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.

4 of 426 licences in Scotland for Social care childcare

Choose from all 48 activities

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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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Register as a childminder (Scotland)

You must register with the Care Inspectorate if you want to become a childminder in Scotland

Scottish Government · Scotland

Social care childcare

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Start a nursery (Scotland)

Register with Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) Care Inspectorate if you want to run a day nursery in Scotland.

Scottish Government · Scotland

Education, including tutoring and training · Social care childcare

Support services providing day care to adults registration (Scotland)

To provide support services providing day care to adults registered in Scotland you must be registered with the Care Inspectorate

Scottish Government · Scotland

Social care · Social care childcare

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