North Wales Freemasons Charity
What it does
The object of the Charity be the advancement of Masonic and Non-Masonic Charities, including but not restricted to, medical research, care for vulnerable people, hospices, youth opportunities, and other appropriate worthwhile causes.
Its charitable purposes
THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE THE ADVANCEMENT OF MASONIC AND NON-MASONIC CHARITIES BY MEANS OF THREE FUNDS, THE “BENEVOLENT FUND” (FORMERLY THE “B” FUND); THE “INCOME FUND” AND THE “TLC FUND”. THE FUNDS SHALL BE SUPPORTED AS STATED HEREUNDER:A) THE “BENEVOLENT FUND” BY MEMBERS SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS AND BY LODGE DONATIONS.B) THE “INCOME FUND” BY ANY SURPLUS INCOME DERIVED FROM THE CHARITY’S INVESTMENTS.C) THE “TEDDIES FOR LOVING CARE (TLC) FUND” BY CRAFT LODGES, RA CHAPTERS AND MEMBERS TOGETHER WITH INCOME DERIVED FROM THE SALE OF MERCHANDISE AND FROM NON-MASONIC SOURCES.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- How it works
- Makes grants to organisations
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £148,449 and spent £97,652.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £148,449 | £97,652 | Not reported | 100 |
| 31 March 2024 | £288,280 | £107,398 | Not reported | 100 |
| 31 March 2023 | £49,935 | £96,868 | Not reported | 100 |
| 31 March 2022 | £176,264 | £88,539 | Not reported | 50 |
| 31 March 2021 | £107,770 | £87,652 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
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 38%, from £107,770 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £148,449 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 66% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
15 trustees run the charity.
- Philip Arthur JamesChair
- Alun Rowland Williams
- Andrew Schofield
- David Walter Eastwood
- Dyfan Vaughan Jones
- Dylan Lloyd Jones
- John Robert Collister
- John Stanley Evans
- Jonathan Dale Prosser
- Morgan Tudor
- Paul Maddocks
- Peter John Butler
- Stephen Philip Paul Overthrow
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 26 November 2025, 66 days early | Received 26 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 19 November 2024, 73 days early | Received 19 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 6 February 2024, 6 days late | Received 6 February 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 28 November 2022, 64 days early | Received 28 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 19 January 2022, 12 days early | Received 19 January 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 212691
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 14 December 1962
- Governing document
- RULES AS AMENDED ON 10/06/1967AS AMENDED ON 13/03/1993AS AMENDED ON 03/06/2006AS AMENDED ON 17/11/2012AS AMENDED ON 16 NOV 2019 as amended on 16 Nov 2019 as amended on 13 Nov 2021
- Website
- www.nwmasons.org
- Council area of its contact address
- Denbighshire
Sources
- 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.