Registered charity · County Durham
The Durham Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Benevolent Fund
- 8 trustees
- Income £19k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Durham
- Registered
- 1972
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£19k£43k
- 2023£17k£13k
- 2022£23k£15k
Earlier years
- 2021£21k£24k
- 2020£46k£80k
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF SUCH POOR AND DISTRESSED BROTHER MARK MASONS OR THEIR POOR AND DISTRESSED WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH MASONIC CHARITIES OR OTHER CHARITABLES INSTITUTIONS SOCIETIES AND OBJECTS AS THE BENEVOLENT COMMITTEE DIRECT.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Michael John Wilkinson Chair since 2022
- David Nigel Hanson since 2017
- Gary Quinn since 2025
- Graham Wharton since 2025
- Ian Heaviside since 2024
- Mark Julian Gilpin since 2026
- Peter Athen Smith since 2026
- Steven Paul Swansbury since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- David Nigel Hanson since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Michael John Wilkinson Chair since 2022
- David Nigel Hanson since 2017
- Gary Quinn since 2025
- Graham Wharton since 2025
- Ian Heaviside since 2024
- Mark Julian Gilpin since 2026
- Steven Paul Swansbury since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Peter Athen Smith since 2026
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
- 501300
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 11 SEPTEMBER 1970 as amended on 18 Apr 2026
- Contact on the register
- 01915225097
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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