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Festive period opening hours 2024

23 Dec 2024

Our office will be closed during the festive period between Christmas and New Year.

Our phone lines will close at 12 noon on Tuesday 24 December 2024. The office will then be closed for the holidays, and the office and phone lines will reopen at 9.30am on Friday 3 January 2025.

The most common queries we receive in December relate to submitting an online annual return using OSCR Online. If you need support with this, please read our guidance first: How to use OSCR Online to submit an online annual return.

You can also view our webinar with more information about using OSCR Online to submit your online annual return:

If your online annual return deadline is 31 December 2024, log in to your OSCR Online account now to make sure you have access. Remember to submit your charity's online annual return well ahead of the deadline if possible.

The FAQs section on our website also contains lots of helpful information and the answers to some of our most-asked questions.

Our phone lines will not be available when the office is closed. If you need to contact us during this time, please use our online contact form.