Northampton Huntingdon & Bedford Mark Benevolent Association — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 28 June 1962
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £52,757
Latest expenditure: £48,496
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 24 Denford Road, Ringstead, KETTERING, NN14 4DF

02 Activities

What the charity does

General Charitable Purposes: primarily to support the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons Fund of Benevolence, Reg Charity No. 207610. To provide relief from distress of defined persons and their immediate families and make discretionary grants/donations to defined organisations within the defined boundary of the Mark Province of Northampton Huntingdon & Bedford.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 24 September 2026
Date Accounts Received: 24 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £52,757
Total Gross Expenditure: £48,496

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 23 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £23,821
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,346

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 16 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £21,418
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,061

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 25 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £22,065
Total Gross Expenditure: £16,812

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 17 August 2022
Date Accounts Received: 17 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £38,764
Total Gross Expenditure: £15,970

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 24 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £52,757
Total Gross Expenditure: £48,496
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 23 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £23,821
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,346
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 16 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £21,418
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,061
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 25 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £22,065
Total Gross Expenditure: £16,812
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 6

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 17 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £38,764
Total Gross Expenditure: £15,970
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 2

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Northamptonshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bedford
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cambridgeshire
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: Northampton Huntingdon & Bedford Mark Benevolent Association
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1962-06-28T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: BY-LAWS ADOPTED 3RD MAY 1962 AS AMENDED 12TH DECEMBER 1984 AS AMENDED ON 11 JUN 2022 AS AMENDED ON 24 AUG 2022 AS AMENDED ON 11 JUN 2022 AS AMENDED ON 11 JUN 2022AS AMENDED ON 10 JUN 2023
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A FUND (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE FUND) TO WHICH ITS MEMBERS MAY SUBSCRIBE AND FOR THE FUND OR ANY PART THEREOF TO BE PAID OR APPLIED BY THE TRUSTEES AS CONSTITUTED IN BY-LAW 4, FOR ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES, NAMELY: -A) TO MAKE GRANTS FOR THE RELIEF OF MARK MASTER MASONS, WHO ARE SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS OF MARK LODGES OR OF ROYAL ARK MARINER LODGES IN THE MARK PROVINCE OF NORTHAMPTON, HUNTINGDON AND BEDFORD, OR THEIR WIVES, WIDOWS, SISTERS, CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN BEING IN EVERY CASE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. B) TO MAKE GRANTS FOR THE RELIEF OF FORMER MARK MASTER MASONS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS OF THE SAID MARK PROVINCE, OR OF THE FORMER MARK PROVINCE OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE, OR OF THE FORMER MARK PROVINCE OF BEDFORDSHIRE, AND WHO HAD MAINTAINED A MEMBERSHIP OF THE ORDER FOR 15 YEARS OR MORE.C) TO MAKE DONATIONS TO ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARITIES, NAMELY: - THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS FUND OF BENEVOLENCE (THE “MARK BENEVOLENT FUND”).- THE MASONIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND.- OTHER TRUSTS OR BODIES, ESTABLISHED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES, AND REGISTERED WITH THE CHARITY COMMISSION, PROVIDING SERVICES IN ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE COUNTIES FALLING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MARK PROVINCE OF NORTHAMPTON, HUNTINGDON AND BEDFORD.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 268365
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE MARK BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION

Charity Name Id: 658929
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: Northampton Huntingdon and Bedford Mark Benevolent Association

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures