OSCR Website Unavailable 9 March 2026 for Essential Updates
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OSCR has published a notice advising that its website may be unavailable at times on Monday 9 March 2026 due to essential updates being made to the Scottish Charity Register. The downtime may extend into the following days, and normal service is expected to resume by the end of that week. This notice is informational only and does not create any compliance obligations.
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OSCR published a notice on 3 March 2026 advising that its website may be unavailable at times on Monday 9 March 2026 to allow essential updates to the Scottish Charity Register. The regulator states that downtime may extend into subsequent days, with normal service expected to resume by the end of the week. A linked announcement indicates that from 9 March 2026, the Scottish Charity Register will begin publishing additional information including charity trustee names and account documents. Affected parties who need to access OSCR services during this period should retry later or plan accordingly. This is an operational notice and does not impose compliance or filing obligations.
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More information to appear on the Scottish Charity Register from 9 March 2026, including charity trustee names and accounts documents. Click here for more details.
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OSCR website unavailable on 9 March 2026
Due to essential updates, the OSCR website may be unavailable at times on Monday 9 March 2026.
OSCR will be introducing important changes to the information we publish about charities on the Scottish Charity Register. In order to implement these changes, there may be some downtime throughout the day on Monday 9 March, or on the following days.
If you are unable to access the website, please try again later.
We expect the website to return to normal service by the end of the week.
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