Licences and permits

The permissions a business needs before it can trade, each one tied to the law that creates it and to the body that issues it. We point at GOV.UK for fees and forms, and never copy them.

5 of 426 licences in Scotland for Charity and community

Choose from all 48 activities

C

Club premises certificate

Apply for a club premises certificate through your council if you're a social, sporting or political members club and you want to do activities …

Your council · England, Wales and Scotland

Arts and recreation · Charity and community

N

Notification to process personal data

You must notify the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if your organisation processes personal data in an automated form

UK Government · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Any trade

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Permission to use street or pavement space for displays (Scotland)

You must get written permission to put advertising signs or displays on the road or pavement in Scotland - fines, penalties

Your council · Scotland

Any trade

PSV (Public Service Vehicle) operator’s licence

You need a public service vehicle (PSV) operator’s licence to operate a vehicle for hire or reward (payment or payment in kind) that can …

Traffic Commissioners · England, Wales and Scotland

Any trade

Public charitable collection permit (Scotland)

You must apply for a Public Charitable Collection Permit in Scotland if you are collecting money from the public for charity in a public …

Your council · Scotland

Charity and community · Social care

Checking approvals more broadly?

A licence is one of several things you may need before your first day of trading. The pre-trading quick check walks the registrations, insurances and approvals alongside it.

Run the pre-trading quick check

Not sure which of these apply to you?

Our guides on finding a licence and dealing with your local council walk through the questions that decide it.

Find a licence