01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC045223
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Overseas only
- Volunteers
- over 250 volunteers
- Staff
- 559
- Postcode
- G41 1BS
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
(a) To provide a daily meal, in a place of education, for children in the world's poorest communities. (b) To provide relief for those suffering, in any part of the world, as a result of humanitarian, crises or poverty, to help people escape poverty and to provide care for orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children and to work for the prevention thereof. (c) To raise awareness worldwide of poverty issues through education and. (d) To assist and support the work of other organisations, financially or otherwise, in particular members of the Mary's Meals network throughout the world, the objects of which would be considered to be Charitable Purposes and similar in nature to these objects.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(a) To provide a daily meal, in a place of education, for children in the world's poorest communities. (b) To provide relief for those suffering, in any part of the world, as a result of humanitarian, crises or poverty, to help people escape poverty and to provide care for orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children and to work for the prevention thereof. (c) To raise awareness worldwide of poverty issues through education and. (d) To assist and support the work of other organisations, financially or otherwise, in particular members of the Mary's Meals network throughout the world, the objects of which would be considered to be Charitable Purposes and similar in nature to these objects.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £55,685,000 | £56,001,000 | 559 | 30 July 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £49,459,000 | £45,856,000 | 559 | 5 August 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £48,663,000 | £47,860,000 | 559 | 12 August 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £36,921,000 | £41,148,000 | 559 | 21 June 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £33,722,000 | £33,712,000 | 559 | 11 July 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
- Unit 10-13 Claremont Centre, 39 Durham Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.marysmeals.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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