PROVIN AMBRIDG MASONIC BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION co FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31STD EMBER 2024 PROVINCE OF C.4MBRI ESFITRE NLISONIC BENEV LE￿ ASS ATJ RegistetEd Charity Nwnb¢r 1056195 Trustees President Vic¢ Pr¢sid¢nt aiaimiart S￿retary Treasurer AssisL2ttt Secretary. A&%istant Trcaswer Ex4)fficio W.C,M. Dastur D.M. Blair D.G. Lameru B.J. R8Jida]I J.C. Bcst (atwiirted 5th June 2024) C.E. Titmus A. Borland (a￿￿￿￿ted 5° Junc 2024) KJ.Mader C.E. Brown Illdepelldent Examiners P.A.11 Skipper Innisfree 9a Cantelupe Iload Has11n￿l￿4 Cambs CB23 ILU H. Aouad 7 Wall(cr Way Langstanton c.ambs CB24 3EZ Lloyds Bank 3 Sidney Strcet Cambridge CB2 3HQ Coffespondth)c¢ addrcss Frcemasons. Hall B3teman Street Cambndse CB2 INA PROIryNCE OF AMB￿DGES1uRE NfAS NI BENEV LETr￿ A IATI Trustees, ￿lIa1 rewrt Fot the Y¢aT ended 31. D¢cember 2024 In accordance with statutory requirements and the Statemeot of Recommended Practice (2019). 'ACc(A￿ting and Reportsng by Charities, (FRS102). th¢ Trnst¢¢s submit their r¢port for the ycar ¢lld¢d 31. tkcunlu 2024. These f￿auCial statements have been prepared in accordance with acCO￿ttl￿ pohcies set out on page 7 2nd comply with the chaTity's governing ducuJnenl the ChariLits Act 2011 and Accounting and Rqx%thi¥ lry Chan'ties: Statement of ReL¥)mmended Practice applicable to charities Preparing their acc(Amts io acC￿danCe with the Financial R￿1)rting Standard applicable in thc UK Rcpublic of Irel￿nd publishcd on 16 Juty 2014. T￿￿te¢S Thc TTUStecs the Cu￿ent GTand Master, Deputy Grand Mastcr, Secrctary and T￿￿ter of thc Provincial Grand Lod8C Ot'cambridgeshirc together the Trcasurer. A&sist8nt Tre&surer. Secrethry and Assistant Sccrclary who Brc clecicd by thc attending mLinbets at the Arnual Gcneral MceliThg and also all EX-015￿.0 Trnstees. In additiory a a)ainnan trusttt is appointed annually lry the Provincial Grand Mast¢r at di¢ Provincial Grand Lodge Annllal General Meetin8. AllhoWI theTe are no other trnstees at the niomenL the Tn￿tteS have the power to appoint them. Investment powers The Tn￿l Deed the tiijstees to make and hold investtnents. ch￿lty Staths The Province of Cambridgethire Masonic Benevolent Association is constiutrd by a TnLgt Deed dated 17th June 1996 as amended on 23° May 2001: and is reBiStered with the Charity Commi&sion for England and Walcs, munbcr 1056195. ObJ'Kts To taise funds, alld to promote and support Masonic Charitles. and such othEr clwitiLq Ls Provincial Grand Lodge may from time to time decide. Strategic Aim The C1&￿ity does not make ¥rants direLt to the public. but to other charities and thfongti tliem supprts humanity in their hour of necd. Thc Charity supports thc national Masonic Charity. the Masonic Charitable Foundkn'oJL Tegistraliojj number 116470.1, which ￿akeS grants to a widL' iwigL ofnation'dl and international oryanisations LOV￿1n¥ dis&cr relie£ r¢searcRL edllcati0￿ healtt4 caie and.suiiw)rt in old to naine but & few. The Charily is (2wrLnity numing a tivc year festival to raiR f￿dS for thi's Lhan"ty. At a local level the (Iwitv SUPFK)rts the Province of Cambridgeshire Chality Care and Relief, registrdtion nwnber 2759) l. which makes grants to masons of CambridbFcshrc ludgcs a[￿ tkneir dcpcthts who are in n¢¢(L In a(JdItio￿ this th￿lty supports local organi5atio￿s and charities. The Charity. in cimjwKtion with c&M￿ld￿¢shire Masonic lodges. also Sup￿rts local charities. PR NIC BENEV CLITION Trustces. annual report For the Year ended 31° Ikcember 2024 Continu¢d The Tn￿eeS in setting their objeLtives and perforniing their L.IwAtable duties havc had reg4rd to the Charity Commission's publir benefft guidullce. Detaits of the majoi. awatds lllade durin¥ the year found und th¢ Staivnient of Finanrial Activiiie& The ¢han'ty is a Sinall Charity &$ detincd by the Clwity CA)nllni&sion the Trn5tecs have tsken advaDtaBe of the litnited reportiijg 14uircme￿ts. No hami has been identtfAed 8s ￿]sIn&P from the above objA nor any ￿1vate benefAt. Devdopments, activfttic& and achicvements The trustees are plffdsed with the perfornimce of the Charity in the last year. FitiAncial review The Association derAVCS its income from memlm donations. ￿nd-raiSI]Ig events and inlcrest on m(AJry held on deposit. The &ssociats"on rcceives accounting and other seryices from the offictt4 au of whtho carry ￿t thcir duti¢s on an unpaid voluntsry basis. It is the policy rfthe CTharity to maithain a balance on thc unresbicted fund to Cover a Jninimum ot'the expeLted unrestricl¢d expcnditure for the next 12 montlLq. Risk management The tr￿tee5 actively review the maj(r risks the aiarity fac￿ Oll a regular basis and Wiev¢ that n￿int2]lling reserycs at current Icvels, C￿nbA1]ed witli an anffl￿l r¢vi¢w of th¢ controls ovcr key financial rystems, provide sufficient resources for the future. The tn￿teet> have also examined ￿er Omional risks faced tty thc Charity and confirn that they havc esthbllshed systcms to mitigate the sigwficant ri5L%. No Tr￿tee& receive any remuncralion for work Garyied out on belialf ofthe PTovince of Cambridgeshire Ma50nic Ben￿oIC￿t Association. Statement of Trustses. responsibilities The TAWl¢es aff responsible for preparing the report a￿d accounts in acrordauce with applicable law Unitcd Kingdom ALLountmg Stslldar&s Iunited Kingdom Generally A¢wLd Ac£(Kurting PractiL£). Thc law applicabje to TTUStecs ID F4Jand aud W3]es requires TTUStees lo ￿epare finallcial statunents for each financial year whicb ￿ve a and fair view of thc stak of affairs of the Chan'ty of the inc(Mne resourc¢5 and application of resources of th¢ thity for that pcriod. In prepaiing these fu￿claI slatemell￿ TnLStees are required to.. F cAMBRI[￿E5￿￿lE MASONIC BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION TDJstees' annual report For the Year ended 31° December 2024 Continued Observe the methods and winciples in the ChanhLs' SORP 2D19 IFRS102). Selttcl suitsble aCLoUnt￿8 Stwidards and then appty them coiisisientty. Make jud¥ancDts and esliinat¢s that arc rLasonabl¢ and prndent. State whLthcr applicable accounting stsndards and stateincnts of rcwinm¢ndd pThctic¢ hav¢ kcn tollowe(L subjert to any dcpartw'c th'sklosed and ¢xplained in the fiiwicial stalemuts. Prepare the fin4nctal statunents oll a going concern basis unless it is inappTopriatr to wesume that the chaTity ThTrll conliiiuc in oixiatioii. Thc TrLLStees are responsibl¢ kc¢ping aGcountin¥ re¢orts which dis¢l(be with rc&8onable a￿llacY at any titne thc fllwicial position of th¢ charity, and to enable them to ensure that the financial statancllts c(Nllply with the c.harities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Re￿￿ts} Regulattolls 21X)8 and the provisi￿S of the Trust Dccd. Tliey are also respoiisible for safeguarding the assets of the cbaTity wjd f(K tsking re&sonable stq)s for the prevrJrtion and dc*ction of fraud and other irr¢gularitie8. Approval Thi's Icport was approvcd by the trustees on and si8ned on ￿1r behalf D.G. Camcron Trustee PROVINCE OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE MASONIC BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATI Independent Eiaminers, Report to the Trustees of The Province of Cgmbridgeshire Masonie Benevolent Association - Charity Number 1056195 We report on the accowits of the Association for the year ended 3 1st December 2024. pagcs ￿. Respective responsibilities of trnjtees and examiner The charity's tsiistees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustces consid¢r an auth'i is nol required for this year under scction 144 ot'the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an illdependent examination is needed. It is our responsibility to: . examine thc accounts undcr scction 145 of th¢ Clwiti¢s Act. to follow the wocedwes laid down in the genernl Directions ￿Ven by the Chan'ty Con￿￿1￿¢￿ (undcr section 145(5Xb) of the CTharities Act: and io state whethu parn¢ularmatters have come to attention. Basis of independent exAminer5' report. Our eXaMi￿On was carried out in accordance with the 8en¢ral Dlr¢cts(￿S ￿Ven by thc Charity Commi&sion. An ¢xamination includes a review of the accounting reujrds kept by the charity and a compatison of the aCcO￿ts piesaitcd with those records. It also includes constderation of any ￿n￿lla1 items or disdosures in the accounts and seekin8 explanations from you as trustees C￿CernIng any such n￿tter5. Thc proLcthwcs undertakell do not provide all the evidence that would Lr iequired in an adiL and consequendy nu opmiion Is given as to whether the accounts present a 'tnJe and fair, view: and the re￿￿ is limited to those matters set out in the staiement below. Independent examlnerj, 8tatememL In connection with our examin*iw no matter c(xne lo our attentson: _ l. which ￿V¢S us reas(Thble Cause lo believe that iffj any Ma￿la1 respeffj the Tequiremcnts: . to keep accounting records in accordance widj section 1.10 of the ChaTitics Act. to prepare accowits wluch accord witli the accountiiig recor(ts and coinply widi die aC￿mmI7￿g requiremellts of the Ctwi'tics Act have not becn mct. OI 2. to Whic￿ in our opinion, attention should b¢ drawn in order to enable a proper underthdin8 of the accounts bc i'cached. P.A.R. Skipper Illnisfrce 9a Cantelupe Road, H&8lingfree Cambs CB23 ILU H. Aouad 7 Walker Way Longsatanton CB24 3EZ Dated- PR F CAMBIU MASONI BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcrtVlTIES R THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024 Unrestricted Fun&$ Restticted Total FuThls 2024 2023 in Regular Paynient Promises Excluding Gift Aid T)onations and fundraising events excluthng Gift Aid Gitt Aid ￿1V A eal (:.MBA 475 es Total Thc Tcddies for Loving* CdrL is a sthcme to provide cuddly Irars to Accident Fxnetgency units f￿ medical staff ￿ EIVC. at their discrelion. to young childten. In'l'he Province of Catn1x￿gesb￿C the Ted(bL4 for LoNryii% Care is centtally ad￿ll￿t￿cd alld fiwdcdby Ihc CMBA but rwis ￿der die awices of the CeLtsal"feddics LoTriDg Care S¢J)¥ni