WISBECH MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND CIO

Registered charity 1199199 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WISBECH MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND

To provide relief of such poor and distressed 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 they shall decide.

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Latest income

£73k

Latest spending

£46k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity's total unrestricted reserves increased significantly from £223,601 to £520,376 during the year, driven by the disposal of freehold property and other income sources. The trustees confirm that the level of funds held is sufficient to continue as a going concern and meet the charity's objectives in the long term. The Administration Fund remains in surplus relative to the policy target of maintaining 12 months of operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 20.9% of fundraised income

“The Joint Lodge Social Committee (JLSC) fund raising activities raised £8,531 in 2025 (£1,786 net of costs).” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £520k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain the Administration Fund at a level, which equates to at least 12 months 'Operating Costs'” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

MICHAEL JOHN HUMPHREYchair · trustee of 6 other charities
Alan John Faulkner MSc
Brian Kett
David Broker
Graham Paul Aldrich
Jeremy Richard Charles Pallant
Malcolm Ford
Peter Walter
Robin Cawston
Shaun Button

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Lincolnshire · Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£73k	£46k
31/12/2024	£30k	£31k
31/12/2023	£33k	£26k
31/12/2022	£0	£0

Common questions

Is WISBECH MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity's total unrestricted reserves increased significantly from £223,601 to £520,376 during the year, driven by the disposal of freehold property and other income sources. The trustees confirm that the level of funds held is sufficient to continue as a going concern and meet the charity's objectives in the long term. The Administration Fund remains in surplus relative to the policy target of maintaining 12 months of operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.