Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

SHROPSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION 

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • 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
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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 Volun-
teers
31/12/22£166£53£112n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£59£46£12n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£60£90£-30n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£287£410£-123n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£504£380£125£0£469£2106.600
31/12/17£306£324£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£238£296£-58£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£181£205£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£177£128£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£128£129£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£93£58£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£73£57£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£116£100£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£77£23£55£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£218£758£-540£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£144£39£105£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£131£360£-229£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£159£77£81£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£122£16£106£0£0£0n/a00

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

01939 270770

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/01/1964, number: 216754
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Dove House
Cockshutt
ELLESMERE
Shropshire
SY12 0JJ

Objectives

TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT, AND TO RENDER MORE EFFECTIVE THE COLLECTION, APPLICATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE OF THE FUNDS RAISED IN THE PROVINCE OF SHROPSHIRE FOR MASONIC AND NON-MASONIC CHARITABLE PURPOSES. SEE BYE-LAWS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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