GOSFORTH MASONIC LODGE NUMBER 1664 CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1157775 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity provides funds generated from its investment trust for the benefit of local charities grants to organisations

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY; ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT; THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE IN NEED; MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC AMENITIES; PRESERVATION OF SITES OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE; PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; PROTECTION OF HEALTH; PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY; OTHER MEANS AS MAY BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO PRIOR CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONERS

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £618,904, which the trustees consider secure for the next 12 to 18 months. The charity generated a net surplus of £21,876 for the year, funded by investment income and gains, while disbursing £28,750 to local charities and good causes. There are no disclosed liabilities or risks that would threaten the charity's ongoing operations.

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 3 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.

• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investment
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID ROGER POWELL
• GEOFFREY KENDALL
• James Campbell

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

Operates in: Durham · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · Northumberland

Income and spending

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