Emerald Lodge No 5907 Benevolent Fund
What it does
RELIEF OF FREEMASONS & THEIR DEPENDENTS. ALSO SUPPORT FOR OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE SOUTH WALES AREA, INCLUDING NON-FREEMASONS.
Its charitable purposes
TO OR FOR THE RELIEF OR SUCH POOR AND DISTRESSED BROTHER MASONS OR THEIR POOR AND DISTRESSED 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 DIRECT.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Who it helps
- Older people
- Disabled people
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Makes grants to organisations
- Other charitable activities
Where it works
- In Wales
- Throughout Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £2,721 and spent £1,750.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £2,721 | £1,750 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2025 | £786 | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,089 | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,000 | £500 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £754 | £1,800 | 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 261%, from £754 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £2,721 in the year to 31 March 2026.
- Spending against income
- It spent 64% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
4 trustees run the charity.
- Ralph Arthur JefferyChair
- Graham Charles Payne
- Robert Geoffrey Payne
- Stephen John Dyer
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | 31 January 2027 | Received 26 October 2026, 97 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 15 August 2025, 169 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 16 January 2025, 15 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 30 November 2024, 304 days late | Not required |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 20 November 2022, 72 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 518363
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 13 January 1987
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 13 AUGUST 1986
- Council area of its contact address
- Cardiff
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.