Breast Cancer Research (Scotland)

Breast Cancer Research is 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.[1] Several organizers as well as the fundraiser were barred from running charities in the UK.[2] Solutions RMC was employed to fundraise for Breast Cancer Research charity and accused of taking too large a share of donations.[3]

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".[4][5]

See also
  • Moonbeams, a cancer children's charity also hit by scandal

References
  1. "Former charity fund-raiser faces prison term after £450,000 cash diversion scam". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. Watson, Donna (8 November 2006). "TELL US WHERE £11M WENT". dailyrecord. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. News, Manchester Evening (12 August 2004). "Millions 'lost' in charity scandal". men. Retrieved 4 February 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. "Extract from the Scottish Charity Register maintained by OSCR". Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  5. Scottish Government, St Andrew's House (27 June 2003). "Breast Cancer Research (Scotland)". www2.gov.scot. Retrieved 4 February 2020.


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