Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in April 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland Benevolent Fund reported income of £18k and spending of £11k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £19k to £18k (-6.4%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland Benevolent Fund sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lindridge Parish Hall (£18k), Sevenoaks Round Table No. 258 Charitable Trust Fund (£18k) and National Crimebeat (£18k).