Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire Freemasons Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire Freemasons Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North East Lincolnshire. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire Freemasons Benevolent Fund reported income of £12k and spending of £248k, spending 2068% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £14k to £12k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 644% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire Freemasons 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 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zongo Development Charity (£12k), Bangladesh Hindu Association (UK) (£12k) and The Sampimon Trust (£12k).

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.