The Somerset Masonic Charity

Analysis

The Somerset Masonic Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06715744). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Somerset Masonic Charity reported income of £14k and spending of £33k, spending 229% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £89k to £14k (-84%), an average of -37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 117% 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 Somerset Masonic Charity sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Emerald Charitable Trust (£14k), Friends of St Mary's, Brecon (£14k) and The Fagus Anstruther Memorial Trust (£14k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.