West Riding Masonic Charities Limited

Analysis

West Riding Masonic Charities Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in February 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00399211). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, West Riding Masonic Charities Limited reported income of £764k and spending of £1.0m, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £676k to £764k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, West Riding Masonic Charities Limited sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alsama Project (£764k), The Town Trust or Lords Estate (£764k) and Samee (£763k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 80% and investments 20%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £94k. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 3.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £649k. Reserves of £3.6m would cover about 39 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.