01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC054446
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- over 250 volunteers
- Staff
- 1,559
- Postcode
- SE1 1AA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Royal British Legion is a UK charity dedicated to supporting members of the Armed Forces community, including serving personnel, veterans, and their families. Founded in 1921, it provides welfare services, financial assistance, and advocacy for those affected by military service. A central part of its mission is remembrance: honouring those who have died in service to the nation. The Legion is best known for organizing the annual Poppy Appeal and the National Service of Remembrance, encouraging public reflection and recognition of sacrifice. Through education, events, and community engagement, it actively promotes commemoration, ensuring that the memory of fallen service members is preserved and respected across generations.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
The Objects for which the Legion has been established and incorporated are: (a) to relieve need, suffering and distress of Beneficiaries and their Dependants and to further the education of Beneficiaries and their Dependants. (b) to relieve need and protect the mental and emotional health of the Dependants of Beneficiaries who have died or been severely injured. (c) to relieve suffering, hardship and distress to Dependants caused by the absence of those serving in the Armed Forces. (d) to promote and support schemes for the resettlement, rehabilitation, retraining and sheltered employment of Beneficiaries and their Dependants. and (e) to promote the commemoration for the public benefit of those who have died whilst serving in the Armed Forces.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | £151,003,000 | £159,578,000 | 1,559 | 24 June 2026 |
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
- The Royal British Legion, 199 Borough High Street, London
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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