Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

THE ALMA MATER LODGE SAMARITAN FUND 

The Samaritan Fund can apply capital and income to or for the relief of poor and distressed brother masons or their poor and distressed widows and children or to or for the benefit of such masonic charities or other charitable institutions societies and objects as the lodge shall in duly constituted meeting from time to time direct
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/11/22£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/11/21£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/11/20£2£3£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/11/19£3£2£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/11/18*£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/17£2£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/16£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/15£3£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/14£3£5£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/13£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/12£3£7£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/11£2£5£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/10£4£8£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/09£13£3£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/08£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/07£3£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/06£2£1£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/05£2£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/04£1£1£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years

peterjsutton42@gmail.com

01223870721

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/04/2002, number: 1091802
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 108 days late,
Main office

2 WEST HILL ROAD
FOXTON
CAMBRIDGE
CB22 6SZ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SUCH POOR AND DISTRESSED BROTHER MASONS OR THEIR POOR AND DISTRESSED WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH MASONIC CHARITIES OR OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS SOCIETIES AND OBJECTS AS THE LODGE SHALL IN DULY CONSTITUTED MEETING FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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