The Wiltshire Provincial Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Wiltshire Provincial Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in November 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives 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 June 2026, The Wiltshire Provincial Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund reported income of £17k and spending of £9,061, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2026, income fell from £410k to £17k (-96%), an average of -55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 180%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Wiltshire Provincial Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Daddys with Angels (£17k), Leeds Convalescent Society (£17k) and Keys to Jannah Charitable Trust (£17k).