PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF SURREY BENEVOLENT FUND

Registered charity 282659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Collections from Members of the Provincial Mark Grand Lodge of Surrey

Objects

TO OR FOR THE RELIEF OF SUCH POOR AND DISTRESSED BROTHER FREEMASONS OR THEIR POOR AND DISTRESSED WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OR TO FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH MASONIC CHARITIES OR OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, SOCIETIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 the charity holds total unrestricted and restricted funds of £28,490, a decrease from the previous year's £34,625. The trustees report that the charity incurred no direct expenses, with fundraising costs covered by event proceeds and other costs funded by a separate lodge general fund. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations are disclosed in the filing.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Vaughan Christopher Frenchchair
• John Raymond Massey OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Andrew Wicking
• Stephen John Berkshire

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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