MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND OF SOUTH WALES

Registered charity 208514 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND, MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND (EASTERN DIVISION OF SOUTH WALES)

To assist the education and advancement of the children of distressed or deceased Freemasons in the province; to assist widows of such Freemasons; to assist old, infirm and distressed Freemasons; to subscribe to recognised Masonic charitable organisations; to donate to non Masonic charities.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£168k

Latest spending

£56k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,446,595, which exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £2,640,727. The accounts state that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW LINDSAY GRETTON
DAVID ANTHONY JOHN SWAIN
GRANVILLE DAVID THOMAS
MARTYN ALAN RIDGE
PATRICK PATTISON
Philip Bevan · trustee of 1 other charity
RICHARD LLOYD THOMAS
STEVEN BICKERTON
WILLIAM JOHN MORRIS

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Bridgend · Caerphilly · Cardiff · City Of Swansea · Merthyr Tydfil · Neath Port Talbot · Powys · Torfaen · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£168k	£56k
31/12/2024	£72k	£59k
31/12/2023	£87k	£70k
31/12/2022	£154k	£154k
31/12/2021	£75k	£95k

Common questions

Is MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND OF SOUTH WALES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,446,595, which exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £2,640,727. The accounts state that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with North Wales Freemasons Charity.

North Wales Freemasons Charity income £148k
RICHARD HENRY HOLMES MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND income £218k
OXFORDSHIRE MASONIC CHARITY income £88k
FARADAY MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND income £108k
THE BRIDGEND MASONIC LODGES CHARITABLE TRUST income £145k
THE WEST WALES GRAND CHARITY income £198k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND OF SOUTH WALES	£168k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
North Wales Freemasons Charity FY2025	£148k	—	above	—	no doubt
RICHARD HENRY HOLMES MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025	£218k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE MASONIC CHARITY FY2026	£88k	—	above	—	no doubt
FARADAY MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025	£108k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BRIDGEND MASONIC LODGES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£145k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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