Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
All male board: -3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -6

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SOMERSET MARK MASTER MASONS BENEVOLENT FUND

To raise funds to support general charitable causes

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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/08/23	£8	£9	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/22	£9	£3	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21	£7	£12	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/20	£14	£24	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19	£5	£6	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18	£6	£10	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/17	£11	£11	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/16	£23	£22	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/15	£9	£9	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/14	£6	£7	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/13	£35	£6	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/12	£8	£6	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/11	£11	£15	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/10	£32	£21	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/09	£11	£3	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/08	£10	£4	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/07	£19	£28	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/06	£16	£5	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/05	£13	£3	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/04	£18	£29	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 62 years

http://www.somersetmarkmason.co.uk/

peter.elmont@gmx.co.uk

01934418920

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
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

Somerset,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

IAN STRICKLAND Appointed: 2018

PHILIP CLIFFORD VOISEY (Chair) Appointed: 2019

ANTHONY RAYMOND GUTHRIE Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: THE SOMERSETSHIRE LODGE BENEVOLENT FUND,

KEITH RAYMOND STEWART SURRY Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeships: THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SOMERSET BENEVOLENT FUND, CHIPPENHAM ROTARY AND INNER WHEEL TRUST LIMITED, THE SOMERSET MASONIC CHARITY, THE ROTARY CLUB OF CHIPPENHAM TRUST FUND,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/11/1962, number: 213486

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

23 STANHOPE ROAD
WESTON-SUPER-MARE
BS23 4LP

Objectives

(1) RELIEF OF MARK MASTER MASONS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS (2) BENEFIT OF MASONIC AND OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

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