Northampton Huntingdon & Bedford Mark Benevolent Association

Registered charity 207374 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE MARK BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, Northampton Huntingdon and Bedford Mark Benevolent Association

General Charitable Purposes: primarily to support the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons Fund of Benevolence, Reg Charity No. 207610. To provide relief from distress of defined persons and their immediate families and make discretionary grants/donations to defined organisations within the defined boundary of the Mark Province of Northampton Huntingdon & Bedford.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A FUND (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE FUND) TO WHICH ITS MEMBERS MAY SUBSCRIBE AND FOR THE FUND OR ANY PART THEREOF TO BE PAID OR APPLIED BY THE TRUSTEES AS CONSTITUTED IN BY-LAW 4, FOR ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES, NAMELY: -A) TO MAKE GRANTS FOR THE RELIEF OF MARK MASTER MASONS, WHO ARE SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS OF MARK LODGES OR OF ROYAL ARK MARINER LODGES IN THE MARK PROVINCE OF NORTHAMPTON, HUNTINGDON AND BEDFORD, OR THEIR WIVES, WIDOWS, SISTERS, CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN BEING IN EVERY CASE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. B) TO MAKE GRANTS FOR THE RELIEF OF FORMER MARK MASTER MASONS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS OF THE SAID MARK PROVINCE, OR OF THE FORMER MARK PROVINCE OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE, OR OF THE FORMER MARK PROVINCE OF BEDFORDSHIRE, AND WHO HAD MAINTAINED A MEMBERSHIP OF THE ORDER FOR 15 YEARS OR MORE.C) TO MAKE DONATIONS TO ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARITIES, NAMELY: - THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS FUND OF BENEVOLENCE (THE “MARK BENEVOLENT FUND”).- THE MASONIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND.- OTHER TRUSTS OR BODIES, ESTABLISHED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES, AND REGISTERED WITH THE CHARITY COMMISSION, PROVIDING SERVICES IN ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE COUNTIES FALLING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MARK PROVINCE OF NORTHAMPTON, HUNTINGDON AND BEDFORD.

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: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £99,942.61 at the end of the financial year, representing a significant increase from the previous year's £95,100.36. The filing reports a net income of £48,496.30 for the year, indicating strong financial performance and liquidity across its bank accounts.

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 2 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Michael Snape
• JOHN DAVID SOWERBY
• James Richard King
• Stephen Andrew Hardy
• Thomas Arnold Davison

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

Operates in: Bedford · Cambridgeshire · Northamptonshire

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