01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 1 July 1965
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 00441186
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £36
- Latest expenditure
- £0
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: First Floor, The Foundation, Herons Way, Chester Business Park, Chester, CH4 9GB
02 Activities
What the charity does
The principal activity of the Charity is the collection, administration and distribution of the covenanted / gift aided charitable donations made by Freemasons of the Province of Chehsire
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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
- 10 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £36
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 February 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £660
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 28 February 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 February 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £23
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £450
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 29 February 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £163
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £450
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 28 February 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £576
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Cheshire West & Chester
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Cheshire East
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 301
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
- 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
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 309
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- CHESHIRE MASONIC COVENANTS LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1965-07-01T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 25TH AUGUST 1947. AMENDED 12TH MAY 1948, AND 19TH MAY 1965.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01 DEC 2015
- Charitable Objects
- 1) TO ASSIST IN, CONTINUE AND EXTEND THE WORK OF CHESHIRE FREEMASON'S CHARITY (“CFC") AND TO ACCEPT ENDOWMENTS, FUNDS, PROPERTY AND SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR CHARITABLE ON BEHALF OF CFC(2) TO ACT IN ALL CHARITABLE MATTERS AS SPECIAL AGENT AND TRUSTEE FOR CFC AND TO EXECUTE, AS TRUSTEE, IRREVOCABLE DEEDS OF TRUST WHEN REQUIRED BY CFC(3) AT THE DIRECTION OF CFC –(A) TO PROVIDE FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE INFANT CHILDREN OF INDIGENT FREEMASONS OF THE PROVINCE OF CHESHIRE OR THE INFANT CHILDREN OF SUCH FREEMASONS WHO HAVE DIED IN INDIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES(B) TO AFFORD ELEEMOSYNARY AND CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE TO FREEMASONS OF THE SAID PROVINCE, OR THEIR WIDOWS, OR IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, OTHER DEPENDANT RELATIVES IN SUCH MANNER AS MAY SEEM DESIRABLE TO CFC AND(C) TO MAKE GRANTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELIEVING THE IMMEDIATE AND PRESSING NECESSITY OF FREEMASONS, OR THEIR FAMILIES, OR, IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, OTHER DEPENDANT RELATIVES, WHETHER PERMANENTLY RESIDENT IN SUCH PROVINCE OR NOT PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSONS SHALL NOT AT THE TIME OF RECEIVING SUCH ASSISTANCE OR GRANTS OR RELIEF BE MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY(4) TO PROMOTE THE CAUSE OF CHARITY EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY RECEIVING CONTRIBUTIONS OR DEPOSITS OF MONEYS OR ACCEPTING COVENANTS TO MAKE OR PROMISES TO GIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OR MONEYS FOR OR TOWARDS THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF CFC(5) TO PROMOTE THE CAUSE OF A CHARITY, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE SUPPORT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS SHALL PROHIBIT THE PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND, BONUS, OR PROFIT TO THEIR MEMBERS TO AT LEAST AS GREAT AN EXTENT AS SUCH PAYMENT IS PROHIBITED TO MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY BY THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION(6) GENERALLY TO PROMOTE THE CAUSE OF THE CHARITY BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHARITABLE OBJECTS, WHETHER OF A MASONIC NATURE OR NOT
- Area Of Benefit
- CHESHIRE
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests