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Royal British Legion Scotland SCIO

SC003323Registered charity from 31 July 1950
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
The SCIO was incorporated on the 17th October 2016, as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Royal British Legion Scotland, which was an Unincorporated Association registered as Unincorporated Association registered as a Charity since 31st July 1950.
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By Legion Scotland
Address New Haig House
Logie Green Road
Edinburgh
Postcode EH7 4HQ
Website www.legionscotland.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
3. CHARITABLE PURPOSES and PRINCIPLES The purposes of RBLS are the advancement of education through Remembrance; the relief of those in need through Benevolence; and the promotion of community development through Comradeship; all as follows: 3.1 Remembrance - perpetuating the memory of all service and civilian personnel who have fallen in service of their Country and to commemorate those who fell, of all faiths, races, and creeds. 3.2 Benevolence – to reduce the financial need of veterans’ including their dependents, on a needs led basis. 3.3 Comradeship – including wellbeing and welfare within the veteran and wider community, increasing morale, by holding social events to help prevent isolation. 3.4 In principle RBLS recognises all who have served the Crown and their dependents as one family regardless of service, unit, rank, length of service, nationality, gender, race, faith or social status.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
SUPPORT EX SERVICE PERSONNEL.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 17 Oct 2016
Previous Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Previous Constitutional Form Date: 31 Jul 1950
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 16
Number of Volunteers: over 250
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of public participation in sport", "the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage", "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"
Beneficiaries: "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems", "Other defined groups", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Oct 2021 £1,288,932 £1,017,024 25 Apr 2022 Yes
31 Oct 2022 £1,627,745 £1,288,100 31 May 2023 Yes
31 Oct 2023 £1,191,894 £1,404,232 03 Jun 2024 Yes
31 Oct 2024 £1,050,488 £1,328,462 27 May 2025 Yes Download
31 Oct 2025 No Annual Information due by 31 Jul 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
GORDON MICHIE
CAROLYN ANSELL
GRAHAM WALTER
David BOE
DAVID PATERSON
Mark BEVERSTOCK
STEWART WALKER
HUGH MCINNES
DOUGLAS PORTER
JON BROOKES
IAN BALLANCE
KEENON HAWKINS
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