The Province of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Masonic Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Province of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Masonic Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in January 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Province of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Masonic Charitable Trust reported income of £98k and spending of £130k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £117k to £98k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Province of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Masonic Charitable Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Society for Spondyloarthritis (£98k), Oxford Samaritans (£98k) and Alcohol Services Kingston & Richmond (£98k).