THE HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT MASONIC GRAND CHARITY

Registered charity 291263 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE TOM LANGTON FUND

We make grants bi annually to local charities and other groups

Objects

FOR CHARITABLE APPLICATION AND PURSUANT THERETO FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OBJECTS OR PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE OF THE CHARITY SHALL IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE BUT SUBJECT ALWAYS TO SUCH APPROVALS OR CONSENTS AS MAY FOR THE TIME BEING BE PRESCRIBED BY LAW OR IN THE RULES CONTAINED IN THE SCHEDULE.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £996,594 at year-end, representing a net increase from the previous year despite a deficit on income and expenditure before revaluations. The charity is funded by donations and investment income, with significant asset revaluation gains contributing to the overall fund growth.

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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Stanley Hannan
• Dr Peter John Goodchild
• Simon Edward Banham
• Steven Groeger

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire · Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

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