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DECLARATION BY CHARITY TRUSTEE/CORPORATE
TRUSTEE
If the organisation has a corporate trustee (another organisation which acts as trustee, such as a
company) its directors should complete this declaration.
In this form we ask you for some personal information. This information may be used by OSCR for
the following purposes:
to identify charity trustees;
to carry out checks on information provided to ensure that you are not disqualified from being a
trustee;
to contact you if necessary, for example where we cannot make contact with the person the charity
has named as its Principal Contact for OSCR; and
for any other purpose in line with our Data Protection and Privacy Policy.
Please find and read our Privacy Notice for more information relating your data as the Principal
contact or a Charity Trustee.
Any personal information provided by you will be held by OSCR in accordance with the Data
Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulations. We will only use it for the
purposes listed above.
The information supplied on this form is for internal purposes only and will not appear on the public
Scottish Charity Register, unless you are the principal contact for the charity and the (proposed)
charity does not have a principal office. In that case your name and address will be displayed.
OSCR
Scottish Charity Regulator
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Section 1 Organisation details
Proposed charity name
Section 2 Personal Details
Title First name(s)
Last name
Previous names
Home address
Home Tel no. Mobile no.
Email
Date of birth
Occupation
Are you a trustee of any other charity? Yes No
If yes, please provide details of the charity name(s) and charity number (s)
Postcode
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Section 3 Declaration
Please read our Guidance for Charity Trustees before signing this declaration.
I declare that:
I am willing to act as a charity trustee of the above named organisation.
I understand the organisations purposes and rules set out in its governing document.
I am aware of my duties and responsibilities as a charity trustee in terms of section 66 of the
Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (‘the 2005 Act’).
I am not disqualied from being a charity trustee in terms of the 2005 Act – that is:
I am not an undischarged bankrupt
I have not granted a Protected Trust Deed (PTD)
I do not have an unspent conviction for an offence involving dishonesty
I do not have an unspent conviction for an offence under the 2005 Act
I have not been removed by the Court of Session under the 2005 Act (or earlier legislation)
from being a charity trustee or being concerned in the management or control of any charity or
body
I have not been removed from being a charity trustee by the Charity Commission or the High
Court in England due to misconduct or mismanagement
I have not entered into an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) to pay off debts with
creditors. (This only applies to trustees living in England or Wales)
I am not disqualified from being a company director.
I understand that it is an offence under section 26 of the 2005 Act to knowingly or
recklessly provide false or misleading information.
I understand and agree that the personal information I have provided OSCR in this form
may be used for the purposes listed above in line with the Data Protection and Privacy
Policy.
Signature
Print name
Date
D D M M Y Y Y Y