OLD MASONIANS BENEVOLENT AND GRANT FUND — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 22 September 1962
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 March 2025 – 28 February 2026
Latest income: £26,112
Latest expenditure: £18,353
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 201 GROVE LANE, LONDON, SE5 8BP

02 Activities

What the charity does

To assist members of the Old Masonians Association in reduced or distressed circumstrances

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2025
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 10 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 10 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £26,112
Total Gross Expenditure: £18,353

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 29 June 2025
Date Accounts Received: 29 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £27,595
Total Gross Expenditure: £16,682

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2023
Fin Period End Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 29 December 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 12 August 2024
Date Accounts Received: 12 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £27,360
Total Gross Expenditure: £29,930

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 21 June 2024
Date Accounts Received: 21 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £29,262
Total Gross Expenditure: £30,038

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 20 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 20 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £26,028
Total Gross Expenditure: £13,285

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2025
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2026
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2026
Ar Received Date: 10 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £26,112
Total Gross Expenditure: £18,353
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2025
Ar Received Date: 29 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £27,595
Total Gross Expenditure: £16,682
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2023
Fin Period End Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Due Date: 29 December 2024
Ar Received Date: 12 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £27,360
Total Gross Expenditure: £29,930
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2023
Ar Received Date: 21 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £29,262
Total Gross Expenditure: £30,038
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2022
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2022
Ar Received Date: 20 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £26,028
Total Gross Expenditure: £13,285
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

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

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

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: OLD MASONIANS BENEVOLENT AND GRANT FUND
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1962-09-22T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 7TH APRIL 1893 AND DEED OF VARIATION DATED 31ST JULY 1923.AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 11 AUG 2020
Charitable Objects: THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN:A) RELIEVING NEED AMONG SUCH MEMBERS OF THE OLD MASONIANS ASSOCIATION WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE OLD MASONIANS ASSOCIATION TO THE TRUSTEES, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING LOANS;B) IF AND TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE RESOURCES OF THE CHARITY ARE NOT USED FOR THE PURPOSE SET OUT IN A), RELIEVING NEED AMONG FORMER PUPILS OF THE FORMER ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOL FOR BOYS AT BUSHEY, HERTFORDSHIRE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (THE “FORMER PUPILS”), BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING LOANS;C) IF AND TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE RESOURCES OF THE CHARITY ARE NOT USED FOR THE PURPOSES SET OUT IN A) AND B), RELIEVING NEED AMONG WIVES AND PARTNERS OF FORMER PUPILS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING LOANS;D) IF AND TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE RESOURCES OF THE CHARITY ARE NOT USED FOR THE PURPOSES SET OUT IN A), B) AND C), RELIEVING NEED AMONG FORMER BENEFICIARIES OF THE FORMER CHARITIES THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS (FORMER REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 311077) AND THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS (FORMER REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 311058) WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING LOANS;E) IF AND TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE RESOURCES OF THE CHARITY ARE NOT USED FOR THE PURPOSES SET OUT IN A), B), C) AND D), RELIEVING NEED AMONG MASONIC CHILDREN WHO WERE, ARE, OR ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE, BENEFICIARIES OF THE ROYAL MASONIC TRUST FOR GIRLS AND BOYS (REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 285836) OR THE ROYAL MASONIC TRUST FOR GIRLS AND BOYS (REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 1170336 AND REGISTERED COMPANY NO. 01705033) (EACH “RMTGB)”) AND WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING LOANS; ANDF) IF AND TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE RESOURCES OF THE CHARITY ARE NOT USED FOR THE FOREGOING PURPOSES, RELIEVING NEED AMONG OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BY MAKING GRANTS TO SUCH OTHER REGISTERED CHARITIES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK APPROPRIATE (THE “OTHER CHARITIES”).
Area Of Benefit: NATIONAL