Breast Cancer Research (Scotland)
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A defunct cancer charity that was based in Paisley
and Glasgow
, Scotland
. It had its assets frozen in 2003 after a probe found that only £1.5m of the £13m it had raised was donated to charity. The group’s fundraiser, Tony Freeman, of Glasgow, was paid about 60 per cent - some £8 million - of the charity’s cash in commission http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=865&id=589282003. Several organisers as well as the fundraiser were barred from running charities in the UK.
Its registered charity number was SC024834. As at 2008, the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
record states that the charity's status is "Judicial factor appointed" and that the register "currently hold no contact details for this charity".
Robert Winter, who was head of fundraising for the charity, blew the whistle on his employer and subsequently provided the evidence to Court that ensured the closure of the charity. Robert Winter in conjunction with his assistant Sarah Duncan of Glasgow researched and uncovered the background that led to the exposure of the charity and its fundraising. Robert now lives in Wales as a single parent after the death of his wife from Breast Cancer.
Paisley
Paisley is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area...
and Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It had its assets frozen in 2003 after a probe found that only £1.5m of the £13m it had raised was donated to charity. The group’s fundraiser, Tony Freeman, of Glasgow, was paid about 60 per cent - some £8 million - of the charity’s cash in commission http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=865&id=589282003. Several organisers as well as the fundraiser were barred from running charities in the UK.
Its registered charity number was SC024834. As at 2008, the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government, with responsibility for the regulation of charities in Scotland...
record states that the charity's status is "Judicial factor appointed" and that the register "currently hold no contact details for this charity".
Robert Winter, who was head of fundraising for the charity, blew the whistle on his employer and subsequently provided the evidence to Court that ensured the closure of the charity. Robert Winter in conjunction with his assistant Sarah Duncan of Glasgow researched and uncovered the background that led to the exposure of the charity and its fundraising. Robert now lives in Wales as a single parent after the death of his wife from Breast Cancer.
- MoonbeamsMoonbeamsMoonbeams was a children's cancer charity based in Edinburgh, Scotland, which became the subject of a much-publicised local controversy in 2003. Following court action, it emerged that the charity had income of nearly £3 million over a period of four years, but had spent little over £70,000 on its...
, a cancer children's charity also hit by scandal.