Masonic Benevolent Fund of South Wales

To assist the education and advancement of the children of distressed or deceased Freemasons in the province; to assist widows of such Freemasons; to assist old, infirm and distressed Freemasons; to subscribe to recognised Masonic charitable organisations; to donate to non Masonic charities.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Powys
• Blaenau Gwent
• Bridgend
• Caerphilly
• Cardiff
• Merthyr Tydfil
• Neath Port Talbot
• City of Swansea
• Vale of Glamorgan
• Torfaen

Area of benefit in its governing document: South Glamorgan

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £168,386 and spent £55,951.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 124%, from £75,006 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £168,386 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 33% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

9 trustees run the charity.

• Andrew Lindsay Gretton
• David Anthony John SwainAppointed 23 November 2023
• Granville David ThomasAppointed 3 May 2019
• Martyn Alan RidgeAppointed 17 November 2015
• Patrick PattisonAppointed 17 November 2015
• Philip BevanAppointed 18 March 2026
• Richard Lloyd ThomasAppointed 10 February 2025
• Steven BickertonAppointed 6 March 2023
• William John MorrisAppointed 11 February 2022

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

208514

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

22 September 1962

Governing document

BY-LAWS AS AMENDED BY CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17/11/2015

Website

southwalesmason.comAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Bridgend

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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