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The Trustees of the Legion of Mary in Scotland

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC048685
Status
Not Submitted
Registered
Sept. 5, 2018
Legal form
Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Address

Address
311 Roystonhill
Glasgow
G21 2HN

Contact

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of religion'

The Senatus of Scotland oversee the Legion groups (praesidia) which are predominately based in parishes all over Scotland, these praesidia meet weekly and members (legionaries) undertake definitive work tasks. This active apostolate is undertaken in a spirit of faith, in union with Mary, seeing and serving Christ in all. The works undertaken are listed below: • Visitation of lonely and elderly in their own homes and care homes. • Running of the Wayside Club and visitation of hostels for homeless. • Visitation of families to help preparation for and reception of the sacraments. • Promotion of prayer in the home by visiting with the statue of Our Lady and praying the rosary with the family. • Visitation of primary and secondary schools - participation in assemblies, class visitation, and rosary prayer groups. • Organising Patrician meetings (faith discussion groups). • Visitation of homes in parish area. • During the Christmas period, legionaries bring the Crib to public places and

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.

Geography

Main operating location
Glasgow City
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £0 £0
March 31, 2024 £20,748 £21,103
March 31, 2023 £13,851 £17,029
March 31, 2022 £11,440 £18,276
March 31, 2021 £256 £11,100