UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND, GRAND SECRETARY'S DISCRETIONARY FUND

Registered charity 210165 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GRAND SECRETARY'S DISCRETIONARY FUND

The Grand Secretary's Discretionary Fund provides minor and emergency grants and donations, not necessarily to those with a direct Masonic connection. Grants and donations are made at the discretion of the Grand Secretary for such charitable purposes as he might consider proper.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £1,949,119, comprising an unrestricted fund of £1,359,181 and an endowment fund of £589,938. The trustee confirms the adoption of the going concern basis, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention. The charity bears no administration costs as they are covered by the United Grand Lodge of England.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Ross Thomas Marsh
• Oliver Coddington
• Shawn Christie

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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