WARWICKSHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1206032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FORMERLY "THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED"

The furtherance and promotion of such exclusively charitable purposes as the Charity Trustees may in their absolute discretion from time to time determine, and in particular, but without restriction the relief of poverty among Freemasons, their families, other dependent relatives in the UK who are in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE FURTHERANCE AND PROMOTION OF SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT RESTRICTION:4.1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG FREEMASONS, OR THEIR FAMILIES, OR OTHER DEPENDENT RELATIVES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM;4.2. THE RELIEF OF FREEMASONS, OR THEIR FAMILIES, OR OTHER DEPENDENT RELATIVES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;4.3. THE RELIEF OF THE FAMILIES OR DEPENDENT RELATIVES OF DECEASED FREEMASONS OF THE PROVINCE (IN PARTICULAR WIDOWS, CHILDREN, SIBLINGS, AND PARTNERS OF MORE THAN FIVE YEARS STANDING) WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £16,536,992, which is significantly higher than the stated policy intention to maintain capital with growth at CPI plus 3%. The independent auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~239.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (68% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID ANTHONY BUTCHERchair
• Andrew Keith Staker
• Bernard Colin Foad
• David John Shakeshaft
• Geoffrey Walker · trustee of 3 other charities
• John David Harris
• Philip laurence Hall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Lloyd Barker FCA

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Geoffrey Walker — trustee here and at THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED
• Philip laurence Hall — trustee here and at THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GRAND CHARITABLE TRUST OF THE ORDER OF WOMEN FREEMASONS.

• GRAND CHARITABLE TRUST OF THE ORDER OF WOMEN FREEMASONS income £112k
• North Wales Freemasons Charity income £148k
• CHESHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITY income £232k
• THE PROVINCE OF HAMPSHIRE & ISLE OF WIGHT MASONIC CHARITABLE TRUST income £98k
• THE HEREFORDSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.5m
• MERRIMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £251k

Side by side with its peers

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