Faraday Masonic Benevolent Fund
Analysis
Faraday Masonic Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Grantham. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Faraday Masonic Benevolent Fund reported income of £108k and spending of £106k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £44k to £108k (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.
Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Faraday Masonic Benevolent Fund sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Stephen's Neighbourhood Centre Ltd (£108k), Down's South London (£108k) and Darlaston Youth Centre (£108k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The objects of the CIO are to apply both the capital and income to or for the relief of such poor and distressed brother masons or their poor and distressed widows and children or to or for the benefit of such masonic charities or other charitable institutions, societies and objects as the trustees shall in their absolute discretion from time to time direct.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| St Stephen's Neighbourhood Centre Ltd | Hull | £108k |
| Down's South London | London | £108k |
| Darlaston Youth Centre | West Midlands | £108k |
| Umm Ul Qura Foundation CIO | Bradford | £108k |