01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Trust
- Registered
- 7 February 1968
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £3,045
- Latest expenditure
- £1,775
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Farnborough Masonic Centre, 37-39 Alexandra Road, FARNBOROUGH, Hampshire, GU14 6BS
Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.mercurylodge.org.uk/#charity (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The objective of the charity is the relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, injury, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, the charity is not limited to that purpose.The objective is met by making financial donations or donating equipment to registered charities.
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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
- 23 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £3,045
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,775
- 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
- 25 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £3,590
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,946
- 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
- 25 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £3,955
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,056
- 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
- 14 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £2,446
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,832
- 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
- 25 February 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,947
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,646
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
06 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- MERCURY LODGE NO 4581 BENEVOLENT FUND
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1968-02-07T00:00:00
07 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- TRUST DEED DATED 12/04/1939AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 10/06/1993AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 25 NOV 2015
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE LODGE SHALL, IN A DULY CONSTITUTED MEETING FROM TIME TO TIME, DIRECT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY MAKING GRANTS OR DONATING EQUIPMENT TO REGISTERED CHARITIES. WHILST THE PRINCIPLE PURPOSE IS THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, INJURY, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, THE CHARITY IS NOT LIMITED TO THAT PURPOSE.
- Area Of Benefit
- NATIONAL
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Investment