Removals from the Register
Section 99(1) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (the 2005 Act) provided for the Scottish Charity Register to be populated, on 1st April 2006, with the details of bodies which were, at that time, entitled to call themselves a Scottish charity by virtue of section 1(7) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990.
Since 2006, OSCR has been issuing Annual Return Forms to all charities. Charities which do not submit a completed annual return form and accounts for the relevant period have the year marked as ‘Overdue’ on the Register after the 9 month statutory filing period. After 11 ½ months have passed since the charity’s year end date, the charity status is noted as ‘Passed to Compliance Support’ where further investigative work is carried out. After a further 3 months where no documentation is received, the charity is listed as ‘Defaulting’.
In respect of the charities listed below, OSCR has carried out a programme of enquiries to establish whether they are still in existence and can be found, or whether these have apparently ceased to exist or operate.
Under section 30 of the 2005 Act OSCR must, where it appears that a charity no longer meets the charity test and is not providing public benefit, remove a charity from the Register. A charity that has ceased to exist or operate does not provide public benefit, and therefore does not meet the charity test and will be taken off the Scottish Charity Register.
Details of the Removals
List of charities published on 30 June 2010 and identified for removal on 22 July 2010:
| Charity/body name | Scottish Charity Number | Outcome |
| Glasgow Africa Youth Support Project Association | SC036542 | Removed 22 July 2010 |
| Tayside Adoptees Support Group | SC022516 | Removed 22 July 2010 |
| Wight Medical Widows Fund | SC017943 | Removed 22 July 2010 |
Please read the accompanying Section 33 Report for further information about the removal process.
The Right to a Review
If any of the charities listed above disagree with our decision to remove them from the Register, they have the right to ask us to review the decision. To do so the charity must contact the Review Officer by e-mail or at the address below within 21 days of the date of this report. The request for review has to be made in writing and either:
- delivered in person
- sent by post in a prepaid registered letter or by the recorded delivery service
- or sent by any electronic means (i.e. fax or email) which will cause it to be delivered on the same or next day.
The contact details for the OSCR Review Officer are:
Review Officer
OSCR
2nd Floor
Quadrant House
9 Riverside Drive
DUNDEE
DD1 4NY
email: info@oscr.org.uk
We will notify the charity of the result of the review by means of a formal communication within 21 days of the review being requested.
