Registered charity · Berkshire
The Berkshire Masonic Charity
- 5 trustees
- Income £100k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Edward Anthony Merrett HandsTrustee · since 2026
- John PalmerTrustee · since 2022
- MR G J BarlowTrustee
- Nicholas McgregorTrustee · since 2022
- Richard John WilliamsTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 2 other charities:
- The Gillmor Memorial Benevolent Fund Under the Direction of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Berkshire · 5 shared trustees
- Windsor & Eton Rotary Charity · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading, Slough and more
- Website
- www.berkspgl.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1991
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£100k£85k
- 2024£101k£74k
- 2023£82k£94k
Earlier years
- 2022£78k£86k
- 2021£72k£61k
Charitable objects
(A)TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS AMONG INHABITANTS OF AND VISITORS TO THE MASONIC PROVINCE OF BERKSHIRE. (B)TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE FUNDS FOR ANY OTHER WHOLLY CHARITABLE ORGANISATION WHICH OPERATES TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS EITHER WHOLLY OR PARTLY WITHIN THE SAID MASONIC PROVINCE. (C)TO ADVANCE RELIGION AND EDUCATION IN THE SAID MASONIC PROVINCE. (D)GENERALLY TO SUPPORT ANY CHARITABLE TRUSTS OR ORGANISATIONS AND TO CARRY OUT ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN THE SAID MASONIC PROVINCE THAT MAY DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BENEFIT ALL OR SOME OF THE INHABITANTS OF OR VISITORS TO THAT PROVINCE. (E)TO CARRY OUT SUCH OTHER LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BY DEED OR DEEDS EXECUTED WITH THEIR UNANIMOUS CONSENT DECLARE.
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
5 trustees on the board
- Edward Anthony Merrett Hands since 2026
- John Palmer since 2022
- MR G J Barlow
- Nicholas Mcgregor since 2022
- Richard John Williams since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (5)
- Edward Anthony Merrett Hands since 2026
- John Palmer since 2022
- MR G J Barlow
- Nicholas Mcgregor since 2022
- Richard John Williams since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1003788
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 24TH. JULY 1991
- Contact on the register
- 07939170572 · bmc@berkspgl.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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