Cheshire Freemasons' Charity

Analysis

Cheshire Freemasons' Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cheshire Freemasons' Charity reported income of £232k and spending of £435k, spending 187% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £469k to £232k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cheshire Freemasons' Charity sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Miss Cullen's Almshouses (£232k), Tylorstown Welfare Hall Limited (£233k) and Kings Lynn Foodbank (£232k).

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.