PROVINCE OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE MASONIC BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1056195 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

TO RAISE FUNDS FOR AND TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT MASONIC CHARITIES AND SUCH OTHER CHARITIES AND CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AS PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE AND ITS CONSTITUENT LODGES AND ORDERS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME ENDORSE.

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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

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Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£153k

Latest spending

£22k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £166,463, comprising £159,638 in restricted funds and £6,825 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that maintaining reserves at current levels provides sufficient resources for the future and confirm no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Regular Payment Promises Excluding Gift Aid” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: a minimum of the expected unrestricted expenditure for the next 12 months (reserves figure: £7k)

“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain a balance on the unrestricted fund to cover a minimum of the expected unrestricted expenditure for the next 12 months.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Dr David George Cameron FRSCchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alexander William Thomas Clarke
Andrew Mark Badcock · trustee of 1 other charity
Charles Edwin Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
Fergus Payne
JOHN RICHARD SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
John Best
Kevin Jeffrey Mader
Mark Shields

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£153k	£22k
31/12/2024	£75k	£66k
31/12/2023	£272k	£278k
31/12/2022	£198k	£186k
31/12/2021	£136k	£136k

Common questions

Is PROVINCE OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE MASONIC BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £166,463, comprising £159,638 in restricted funds and £6,825 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that maintaining reserves at current levels provides sufficient resources for the future and confirm no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PROVINCE OF HAMPSHIRE & ISLE OF WIGHT MASONIC CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE PROVINCE OF HAMPSHIRE & ISLE OF WIGHT MASONIC CHARITABLE TRUST income £98k
CHESHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITY income £232k
PROVINCE OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHARITY FOR CARE AND RELIEF income £36k
STAFFORDSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION income £174k
THE CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND income £53k
THE MASONIC PROVINCE OF MIDDLESEX CHARITABLE TRUST income £89k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PROVINCE OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE MASONIC BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION	£153k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PROVINCE OF HAMPSHIRE & ISLE OF WIGHT MASONIC CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£98k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHESHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITY FY2025	£232k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PROVINCE OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHARITY FOR CARE AND RELIEF FY2026	£36k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
STAFFORDSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£174k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025	£53k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.