The Essex Masters Lodge Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Essex Masters Lodge Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in May 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Essex Masters Lodge Benevolent Fund reported income of £16k and spending of £36k, spending 217% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £19k to £16k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Essex Masters Lodge Benevolent Fund sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gippeswyk Lodge No 4254 Charities Association (£16k), The Fay and Robert Caplin Foundation (£16k) and Newington Village Hall (£16k).