The Cumberland and Westmorland Provincial Grand Lodge Masonic Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Cumberland and Westmorland Provincial Grand Lodge Masonic Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in February 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Cumberland and Westmorland Provincial Grand Lodge Masonic Benevolent Fund reported income of £53k and spending of £31k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £65k to £53k (-19%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 152% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Cumberland and Westmorland Provincial Grand Lodge Masonic Benevolent Fund sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rochdale Ancient Parish Educational Trusts (£53k), Detling Village Hall (£53k) and Marsland McAdoo Charitable Settlement (£53k).