THE CHESHIRE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASON'S FUND OF BENEVOLENCE

Registered charity 512541 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To assist in the relief of distress of Cheshire Mark Master Masons and their dependents, to make grants to other Masonic Charities and non Masonic charities

Objects

FOR THE RELIEF OF SUCH POOR AND DISTRESSED BROTHER MARK MASTER MASONS OR THEIR POOR AND DISTRESSED WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH MASONIC CHARITIES OR TO OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, SOCIETIES AND OBJECTS AS ARE PROPERLY CHARITABLE IN ENGLISH LAW.

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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Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£53k
Latest spending
£24k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintains a liquid surplus with no borrowings and total unrestricted funds of £626,388. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations. The organization relies on donations, legacies, and investment income to fund its charitable activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain this Designated Fund into the future so as to safeguard the availability of funds for distribution (reserves figure: £626k)
“The Trustees have confirmed their commitment to maintain this Designated Fund into the future so as to safeguard the availability of funds for distribution.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/10/2021 (received 06/09/2022, 6 days after the 31/08/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£53k£24k
31/10/2024£46k£61k
31/10/2023£58k£53k
31/10/2022£44k£40k
31/10/2021£43k£29k

Common questions

Is THE CHESHIRE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASON'S FUND OF BENEVOLENCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintains a liquid surplus with no borrowings and total unrestricted funds of £626,388. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations. The organization relies on donations, legacies, and investment income to fund its charitable activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CHESHIRE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASON'S FUND OF BENEVOLENCE£53k—0above—no doubt
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF LONDON BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£45k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£53k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE FY2025£2.2m——unclear—no doubt
CHESHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITY FY2025£232k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF HERTFORDSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt

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