Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
Richard Henry Holmes Masonic Benevolent Fund
- 12 trustees
- Income £218k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Kevin Peter StannardChair · since 2017
- Charles Jeffrey GibbsTrustee · since 2018
- Christopher Joseph AinsleyTrustee · since 2025
- David Leslie ArmstrongTrustee · since 2022
- David SouthernTrustee · since 2024
- Geoffrey James MorrisonTrustee · since 2025
- John Nigel BruceTrustee · since 2023
- Mike GilbergTrustee · since 2013
- Nicholas Martyn DeakinTrustee · since 2025
- Norman Bowser WestTrustee
- Paul Richard WinshipTrustee · since 2024
- Raymond DrydenTrustee · since 2025
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, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 1 more
- Where
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£218k£281k
- 2024£192k£213k
- 2023£200k£182k
Earlier years
- 2022£173k£158k
- 2021£154k£218k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
A. TO MAKE GRANTS OR LOANS TO FREEMASONS, THE WIVES, PARTNERS, CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDENTS OF FREEMASONS AND THE WIDOWS, FORMER PARTNERS, CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDENTS OF DECEASED FREEMASONS.B. TO MAKE DONATIONS OR LOANS TO LOCAL MASONIC AND NON-MASONIC CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS AND WORTHY CAUSES.C. TO GIVE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE IN EXCEPTIONAL OR URGENT CASES AND IN SO FAR AS THE FOREGOING OBJECTS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED TO GIVE RELIEF OR ASSISTANCE WITHIN AND OUTWITH THE UNITED KINGDOM.D. TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND CARRY OUT OR SUPPORT SUCH CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.
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
- Kevin Peter Stannard Chair since 2017
- Charles Jeffrey Gibbs since 2018
- Christopher Joseph Ainsley since 2025
- David Leslie Armstrong since 2022
- David Southern since 2024
- Geoffrey James Morrison since 2025
- John Nigel Bruce since 2023
- Mike Gilberg since 2013
- Norman Bowser West
- Nicholas Martyn Deakin since 2025
- Paul Richard Winship since 2024
- Raymond Dryden since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Kevin Peter Stannard Chair since 2017
- Charles Jeffrey Gibbs since 2018
- Mike Gilberg since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Charles Jeffrey Gibbs since 2018
- Christopher Joseph Ainsley since 2025
- David Leslie Armstrong since 2022
- Geoffrey James Morrison since 2025
- Norman Bowser West
- Raymond Dryden since 2025
Portfolio (6)
- Kevin Peter Stannard Chair since 2017
- David Southern since 2024
- John Nigel Bruce since 2023
- Mike Gilberg since 2013
- Nicholas Martyn Deakin since 2025
- Paul Richard Winship since 2024
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.
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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
- 233632
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION APPROVED 15TH NOVEMBER 1977 AND AMENDED 20TH APRIL 1978, 14TH NOVEMBER 1983, 24 OCTOBER 2001 AND 2 MARCH 2009 as amended on 21 Mar 2019 as amended on 30 Oct 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01912136990 · PROVSEC@PGLN.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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