Margate Masonic Centre Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Margate Masonic Centre Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birchington. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Margate Masonic Centre Benevolent Fund reported income of £34k and spending of £33k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £34k (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Margate Masonic Centre Benevolent Fund sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Comunidade Pentecostal de Londres Trust (£34k), Chaos (£34k) and Educate for Change (£34k).