The Co-Masonic Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Co-Masonic Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Co-Masonic Benevolent Fund reported income of £52k and spending of £56k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £36k to £52k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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 Co-Masonic Benevolent Fund sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% 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 Luton Turkish Community Association (£52k), Rycroft Children's Fund (£52k) and Worldwide People for People (£51k).