CHESHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITY

Registered charity 219177 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESHIRE PROVINCIAL FUND OF BENEVOLENCE

To relieve in cases of need Freemasons of the Province of Cheshire & their dependentsTo make grants to other Masonic CharitiesTo make grants to Non Masonic Charities

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£232k

Latest spending

£435k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,545,243, which the trustees consider essential to support anticipated future deficits. The charity reported a net income of £147,671, driven by significant investment gains of £349,990, while charitable expenditure of £407,339 exceeded incoming resources from donations and legacies.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £5.5m)

“This is consistent with Reserves policy of the charity.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2024)

Total income

£602k

Total spending

£660k

Cost of raising funds

£23k

Reserves (reported)

£4.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~88.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% 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: 3.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (27/10/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Paul Robert Crudgechair · trustee of 2 other charities
DENNIS TALBOT · trustee of 2 other charities
Jeffrey Cunningham · trustee of 2 other charities
Michael George Leese
Neil Arthur Willis · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£232k	£435k
31/12/2024	£133k	£139k
30/04/2024	£602k	£660k
30/04/2023	£783k	£831k
30/04/2022	£469k	£644k

Common questions

Is CHESHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,545,243, which the trustees consider essential to support anticipated future deficits. The charity reported a net income of £147,671, driven by significant investment gains of £349,990, while charitable expenditure of £407,339 exceeded incoming resources from donations and legacies. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit 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 Durham Freemasons Charity.

Durham Freemasons Charity income £524k
OXFORDSHIRE MASONIC CHARITY income £88k
North Wales Freemasons Charity income £148k
PROVINCE OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE MASONIC BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION income £153k
WEST RIDING MASONIC CHARITIES LIMITED income £764k
BRISTOL MASONS' CHARITY income £996k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHESHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITY	£232k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Durham Freemasons Charity FY2024	£524k	—	above	—	no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE MASONIC CHARITY FY2026	£88k	—	above	—	no doubt
North Wales Freemasons Charity FY2025	£148k	—	above	—	no doubt
PROVINCE OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE MASONIC BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION FY2025	£153k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST RIDING MASONIC CHARITIES LIMITED FY2025	£764k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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