Registered charity · Dorset

Dorset Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Masons Benevolent Fund

Dorset Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Masons Benevolent Fund is a registered charity (number 293288) based in Dorset, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £7k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

5 trustees
Income £7k (2025)

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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
Where: Dorset
Website: www.dorsetmark.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 1985

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£7k£7k
2024£6k£6k
2023£5k£5k

Earlier years

2022£5k£8k
2021£1k£3k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

FOR THE RELIEF OF SUCH POOR AND DISTRESSED BROTHER MASONS OR THEIR POOR ANDDISTRESSED 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 DIREST.

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

4.4y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Robert Wilfred Parkes since 2018
Victor Harold Pomeroy since 2017

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

David Leslie Sandall since 2024

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 5Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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2025

incomespending£7k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 293288
Status: Registered
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 5TH OCTOBER 1985 AMENDED ON 18 MARCH 2004.
Contact on the register: 01305 785226 · PrGSec@dorsetmark.org.uk
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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