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Setting up a charity
Here’s an overview of what you need to think about when you’re setting up a charity, and what we’re going,to talk you through in this guide. 1 Before you start Benefits of becoming a charity About your charity,right structure How to write your constitution Model constitutions 3 Applying to become a registered charity,4 You're a charity!
Funding
finding funding More support Our Information Service can answer your questions on all elements of setting,up and running a charity, including advice around funding and running costs.,Information Service Search for funding Funding Scotland gives access to up to date, high-quality information
Membership
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Scottish Charity Award winners - 2026
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HR Service
Setting up an HR Service for the voluntary sector has been an ambition for SCVO and myself for some time,I love helping people so when a role in HR came up, I decided to go for it and haven’t looked back!
Changing structure - VA or Trust to SCIO
Moving from Voluntary Association or a Trust to an SCIO You need to set up and register a brand new Scottish,There is no process to convert or change - you are: setting up an entirely new charity, transferring,merger of charities – for instance, when an unincorporated charity is winding up and transferring its,You might like to make use of the SCVO model constitutions in our guide to setting up a charity. 2.,Some village halls were set up a long time ago and in a unique way where the hall itself is owned by
https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/changing-legal-structure/process-1
Useful contacts
The Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) OSCR regulate all charities registered in Scotland.,They can provide support with setting up a charity, making partnerships with other organisations and,CIC Regulator Companies House If you are setting up a company or a limited liability partnership, you,Companies House Co-operatives UK For help and support to set up and run a co-operative.,up and run a Social Enterprise.
Choosing the right structure
The key points to remember are: the structure is about how the charity will operate as an organisation,is not a type of structure, you need to set up an organisation and then apply to register it as a charity,However, it does mean that if you choose to set up as a Company you will have to report to both OSCR,and Companies House and follow two different laws: charity and company law.,If you choose to set up as a SCIO than you can’t be anything other than a SCIO.