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Sydney Morris Trust Fund

The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship by providing: grants, items and services to Freemasons, either past or present, and their dependents in need in England and Wales and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent...

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £9k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell and more
Registered
1978

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£9k£7k
  • 2024£9k£4k
  • 2023£10k£6k
Earlier years
  • 2022£9k£5k
  • 2021£8k£4k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship by providing: grants, items and services to Freemasons, either past or present, and their dependents in need in England and Wales and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.

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.

4 trustees on the board

8.2y median 9y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

1
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£9k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
507364
Status
Registered
Governing document
WILL PROVED AT THE PRINCIPAL PROBATE REGISTRY ON 23 MARCH 1950 AND BY-LAWS DATED 18 APRIL 1977 as amended on 18 Feb 2025
Contact on the register
07774619555 · GARYVALEUK@YAHOO.CO.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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