Buckinghamshire Masonic Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Buckinghamshire Masonic Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in December 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Buckinghamshire Masonic Benevolent Fund reported income of £51k and spending of £44k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £95k to £51k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 538%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Buckinghamshire Masonic Benevolent Fund sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Creative Opportunities (£51k), The Relief Society for Poles Trust (£51k) and The T J Virgo Trust (£51k).