THE LINDSEY AND HERMES LODGE BENEVOLENT FUND

Registered charity 1079342 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To manage and maintain property and monies for the benefit of such poor and distressed masons, their families, or such other masonic charities or other charitable institutions and objects as the lodges shall from time to time direct.

Objects

FOR THE RELIEF OF SUCH POOR AND DISTRESSED BROTHER MASONS OR THEIR POOR AND DISTRESSED WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH MASONIC CHARITIES OR OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS SOCIETIES AND OBJECTS AS THE LODGES SHALL IN DULY CONSTITUTED MEETING FROM TIME TO TIME WITHIN THE AREA OF LINCOLN COUNTY AND ITS ENVIRONS

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: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £32,105 at the end of the period, with a stated policy that reserves are used for the building and maintenance of new premises. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Martin Smith
• Harjit Singh Bains
• IAN CASTLEDINE
• JOHN RICHARD TRUSS
• John Forest Laking
• LESLIE ALAN DARBY
• Michel Yvans Fevrier
• Paul John Lincoln
• SEAN ANTHONY DEVLIN
• Steven Jess Marshall
• Terence Charles Ball
• Timothy James Higham

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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