Now it's Scientology UK that opens its books, and we have the numbers - 2015-02-25

Now it's Scientology UK that opens its books, and we have the numbers February 25, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker

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What a week of "dox" we have going on this week in the Underground Bunker. Scientology Australia had to open up its books because of changes in the law there, and on Monday we had the latest numbers and a rare peek inside Scientology finances. Yesterday, a release of government documents gave us our first look ever at L. Ron Hubbard's high school grades. (Random, we know.)

And now, today, another telling disclosure. We have the latest filing for the finances of Scientology's organizations in the UK which, for bizarre reasons we'll explain in a minute, are actually registered with Australia's national charities commission.

It was journalist Bryan Seymour who publicized what a strange setup Scientology UK has in South Australia. See, in the UK, Scientology does not have charity status. So, in order to get around regulation there, the UK orgs are registered as a company called "Church of Scientology Religious Education College, Inc. or COSRECI, which is based in Adelaide, Australia, where Scientology is recognized as a church. And that has all of the orgs and missions in Britain being registered to a suburban address on the other side of the world, probably for tax avoidance reasons.

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{{cite news | author = Tony Ortega | title = Now it's Scientology UK that opens its books, and we have the numbers | url = https://tonyortega.org/2015/02/25/now-its-scientology-uk-that-opens-its-books-and-we-have-the-numbers/ | work = Underground Bunker | date = February 25, 2015 | accessdate = August 21, 2017 }}