The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Masonic Grand Charity

Analysis

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Masonic Grand Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Farnham. It was registered in April 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Masonic Grand Charity reported income of £27k and spending of £36k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £27k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 138% 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 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Masonic Grand Charity sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paddlers for Life Windermere (£27k), African Palliative Care Association UK (£27k) and Barrow Village Hall (£27k).

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.