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Berkshire Mark Benevolent Association

Berkshire Mark Benevolent Association is a registered charity (number 265522) based in Berkshire, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by James Etienne Payen since 2024. Latest income £8k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £8k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading, Slough and more
Website
berksmark.org.uk/charity (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1973

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8k£9k
  • 2024£24k£19k
  • 2023£9k£3k
Earlier years
  • 2022£18k£5k
  • 2021£17k£21k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(A) TO MAKE GRANTS FOR THE RELIEF OF MARK MASTER MASONS WHO ARE OR WERE MEMBERS OF MARK LODGES OR OF ROYAL ARK MARINER LODGES IN THE MARK PROVINCE OF BERKSHIRE, OR THEIR WIVES, WIDOWS, WIDOWED MOTHERS, SPINSTER SISTERS,CHILDREN, CIVIL PARTNERS AND PARTNERS DEFINED AS A MEMBER OF AN ESTABLISHED COUPLE LIVING TOGETHER WITHOUT BEING MARRIED OR IN CIVIL PARTNERSHIP BEING IN EVERY CASE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. (B) TO MAKE DONATIONS TO ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARITIES, NAMELY - THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS FUND OF BENEVOLENCE, THE GRAND CHARITY OF THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND, THE MASONIC TRUST FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, THE NEW MASONIC SAMARITAN FUND, OTHER TRUSTS OR BODIES IN THE COUNTY OF ROYAL BERKSHIRE ESTABLISHED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

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

3.2y median 4y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£24k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
265522
Status
Registered
Governing document
BYE LAWS DATED 11/06/1970AS AMENDED ON 13/06/1985AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 23/03/1988AS AMENDED ON 12/06/2003AS AMENDED ON 13/06/2008AS AMENDED ON 30/09/1987AS AMENDED ON 10/06/2010AS AMENDED ON 10/09/2015
Contact on the register
07966360849 · graham.parker14@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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