DORSET MASONIC CARE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 29 October 1963
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £13,594
Latest expenditure: £34,931
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 10 South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NJ

Website recorded by the regulator: www.dorsetmasoniccare.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

COLLECTION OF DONATIONS AND DISBURSEMENTS TO THOSE IN NEED.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 21 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £13,594
Total Gross Expenditure: £34,931

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 18 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £13,536
Total Gross Expenditure: £38,001

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 22 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £6,958
Total Gross Expenditure: £44,796

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 13 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £4,983
Total Gross Expenditure: £45,843

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 24 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £6,779
Total Gross Expenditure: £49,742

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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 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 21 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £13,594
Total Gross Expenditure: £34,931
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: 2

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 18 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £13,536
Total Gross Expenditure: £38,001
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: 2

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

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

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

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

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: DORSET MASONIC CARE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1963-10-29T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: BYE LAWS DATED 07 MAR 1944AS AMENDED ON 05 MAY 1995AS AMENDED ON 11 MAY 1999AS AMENDED ON 11 NOV 2003AS AMENDED ON 21 APR 2004AS AMENDED ON 13 FEB 2007AS AMENDED ON 11 NOV 2015AS AMENDED ON 19 OCT 2017 as amended on 28 Nov 2020
Charitable Objects: 2.1 THE SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF OF DESERVING: 2.1.1 DORSET FREEMASONS. 2.1.2 DEPENDANTS OF DORSET FREEMASONS. 2.1.3 DEPENDANTS NOW LIVING IN DORSET OF NON-DORSET FREEMASONS. 2.2 TO PROMOTE THE CAUSE OF MASONIC CHARITY WITHIN THE MASONIC PROVINCE OF DORSET AND THE MASONIC CRAFT OR ROYAL ARCH AT LARGE. 2.3 SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF TO AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF MASONIC CHARITIES OR OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR OTHER DESERVING CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND INDIVIDUALS IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTION AS THE TRUSTEES AND GENERAL COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME AT THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.
Area Of Benefit: DORSET

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 169981
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: D M C

Charity Name Id: 170008
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: DORSET MASONIC CHARITY

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures