Important Reminder: Charities Annual Reporting

Posted on December 8, 2016

All Scottish charities are legally required to submit their Annual Return and Accounts to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) within 9 months of their financial year end date.

For example, his means that for charities whose financial year ends on 31^st of March, their required information must be received by OSCR before 31^st December. Each charity’s deadline is available on their online OSCR account.

Every registered charity in Scotland must:

Complete an online Annual Return
Upload or send OSCR a statement of accounts (audited or independently examined) and their Trustees’ annual report

OSCR would like to remind charities who need to submit their information before Saturday 31^st December 2016 that, due to the season, it may take longer for anything sent by post to arrive. Charities which do not meet their deadline will be marked as late, and OSCR may consider action against the charity trustees.

For further information, please visit the OSCR website.

Voices Forum: Discussion on Planning (Scotland) Bill’s Impact

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