North Wales Freemasons Charity

Registered charity 212691 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as N W M B A, THE NORTH WALES MASONIC BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION

The object of the Charity be the advancement of Masonic and Non-Masonic Charities, including but not restricted to, medical research, care for vulnerable people, hospices, youth opportunities, and other appropriate worthwhile causes.

Causes: 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

£148k

Latest spending

£98k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £2,767,362 and restricted funds of £17,122, resulting in total net assets of £2,784,484. The trustees report that funds were maintained at a level sufficient to cover management and administration for a period of twelve months. The independent auditors confirmed that there are no material uncertainties related to 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: sufficient funds to cover management and administration for a period of twelve months and to respond to applications for grants (held: £2.8m)

“The policy of the charity is to create sufficient reserves to maximise the contribution that will be made to the forthcoming Festival, and this policy will continue for future Festivals. With the fulfilment of that aim the reserves are retained to provide sufficient funds to cover management and administration for a period of twelve months and to respond to applications for grants which arise from time to time. Funds were maintained at this level throughout the year.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Salisbury & Company Business Solutions Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

MCF — “SINCE 2016, THE MCF HAS SUPPORTED 57 CHARITIES IN NORTH WALES, WITH GRANTS TOTALLING £461,777” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

PHILIP ARTHUR JAMESchair
Alun Rowland Williams
Andrew Schofield
David Walter Eastwood
Dyfan Vaughan Jones
Dylan Lloyd Jones
John Robert Collister
John Stanley Evans
Jonathan Dale Prosser
Morgan Tudor
PETER JOHN BUTLER · trustee of 1 other charity
Paul Maddocks
STEPHEN PHILIP PAUL OVERTHROW
Steven Ernest Gardner
Vincent John Frostick

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£148k	£98k
31/03/2024	£288k	£107k
31/03/2023	£50k	£97k
31/03/2022	£176k	£89k
31/03/2021	£108k	£88k

Common questions

Is North Wales Freemasons Charity financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £2,767,362 and restricted funds of £17,122, resulting in total net assets of £2,784,484. The trustees report that funds were maintained at a level sufficient to cover management and administration for a period of twelve months. The independent auditors confirmed that there are no material uncertainties related to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Salisbury & Company Business Solutions Limited.

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
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND OF SOUTH WALES.

MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND OF SOUTH WALES income £168k
CHESHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITY income £232k
Durham Freemasons Charity income £524k
OXFORDSHIRE MASONIC CHARITY income £88k
THE WEST WALES GRAND CHARITY income £198k
WARWICKSHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £637k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
North Wales Freemasons Charity	£148k	—	above	—	no doubt
MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND OF SOUTH WALES FY2025	£168k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHESHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITY FY2025	£232k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Durham Freemasons Charity FY2024	£524k	—	above	—	no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE MASONIC CHARITY FY2026	£88k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE WEST WALES GRAND CHARITY FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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