Breast Cancer Research (Scotland)

{{Short description|Defunct cancer charity based in Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/former-charity-fund-raiser-faces-prison-term-after-163-450-000-cash-diversion-scam-1-1142366|title=Former charity fund-raiser faces prison term after £450,000 cash diversion scam|website=The Scotsman|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}} Several organizers as well as the fundraiser were barred from running charities in the UK.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/tell-us-where-11m-went-937230|title=TELL US WHERE £11M WENT|last=Watson|first=Donna|date=2006-11-08|website=dailyrecord|access-date=2020-02-04}} Solutions RMC was employed to fundraise for Breast Cancer Research charity and accused of taking too large a share of donations.{{Cite web |date=2004-08-12 |title=Millions 'lost' in charity scandal |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/millions-lost-in-charity-scandal-1154831 |access-date=2020-02-04 |website=men}}

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".{{cite web|url=http://www.oscr.org.uk/CharityIndexDetails.aspx?id=SC024834|title=Extract from the Scottish Charity Register maintained by OSCR|accessdate=2008-08-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://www2.gov.scot/News/Releases/2003/06/3733|title=Breast Cancer Research (Scotland)|last=Scottish Government|first=St Andrew's House|date=2003-06-27|website=www2.gov.scot|language=English|access-date=2020-02-04}}