WARWICKSHIRE MARK BENEVOLENT FUND

Charity number: 213476
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To provide relief of distressed Mark Master Masons or their dependants. To meet present day needs of freemasons and all connected therewith as well as supporting the masonic principle of helping others and providing assistance and aid of an emergency or charitable nature.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024

Total income: £40,322
Total expenditure: £35,270

People

12 Trustee(s)

12 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Birmingham City
  • Coventry City
  • Dudley
  • Sandwell
  • Solihull
  • Warwickshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 06 December 1962: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
MR JAMES STEPHEN WRIGHT Chair
THE WILLIAM HENRY, 2nd LORD LEIGH MEMORIAL FUND
Received: On time
James Richard Freakley Trustee 16 November 2024
None on record
Andrew William Crees Trustee 16 November 2024
None on record
Howard Leslie Smith Trustee 18 November 2023
WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND
Received: On time
David Philip Fair Trustee 20 November 2021
None on record
Ian David Belsham Trustee 21 November 2020
None on record
Neil Edwin Austin Watkin Trustee 24 November 2018
None on record
Andrew Rowland Armbrister Trustee 21 November 2015
None on record
PAUL FRANK MASON Trustee 21 November 2015
None on record
Mr R Nigel Clemson Trustee 06 December 2013
None on record
JOHN DAVID EVANS Trustee 07 March 2012
None on record
CEDRIC FRANK STILES Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024
Total gross income £33.77k £13.89k £25.19k £26.79k £40.32k
Total expenditure £20.08k £10.36k £10.04k £12.90k £35.27k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 August 2024 24 March 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 24 March 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2023 02 May 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 02 May 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 22 May 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022

(These accounts
have been qualified)

22 May 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2021 01 September 2022 63 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 August 2020 09 April 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2020 09 April 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Submit annual return Open in new window

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

RULES PASSED 02/12/1929 AS AMENDED BY CONSTITUTION DATED 26/11/2011 AS AMENDED ON 21/11/2015

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE A RELIEF FUND FOR AND SUPPORT TO OTHER MASONIC AVENUES OF FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR THE BENEFICIARIES; AND TO MAKE DONATIONS FROM THE FUND TO MASONIC AND NON-MASONIC CHARITIES

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NATIONAL

Contact information

Address:
20
Henley Crescent
West Midlands
SOLIHULL
West Midlands
B91 2JD
Phone:
07968019073
Email:
provgchstwd@warksmarkpgl.co.uk
Website:

No information available