Registered charity · Bridgend
Masonic Benevolent Fund of South Wales
- 9 trustees
- Income £168k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Masonic Benevolent Fund of South Wales. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
- Andrew Lindsay GrettonTrustee
- David Anthony John SwainTrustee · since 2023
- Granville David ThomasTrustee · since 2019
- Martyn Alan RidgeTrustee · since 2015
- Patrick PattisonTrustee · since 2015
- Philip BevanTrustee · since 2026
- Richard Lloyd ThomasTrustee · since 2025
- Steven BickertonTrustee · since 2023
- William John MorrisTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 1 more
- Where
- Powys, Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly and more
- Website
- southwalesmason.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£168k£56k
- 2024£72k£59k
- 2023£87k£70k
Earlier years
- 2022£154k£154k
- 2021£75k£95k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR EDUCATION AND ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF THE CHILDREN OF DISTRESSED OR DECEASED FREEMASONS OF THE PROVINCE OF THE EASTERN DIVISION OF SOUTH WALES, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WIDOWS OF SUCH FREEMASONS AND FOR OLD, INFIRM, AND DISTRESSED FREEMASONS OF THE SAID PROVINCE. TO SUBSCRIBE TO ANY ONE OR EITHER OF THE MASONIC CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Andrew Lindsay Gretton
- David Anthony John Swain since 2023
- Granville David Thomas since 2019
- Martyn Alan Ridge since 2015
- Patrick Pattison since 2015
- Philip Bevan since 2026
- Richard Lloyd Thomas since 2025
- Steven Bickerton since 2023
- William John Morris since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Granville David Thomas since 2019
- Martyn Alan Ridge since 2015
- Patrick Pattison since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Andrew Lindsay Gretton
- David Anthony John Swain since 2023
- Granville David Thomas since 2019
- Martyn Alan Ridge since 2015
- Patrick Pattison since 2015
- Richard Lloyd Thomas since 2025
- Steven Bickerton since 2023
- William John Morris since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Philip Bevan since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 208514
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- BY-LAWS AS AMENDED BY CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17/11/2015
- Contact on the register
- 02920759335 · office@province.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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data