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The Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons' Fund of Benevolence
The Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons' Fund of Benevolence is a registered charity (number 207610) based in London, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £2.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as MBF No 1 & 2 (Charity Commission)
- 12 trustees
- Income £2.2m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Andrew ArmbristerTrustee · since 2025
- David Richard PowellTrustee · since 2022
- Dennis HillTrustee · since 2024
- Dr John ShervingtonTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Nailesh MehtaTrustee · since 2025
- Graeme HutchinsonTrustee · since 2024
- Ian ClarkTrustee · since 2020
- Ian WolstencroftTrustee · since 2025
- Kevin HicksTrustee · since 2020
- Richard John OlliverTrustee · since 2022
- Roger Francis RichardsonTrustee · since 2022
- William Arthur DivallTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.markmasonshall.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.2m£3.4m
- 2024£1.9m£2.0m
- 2023£1.8m£1.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.0m£1.4m
- 2021£1.7m£2.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3.1 SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY BE DETERMINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE TRUSTEES, WHO IN REACHING THAT DETERMINATION SHALL SEEK AND CONSIDER THE VIEWS OF THE GRAND LODGE.3.2 THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONG MARK MASTER MASONS, THEIR FAMILIES OR OTHER DEPENDANT, AND/OR AMONGST RETIRED EMPLOYEES OF THE GRAND LODGE IN SUCH MANNER AS THEY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Grants received
1 grant · £2,500 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
- SHAREGIFT · £2,500
Most recent
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Andrew Armbrister since 2025
- David Richard Powell since 2022
- Dennis Hill since 2024
- Dr John Shervington since 2024
- Dr Nailesh Mehta since 2025
- Graeme Hutchinson since 2024
- Ian Clark since 2020
- Ian Wolstencroft since 2025
- Kevin Hicks since 2020
- Richard John Olliver since 2022
- Roger Francis Richardson since 2022
- William Arthur Divall since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Ian Clark since 2020
- Kevin Hicks since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Andrew Armbrister since 2025
- David Richard Powell since 2022
- Dennis Hill since 2024
- Dr John Shervington since 2024
- Dr Nailesh Mehta since 2025
- Ian Clark since 2020
- Kevin Hicks since 2020
- Richard John Olliver since 2022
- William Arthur Divall since 2022
Portfolio (3)
- Graeme Hutchinson since 2024
- Ian Wolstencroft since 2025
- Roger Francis Richardson since 2022
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
66.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 100.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 207610
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01/01/1955 AS AMENDED ON 11/06/1963 AS AMENDED ON 15/07/1986 AS AMENDED ON 09/09/1986 AS AMENDED ON 04/10/2007 AND DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 13/09/2011
- Contact on the register
- 02077471166 · g.newell@mmh.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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