01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 8 May 1973
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £7,516
- Latest expenditure
- £9,017
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: BeMBA c/o Sindlesham Court, Mole Road, Sindlesham, WOKINGHAM, Berkshire, RG41 5EA
Website recorded by the regulator: https://berksmark.org.uk/charity/ (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The charity's purpose is 1.To provide immediate assistance to Berkshire Mark Masons or their widows in time of need in compliance with our by laws; 2. Support to small local charities; 3. Support to one Berkshire-wide Charity each year;4. Support to National Charitable Giving through the Mark Benevolent Fund.Support to Option 1 will always receive first call on funds.
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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
- 12 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £7,516
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £9,017
- 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
- 5 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £24,496
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £19,413
- 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
- 6 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £8,600
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,237
- 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
- 19 September 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £18,349
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,996
- 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
- 4 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £16,663
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £20,965
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- 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
- 5 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £24,496
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £19,413
- 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
- 28
- 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
- 19 September 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £18,349
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,996
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- 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
- 26
- 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
- 4 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £16,663
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £20,965
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- 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
- 28
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Bracknell Forest
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- West Berkshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Slough
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Reading
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Wokingham
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- 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
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 301
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BERKSHIRE MARK BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1973-05-08T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- BYE LAWS DATED 11/06/1970AS AMENDED ON 13/06/1985AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 23/03/1988AS AMENDED ON 12/06/2003AS AMENDED ON 13/06/2008AS AMENDED ON 30/09/1987AS AMENDED ON 10/06/2010AS AMENDED ON 10/09/2015
- Charitable Objects
- (A) TO MAKE GRANTS FOR THE RELIEF OF MARK MASTER MASONS WHO ARE OR WERE MEMBERS OF MARK LODGES OR OF ROYAL ARK MARINER LODGES IN THE MARK PROVINCE OF BERKSHIRE, OR THEIR WIVES, WIDOWS, WIDOWED MOTHERS, SPINSTER SISTERS,CHILDREN, CIVIL PARTNERS AND PARTNERS DEFINED AS A MEMBER OF AN ESTABLISHED COUPLE LIVING TOGETHER WITHOUT BEING MARRIED OR IN CIVIL PARTNERSHIP BEING IN EVERY CASE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. (B) TO MAKE DONATIONS TO ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARITIES, NAMELY - THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS FUND OF BENEVOLENCE, THE GRAND CHARITY OF THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND, THE MASONIC TRUST FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, THE NEW MASONIC SAMARITAN FUND, OTHER TRUSTS OR BODIES IN THE COUNTY OF ROYAL BERKSHIRE ESTABLISHED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
- Area Of Benefit
- BERKSHIRE
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 260307
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- BERKS AND OXON MARK BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management