THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITY FUND

Registered charity 1175414 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF BEDFORSHIRE CHARITY FUND

To relieve the needs of individuals, charities and other organisation in Bedfordshire by donations, grants and other financial assistance and also by, the provision of goods or services.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS, CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATION THROUGHOUT ENGLAND BY DONATIONS, GRANTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ALSO BY, THE PROVISION OF GOODS OR SERVICES

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: Bedford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £38,847, while total net assets were £471,812, comprising significant investment holdings. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity operates with no employees and relies on voluntary income and investment returns to fund its charitable activities.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/04/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clive Walsh
• Hugh Love
• ROBERT JAMES CURSON
• Robert John Lovesey
• Robert Venn
• STUART HAMILTON FRENCH

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

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

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• THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND income £235k
• THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF HERTFORDSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND income £50k
• PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE CHARITY COMMITTEE income £59k
• THE CHESHIRE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASON'S FUND OF BENEVOLENCE income £53k
• THE CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND income £53k
• PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF SURREY BENEVOLENT FUND income £35k

Side by side with its peers

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