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Masonic Charitable Foundation

A Registered Charity based in England

Active Registered Charity (England and Wales) Registered Company Incorporated Charity

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GB-CHC-1164703
GB-COH-09751836
This organisation's identifier is GB-CHC-1164703 .
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Description

To relieve and preserve health, advance education and prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship, amongst such persons as the Trustees consider from time to time to be in need of assistance and to further such other purposes being exclusively charitable.

Also known as

  • Masonic Charitable Foundation
  • The Masonic Foundation
  • MCF

CCEW Charity number

1164703

Company number

09751836

Registered

Postcode

WC2B 5AZ

Website

mcf.org.uk

Latest income

£79,255,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Masonic Charitable Foundation

GB-CHC-1164703

Locations

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Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

Masonic Charitable Foundation

GB-CHC-1164703

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Emergency and relief services D33

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Associations AS » Fraternal societies AS102
  • Education ED
  • Health HE
  • Social welfare SW » Individual poverty SW105

Theme (CCEW)

  • General Charitable Purposes 101
  • Education/training 102
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103
  • Disability 104
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief 106

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • People With Disabilities 203
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Individuals 301
  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • National

Masonic Charitable Foundation

GB-CHC-1164703

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2015-12-04 Registered as a charity
2017-03-31 67,008,000 73,222,000
2018-03-31 70,584,000 80,335,000
2019-03-31 68,399,000 79,903,000
2020-03-31 88,671,000 89,108,000
2021-03-31 67,843,000 91,079,000
2022-03-31 72,915,000 93,317,000
2023-03-31 79,255,000 97,086,000
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Masonic Charitable Foundation

GB-CHC-1164703

Charity people

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2023
£		 2022
£
Employees 1,091 1,150
Employees paid more than £60,000 40 38
Volunteers 347 480
Trustees 13
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Masonic Charitable Foundation

GB-CHC-1164703

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m 		2022
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 14.9 14.4
Legacies 5.6 4.8
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 20.4 19.1
Income from charitable activities 47.1 46.4
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments 8.5 7.3
Other income 3.3 0.0
Total 79.3 72.9
Expenditure
Investment management 2.1 1.6
Other spending on raising funds 0.8 0.8
Spending on raising funds 2.9 2.4
Grants to institutions - 11.8
Other charitable activities 94.2 79.1
Charitable activities 94.2 90.9
Other spending - -
Total 97.1 93.3
Net income / (expenditure) (17.8) (20.4)

Masonic Charitable Foundation

GB-CHC-1164703

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m 		2022
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 77.0 77.4
Investment assets 233.6 253.3
310.6 330.7
Current assets
Current investment assets 41.0 43.3
Cash 47.0 44.7
Other current assets 11.9 9.8
99.9 97.8
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (14.9) (14.4)
Net current assets 85.0 83.4
Total assets less current liabilities 395.6 414.1
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (12.0) (1.8)
Net assets (excluding pension scheme) 383.6 412.3
Defined benefit pension scheme 2.8 4.0
Net assets (including pension scheme) 386.5 416.2
Funds
Endowment funds 9.4 10.6
Restricted funds 297.1 333.1
Unrestricted funds 80.0 72.5
386.5 416.2

Masonic Charitable Foundation

GB-CHC-1164703

Income from government

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2023
£		 2022
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants - 2,616,000
Government grants as % of total income - 3.6%
Number of government grants - 30

Masonic Charitable Foundation

GB-CHC-1164703

Grants made

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Published data showsthis funder made 7,171 grants between April 2018 and October 2023.

View this organisation's 360Giving published grants on GrantNav.

2023 1,439 grants £8,365,311
2022 3,599 grants £13,223,926
2021 760 grants £5,792,403
2020 594 grants £6,218,898
2019 412 grants £4,435,758
2018 367 grants £3,235,682

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

Masonic Charitable Foundation

GB-CHC-1164703

Data sources

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

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Last fetched from source: 2024-04-27

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