The Freemasons' Fund for Surgical Research

Analysis

The Freemasons' Fund for Surgical Research is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Freemasons' Fund for Surgical Research reported income of £170k and spending of £358k, spending 210% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £149k to £170k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Freemasons' Fund for Surgical Research sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reedham Centre (£170k), AlixPartners (UK) Charitable Foundation (£170k) and Parkside Community Centre (£170k).

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.