THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE

Registered charity 207610 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MBF NO 1 & 2

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Latest income

£2.2m

Latest spending

£3.4m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £927,503 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £20.8 million to £19.9 million. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are held at a level sufficient to generate adequate investment income to meet current funding requirements, with no stated policy target defined in months of expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level sufficient to generate adequate investment income to meet current funding requirements (held: £18.9m)

“During the year ended 31 August 2025, the trustees reviewed the reserves policy and agreed to maintain the reserves at a level sufficient to generate adequate investment income to meet current funding requirements. This will be reviewed annually.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Management fee paid to Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons

“The Fund paid a management fee of £200,000 in the year (2024: £200,000) to GLMMM to cover staff and administration costs and charged rent of fnil (2024: £nil) to GLMMM. Due to changes in the terms of the Lease, GLMMM now pays the rent direct to Crown Properties. Included in Donations and Legacies is an amount of £172,000 (2024: £135,000) in respect of the rent paid directly on behalf of the Fund. A corresponding expense is included within support costs. GLMMM also bears the amortisation of the Leasehold Property. At the yearend GLMMM owed MBF £94,109 (2024: GLMMM owed MBF £72,850) in respect of these transactions.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£2.2m

Total spending

£3.4m

Cost of raising funds

£225k

Reserves (reported)

£18.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~66.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (74% 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: 10.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Armbrister
David Richard Powell
Dennis Hill
Dr John Shervington
Dr Nailesh Mehta
Graeme Hutchinson · trustee of 1 other charity
Ian Clark
Ian Wolstencroft · trustee of 1 other charity
Kevin Hicks
RICHARD JOHN OLLIVER
ROGER FRANCIS RICHARDSON · trustee of 1 other charity
William Arthur Divall

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£2.2m	£3.4m
31/08/2024	£1.9m	£2.0m
31/08/2023	£1.8m	£1.7m
31/08/2022	£2.0m	£1.4m
31/08/2021	£1.7m	£2.7m

Common questions

Is THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £927,503 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £20.8 million to £19.9 million. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are held at a level sufficient to generate adequate investment income to meet current funding requirements, with no stated policy target defined in months of expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DEBMAR BENEVOLENT TRUST LIMITED	1	£314k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£27k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k
UNSEEN (UK)	1	£15k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£5k
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£800

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH.

BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH income £133k
THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND income £235k
THE GRAND CHARITY income £804k
GRAND CHARITABLE TRUST OF THE ORDER OF WOMEN FREEMASONS income £107k
THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY income £430k
RICHARD HENRY HOLMES MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND income £218k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE	£2.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH FY2025	£133k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025	£235k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GRAND CHARITY FY2025	£804k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GRAND CHARITABLE TRUST OF THE ORDER OF WOMEN FREEMASONS FY2025	£107k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY FY2025	£430k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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