PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE CHARITY COMMITTEE

Registered charity 226943 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BENEVOLENT AND EDUCATIONAL FUND OF THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF NOTTS

To assist aged or indigent Freemasons.To assist widows and children of Freemasons.To distribute such other relief and charity as the Committee may direct.

Objects

RELIEF OF AGED OR INDIGENT FREEMASONS OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE PROVINCE, AND THEIR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN AND OTHER RELATIVES, AND THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £1,990,499, with total net assets of £2,047,488. The trustees report that working capital is in excess of twenty-four months' expenditure without any income, indicating strong liquidity. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Collin Bainbridge
• Julian Patrick Townsend
• Kevin John Meredith
• ROGER GORDON CHEETHAM
• Robin Maung

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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• THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITY FUND income £32k
• THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF HERTFORDSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND income £50k
• THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND income £235k
• THE CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND income £53k
• PROVINCIAL GRAND CHARITY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE income £217k
• PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF LONDON BENEVOLENT FUND income £45k

Side by side with its peers

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