Registered charity · London
The Library and Museum Charitable Trust of the United Grand Lodge
- 8 trustees
- Income £916k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- James WP CampbellChair · since 2024
- David Mackay BlairTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Richard Andrew BermanTrustee · since 2017
- Jonathan Charles Whitaker DLTrustee · since 2025
- Melanie AspeyTrustee · since 2023
- Philip Francis NormanTrustee · since 2025
- Robin Max FellermanTrustee · since 2025
- Thomas James William MilnerTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- museumfreemasonry.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£916k£914k
- 2024£610k£844k
- 2023£607k£939k
Earlier years
- 2022£1.1m£1.0m
- 2021£1.0m£1.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 12%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST [1]. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE BELOW MENTIONED SUB-CLAUSE 3.2 TO PROVIDE MAINTAIN MANAGE UPKEEP AND IMPROVE A MUSEUM AND LIBRARY FOR THE EDUCATION AND BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL AND TO COLLECT MAINTAIN PRESERVE CONSERVE DISPLAY AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION THE ARCHIVES RECORDS PRINTED MATERIAL REGALIA JEWELS AND ARTEFACTS FREEMASONRY. [2]. TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COUNCIL MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT BUT SUBJECT TO SUCH APPROVALS OR OR CONSENTS AS MAY FOR THE TIME BEING BE PRESCRIBED BY LAW OR IN THE REGULATIONS HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FOR THE PERIOD OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME AT COMPOUND INTREST BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME IN ANY OF THE AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS AND HOLD THE SAME AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.
Grants received
2 grants · £111,700 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £111,700 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Board analysis
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.
8 trustees on the board
- James WP Campbell Chair since 2024
- David Mackay Blair since 2025
- Dr Richard Andrew Berman since 2017
- Jonathan Charles Whitaker DL since 2025
- Melanie Aspey since 2023
- Philip Francis Norman since 2025
- Robin Max Fellerman since 2025
- Thomas James William Milner since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Richard Andrew Berman since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- James WP Campbell Chair since 2024
- Dr Richard Andrew Berman since 2017
Portfolio (6)
- David Mackay Blair since 2025
- Jonathan Charles Whitaker DL since 2025
- Melanie Aspey since 2023
- Philip Francis Norman since 2025
- Robin Max Fellerman since 2025
- Thomas James William Milner since 2025
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
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
10.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1058497
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 31/07/1996AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 18/11/1997AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 19/07/1999AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 16/10/2001AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 10/10/2006AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 24/03/2009AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 12/12/2012
- Contact on the register
- 02073959257 · contact@museumfreemasonry.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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