CHATHAM DISTRICT MASONIC TRUST

Registered charity 1040230 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

THE RELIEF OF SUCH POOR AND DISTRESSED FREEMASONS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF ENGLAND OR THEIR POOR AND DISTRESSED WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH MASONIC CHARITIES OR OTHER NON-MASONIC CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, SOCIETIES AND OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN DULY CONSTITUTED MEETING FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £738 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income decreasing to £42,856 from £62,890 in the prior year. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and holds unrestricted reserves of £30,522, which exceeds their stated policy target of approximately £15,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen John Peachellchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Brian Raymond Selway
• David George Hiscock
• David John Merrick
• Geoffrey Fincham
• Michael Roy Cook Mr
• Norman Frederick Stephney
• Roland Stanley

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

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