The Durham Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Durham Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in January 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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 2024, The Durham Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Benevolent Fund reported income of £19k and spending of £43k, spending 227% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £21k to £19k (-8.5%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Durham Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Benevolent Fund sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gislingham United Charity (£19k), Nigerian Islamic Community in Essex (£19k) and Somaliland Education and Environmental Relief Organisation (£19k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.