The Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys

Analysis

The Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01705033). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys reported income of £5.3m and spending of £11.6m, spending 219% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.4m to £5.3m (+22%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 256% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blackburn Youth Zone (£5.3m), Toirem (£5.3m) and Acorn Villages Limited (£5.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 91% and donations and legacies 9.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £434k. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.6%. Reserves of £40.2m would cover about 41 months of spending at that rate.

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.