Grand Master's Lodge NO 1 Benevolent Fund

Registered charity 203822 Registered since 1962

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

trustees on the board

4.8y median 4.5y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

10.8y

average years in governance

2 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

General Charitable Purposes 4

Commercial experience

Business services 6Professional services 4Other services 3

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

Boards that share trustees

Grand Master's Lodge, NO 1 - Masonic Charities Association 2 shared trustees
The Lodge of Fortitude and OLD Cumberland NO.12 Benevolent Fund 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Grand Master's Lodge, NO 1 - Masonic Charities Association 2 shared trustees
The Lodge of Fortitude and OLD Cumberland NO.12 Benevolent Fund 1 shared trustee
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Smarden Good Neighbours Scheme Similar size; both General purposes
The Raffingers Foundation Similar size; both General purposes

Boards that overlap with this one through shared trustees, or govern in the same field. Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Email	anthony@theM-Ps.co.uk
Phone	07836626636
Address	34 Forest Road, POOLE, BH13 6DH

Finances

£387 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£819	£0
2021	£694	£0
2022	£1,647	£250
2023	£168	£0
2024	£387	£0

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH DISTRESSED BROTHER MASONS THEIR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH MASONIC CHARITIES OR OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS SOCIETIES AND OTHER OBJECTS AS THE LODGE SHALL IN DULY CONSTITUTED MEETING FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 22.5.1946. DEED OF APPOINTMENT DATED 8.1.1962

Trustees (4)

4trustees

59median age

0aged 70+

Benjamin Charles Janesage 57 since 2016
Charles Lindsay-Fynn since 2026
Edward David John Goodchildage 61 since 2023
Keith Ramsay Smith since 2020

Connected charities (2)

Grand Master's Lodge, NO 1 - Masonic Charities Association 2 shared trustees
The Lodge of Fortitude and OLD Cumberland NO.12 Benevolent Fund 1 shared trustee

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