Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 0

Accounts overdue -5
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Return overdue: -3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -10

EDINBURGH LODGE OF JOURNEYMAN MASONS NO 8 BENEVOLENT FUND

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Latest return is overdue

Financial issues to consider:

Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	30/06/12	30/06/18	30/06/19	30/06/20	30/06/21	30/06/22
Total income	£33,136	£72,106	£64,940	£73,288	£64,170	£67,178
Total spending	£335,231	£57,126	£40,491	£44,228	£28,915	£31,174
Surplus/deficit	-£302,095	£14,980	£24,449	£29,060	£35,255	£36,004

Established: 110 years

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes

Where it operates

More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Other charities or voluntary bodies

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 31/07/1914, number: SC016585

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR20: 30 days late, AR18: 139 days late,

Main office

Lodge of Journeymen Masons No.8, 63 Blackfriars Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1NB

Objectives

Income applied for behoof of indigent members of the Lodge and widows and orphans of deceases members.

Data Sources

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