Northumberland Masonic Charity Association

Analysis

Northumberland Masonic Charity Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Northumberland Masonic Charity Association reported income of £249k and spending of £292k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £229k to £249k (+8.7%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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, Northumberland Masonic Charity Association sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pell Charitable Trust (£249k), Woodhaven Trust (£249k) and The Exemplar Trust (£248k).