01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC013238
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH16 5ER
OSCR note: The SCIO was incorporated on the 09 November 2016 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Invincible Scotland Trust , which was a Trust registered as a charity since 19 February 1986.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity's objectives are to promote, supervise and guide the teaching of Transcendental Meditation and other affiliated programmes and also to provide permanent buildings and other temporary facilities of a professional standard throughout Scotland in which the programmes of Maharishi Foundation can be offered. The main courses offered are in Transcendental Meditation, as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and related advanced techniques, knowledge and health programmes including Maharishi AyurVeda and Maharishi Vastu Architecture etc. We offer courses and events in our phyisical Centres in Glasgow and Edinburgh and also online Scotland-wide to individuals and groups.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation's charitable purposes are to promote, supervise and guide the teaching of the Transcendental Meditation Technique and such other affiliated programmes as the Trustees shall consider fit and in relation thereto may provide, where necessary, accommodation, equipment and other such facilities as the Trustees in their absolute discretion consider appropriate.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £79,314 | £98,011 | 0 | 31 December 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £67,895 | £70,874 | 0 | 28 February 2025 |
| 31 December 2022 | £86,554 | £74,990 | 0 | 28 February 2024 |
| 31 December 2021 | £106,708 | £134,991 | 0 | 30 October 2023 |
| 31 December 2020 | £73,910 | £66,991 | 0 | 20 April 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Flat 1, 14 Clearburn Crescent, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.invinciblescotlandtrust.org
- Parent charity
- none · n/a
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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