Buckinghamshire Masonic Centenary Fund

Analysis

Buckinghamshire Masonic Centenary Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beaconsfield. It was registered in January 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Buckinghamshire Masonic Centenary Fund reported income of £14k and spending of £37k, spending 258% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £43k to £14k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Buckinghamshire Masonic Centenary Fund sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alderton Schools Parent's Association (£14k), Neath Port Talbot Child Contact Centre (£14k) and The Gogarth Parents, Staff and Friends Charity (£14k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.