Registered charity · Hertfordshire
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire Benevolent Fund
- 5 trustees
- Income £50k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Where
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.pglherts.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£50k£51k
- 2024£73k£73k
- 2023£103k£62k
Earlier years
- 2022£58k£78k
- 2021£50k£40k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OF THE FOLLOWING:-1. DISTRESSED BROTHER MASONS, AND THE WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF THE SAME2. MASONIC CHARITIES; OR3. OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS SOCIETIES OR OBJECTSAS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Keith Dunnett Chair since 2020
- Adrian Oliver Wells since 2020
- Martin John Francis since 2025
- Richard Charles Knifton since 2025
- Simon Jonathan Cooper since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Keith Dunnett Chair since 2020
- Adrian Oliver Wells since 2020
- Simon Jonathan Cooper since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Keith Dunnett Chair since 2020
- Adrian Oliver Wells since 2020
- Martin John Francis since 2025
- Richard Charles Knifton since 2025
- Simon Jonathan Cooper since 2020
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across 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.
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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
- 230714
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 2ND NOVEMBER 1946 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 2 SEPTEMBER 2009.
- Contact on the register
- 01727833061 · provgsec@pglherts.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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