# THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM CHARITABLE TRUST OF THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF BERKSHIRE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1098092
- **Other names:** THE BERKSHIRE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF FREEMASONRY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 19, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1098092


## Contact

- **Address:** SINDLESHAM COURT LTD, MOLE ROAD, SINDLESHAM, WOKINGHAM
- **Postcode:** RG41 5EA
- **Phone:** 0118 978 7625
- **Email:** johnjenkinsco@hotmail.com



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE BELOW MENTIONED SUB-CLAUSE 3.2 TO PROVIDE MAINTAIN MANAGE UPKEEP AND IMPROVE A MUSEUM AND LIBRARY FOR THE EDUCATION AND BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO COLLECT MAINTAIN PRESERVE CONSERVE DISPLAY AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION THE ARCHIVES RECORDS PRINTED MATERIAL REGALIA JEWELS AND ARTEFACTS OF FREEMASONRY2. TO APPLY THE INCOME AND SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AS THEY SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM COMMITTEE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE COMMITTEE") MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT BUT SUBJECT TO SUCH APPROVALS OR CONSENTS AS MAY FOR THE TIME BEING BE PRESCRIBED BY LAW OR IN THE REGULATIONS HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FOR THE PERIOD OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME AT COMPOUND INTEREST BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME IN ANY OF THE AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS AND HOLD THE SAME AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE  SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR

**Activities:** Collecting, preserving, conserving, displaying and making available to enquirers the archives records, printed material, regalia jewels and artefacts of freemasonry and the continued running of a library and museum for the benefit of the general public.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE BERKSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bracknell Forest
- Reading
- Slough
- West Berkshire
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Wokingham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £6681 | £4569 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £6080 | £4580 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £6470 | £4719 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £5171 | £5229 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £6252 | £4827 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Gerald Reginald Preston** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 3, 2025
- Anthony Charles Howlett-Bolton — appointed April 1, 2017
- John Ferguson — appointed Sept. 3, 2025
- John Michael Jenkins — appointed June 5, 2023
- Mark Heppelthwaite — appointed Sept. 26, 2023