THE CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND

Registered charity 213203 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Cumberland & Westmorland Freemasons' Charity

To relieve poverty and distress among freemasons and to support local Registered Charities

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF DISTRESSED BROTHER MASONS THEIR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OR DONATIONS TO OTHER MASONIC CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND AND ELSEWHERE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £2,155,351 at year-end, with the trustees considering the finances to be 'satisfactory and sound'. The charity holds sufficient reserves to continue future charitable activities and reports no material uncertainties regarding its 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• Freemasons’ Charity — “We have teamed up with Cumbria CVS with the help of the Freemasons’ Charity to provide feet on the ground help with volunteering in the loca…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Keith Robert Beaumontchair
• BARRY KIRKBRIDE · trustee of 2 other charities
• David Stewart · trustee of 1 other charity
• Duncan Graham Walker · trustee of 4 other charities
• KENNETH CLARK ARCHER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Richard William Sharpe
• William Henry Morley · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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