Evening Star Lodge No 1719 Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Evening Star Lodge No 1719 Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stamford. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, 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, Evening Star Lodge No 1719 Benevolent Fund reported income of £18k and spending of £15k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £15k to £18k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Evening Star Lodge No 1719 Benevolent Fund sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bidford on Avon Parochial Charities (£18k), Taqwa Needy Trust (£18k) and British-Serbian Benevolent Trust (£18k).