§ MR. W. T. WILSON (Lancashire, Westhoughton)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the Salvation Army is registered as a trading company; and, if so, whether it makes the Returns to the Board of Trade as required by the Companies Acts, and whether it supplies the particulars as required by the Census of Production Act.
(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) The Salvation Army is not registered under 940 the Companies Acts and does not make any of the Returns required by those Acts. There is, however, on the register a company limited by guarantee called the Salvation Army Assurance Society, Limited, which renders the Returns required of companies so limited. There are also on the register other companies formed for the purpose of purchasing land and buildings for the use of the Salvation Army in different parts of the United Kingdom. Instances of these are the Southend Citadel Company, Limited, and the Willesden Green Citadel Company, Limited. These Companies are limited by shares and render the Returns required of companies so limited. The Salvation Army is liable to supply particulars under the Census of Production Act in respect of the numerous trades in which it is engaged, and schedules of questions have been issued to it in the ordinary course.