The Personal Fundraising Partnership (PFP) is signing up 3,200 donors a month on direct-debit agreements. However, under Scottish charity law - which is different to England and Wales - the company has no obligation to tell the public that it gets a fee for every person it signs up. Charities pay about £30 for every new recruit, meaning PFP can expect an annual income of £1.1m in Scotland alone. The company, based in Brighton, East Sussex, also operates south of the border.

This is a scandal as its business taking money from the needy. They should NOT be allowed to operate in Scotland at all.