# Scottish charity accounts and trustees’ names - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/05/16/scottish-charity-accounts-trustees-names/ - Published: 2016-05-16T13:45:35+01:00 - Author: Finbar Cullen **The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator ([OSCR) ](http://www.oscr.org.uk) intends publishing charity accounts on its website at some stage. The 2005 Act is currently being discussed and modernised and the changes will allow OSCR to publish full accounts. ** The Contact Team Manager does not know the timescales of these changes. However, the [FAQs on “Targeted Regulation – accounts”](http://www.oscr.org.uk/charities/faqs) state that OSCR will be redacting all personal and sensitive information – names, addresses, etc., and that if charities publish the accounts on their own website, they can redact the same personal information as OSCR. OSCR intends removing the names of trustees from the accounts before they are made available on its website! OSCR reports that individual charity accounts do not belong to OSCR and are covered by the Data Protection Act. Therefore when OSCR publishes accounts, the personal information has to be redacted. ## Advertisement The [Charity Commission](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission) has been publishing the names of trustees for a number of years, and the new [Charity Commission for Northern Ireland](http://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/) has a similar look to the beta version of the Charity Commission, and includes the names of trustees. OSCR reports that charities are encouraged to be transparent and if they publish their own accounts, “the trustees’ names should not be redacted”. However, OSCR reports that it cannot enforce this. If this is the situation, fundraisers and researchers can contact the charity and ask for a copy of their full accounts. What a palaver! Finbar Cullen, [Research**Plus**](http://researchplus.co.uk/) * **[Charity Commission to publish research on public’s attidues to Northern Ireland charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/07/25/charity-commission-publish-research-publics-attidues-northern-ireland-charities/)**( 25 July 2016) * **[NI Charity Commission to be reviewed](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/08/31/ni-charity-commission-reviewed/)**( 31 August 2016) * **[Concerns over impact of Oxfam controversy in N Ireland](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/02/14/concerns-impact-oxfam-controversy-n-ireland/)**( 14 February 2018) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)