How many charity trustees does our charity need to have?
Can someone be automatically disqualified from being a charity trustee?
Do I need to tell OSCR when a charity trustee changes?
Why must I provide OSCR with charity trustee information?
What charity trustee details must be provided?
Which charity trustees do I need to submit information for?
One of our trustees does not have an email address
A charity trustee has left or we have a new trustee. Do I have to tell OSCR?
How soon do I need to advise OSCR of changes to charity trustees?
What do I enter in the former charity trustees section?
What charity trustee information will be made public?
How do I apply to have a charity trustee name exempt from the Scottish Charity Register?
We have an organisation which acts as a charity trustee, how do we enter details?
What do I do if I accidentally add a charity trustee twice?
I want to make a change in my charity. Do I have to inform OSCR or get prior consent?
I don't want to be a charity anymore, but want to continue my organisation's activity. How can I take my charity off the register?
How do I wind up or dissolve my charity?
A charity trustee has left or we have a new trustee. Do I have to tell OSCR?
I want incorporate into a SCIO or company
What information is on the Scottish Charity Register?
I cannot find a charity on the Scottish Charity Register
Will my name and contact details be shown on our charity's Register entry?
How do I get a certificate of registration or SCIO certificate of incorporation?
Do OSCR redact accounts?
I need further support with my charity, who can I contact?
How do I complain about OSCR?
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