The Lindsey and Hermes Lodge Benevolent Fund
Analysis
The Lindsey and Hermes Lodge Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mablethorpe. It was registered in February 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.
In the financial year ending March 2025, The Lindsey and Hermes Lodge Benevolent Fund reported income of £36k and spending of £28k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £135k to £36k (-74%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Lindsey and Hermes Lodge Benevolent Fund sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Revive & Recycle (£36k), Human Aid Initiative (£36k) and Devonshire Road Evangelical Church (£36k).
Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To manage and maintain property and monies for the benefit of such poor and distressed masons, their families, or such other masonic charities or other charitable institutions and objects as the lodges shall from time to time direct.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Revive & Recycle | Kent | £36k |
| Human Aid Initiative | Middlesex | £36k |
| Devonshire Road Evangelical Church | Warrington | £36k |
| The Final Frontier Charitable Trust | Highworth | £36k |