The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Good Fellowship Lodge Benevolent Fund

Registered charity 289490 Registered since 1984

Operates: Essex

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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

8.8y median 10y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

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 5Accommodation/housing 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4Amateur Sport 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£9k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailwneilmclean@gmail.com
Phone01245901028
Address70 Eastwood Park, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8HF

Finances

£8,988 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,269£5,269
2022£6,567£6,604
2023£7,579£4,448
2024£7,503£3,870
2025£8,988£2,433

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesAccommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO APPLY BOTH THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND TO OR FOR THE RELIEF OF SUCH POOR AND DISTRESSED BROTHER MASONS OR THEIR POOR AND DISTRSSED WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH MASONIC CHARITIES OR OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS SOCIETIES AND OBJECTS AS THE LODGE SHALL IN DULY CONSTITUTED MEETING FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 19TH MARCH 1984

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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