Padstow Masonic Charity Trust

Analysis

Padstow Masonic Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Padstow Masonic Charity Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £26k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £22k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Padstow Masonic Charity Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ready Listener (£22k), The Ashray Charitable Trust (£22k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Love Arena (£22k).