The Horncastle Masonic Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Horncastle Masonic Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in August 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Horncastle Masonic Benevolent Fund reported income of £36k and spending of £41k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £36k to £36k (+1.3%), an average of +0.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Horncastle Masonic Benevolent Fund sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Joining Hands Joining Hearts (£36k), Lola's Homeless Ladder (£37k) and Amrit and Ajit Charitable Trust Ltd (£36k).

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.