01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC048685
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G21 2HN
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charitys primary purpose is the advancement of religion, not to a particular group, but for the benefite of the community. The Senatus of Scotland oversee the Legion Groups, Praesidia, based in Parishes all over Scotland. Praesidia meet weekly and members, Legionaries, undertake definitive tasks such as visiting lonely and elderly in their own homes and care homes. Promotion of prayer in homes and schools, evangelisation by crowd contact, speaking to people in the parks in summer morths and at Christmas cribs.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of religion
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(FIRST) the Trust Estate shall be held in trust for the charitable and religious purposes of The Legion of Mary in Scotland. (SECOND) the Trustees may apply the capital, or income of the Trust funds in the furtherance of the foregoing purposes as they in their absolute discretion shall deem proper and without prejudice to the forgeoing generality they may expend the whole or part of the Trust Estate or income therefrom in the purchase or Lease of heritable premises in Scotland for use for the purposes of the Legion of Mary or in the maintenance, repair and decoration of such premises or in contributing to any other person or body towards the running expenses of such heritable premises in Scotland or in making contributions to any charitable or religious bodies in Scotland having aims and purposes of a like nature to those of The Legion of Mary in Scotland.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £20,749 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £21,103 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 July 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | £20,748 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £21,103 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £13,851 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £17,029 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £11,440 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £18,276 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 21 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £256 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £11,100 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 30 November 2021 |
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
- 311 Roystonhill, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.legionofmary.ie
- Parent charity
- The Legion of Mary (Concilium Legionis Mariae)
No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.
05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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