Chatham District Masonic Trust

Analysis

Chatham District Masonic Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Chatham District Masonic Trust reported income of £43k and spending of £44k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £17k to £43k (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Chatham District Masonic Trust 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 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Olivia Inspires (£43k), Humanity 4 Orphans (£43k) and Bristol Shopmobility (£43k).