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|MASONIC SAMARITAN<br>FUND|||
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|Contents||Page|
|Trustees'<br>Annual<br>Report|||
|Strategic Report|||
|Statement ofTrustees Responsibilities||13|
|Auditor's<br>Report||14|
|Consolidated<br>Statement of Financial Activities||18|
|Balance Sheets||19|
|Consolidated<br>Statement ofCash Flows||20|
|Notes to the Financial Statements||21|
|The following<br>pages do not form part ofthe statutory accounts|||
|Annex A —Grants made to Charitable|Institutions|31|





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|All governance|and|management<br>capabilities<br>are provided<br>by the MCF and|details|of the|relevant|
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|committees<br>and processes are provided<br>in the annual<br>report and accounts ofthat|||company. Trustees and|||
|committees<br>ofthe MCF address the specific needs ofthe Charity as part oftheir roles and||||responsibilities||
|for the MCF. The|trustee board and the main committees<br>meet as follows:|||||
|Board/Committee||Purpose||Meetings per||
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|Trustee Board||Main decision-making<br>body with ultimate<br>responsibility<br>for|the|||
|||Charit||||
|Audit and Risk||Identification<br>and miti<br>ation of risk, oversi<br>ht ofexternal<br>audit||||
|Charity Grants||Consideration<br>ofapplications<br>for grants from organisations||||
|||re<br>nised b<br>the Chari<br>Commission||||
|Finance||Ensuring<br>adequate<br>procedures<br>are in place to manage<br>all||||
|||as<br>cts offinancial<br>lannin,<br>controllin<br>and re<br>rtin .||||
|Fundraising||Supporting<br>the masonic community's<br>fund raising activities|to|||
|||su<br>rt the Charit||||
|Investments||Maintaining<br>investment<br>strategies to meet the requirements|of|||
|||the Chari, a<br>ointment<br>and rnonitorin<br>offund mana<br>ers||||
|Masonic Support||Consideration<br>ofapplications<br>from individuals<br>connected<br>with||||
|||the masonic communi<br>for financial<br>relief||||
|Property (RMTGB<br>onl||Development<br>and execution ofstrategies to optimise the returns<br>from the Chari<br>'s<br>ro e<br>orffolio||||
|Remuneration||Determination<br>ofexecutive and staff<br>a<br>&benefits||||
|Strategy||Development<br>and implementation<br>ofstrategies<br>to support the||||
|||Charity's<br>objectives.<br>In addition,<br>the trustees<br>hold an annual||||
|||strate<br>ic'awa<br>da<br>.||||





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|The principal|risk|risk|s id|en|tified|and agreed actions to mitigate|are s|hown<br>in the following table:||
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||Risk|||||Conse<br>uence||Miti ation||
|Significant|unexpected|||||Reputational<br>damage,<br>loss of||Strong financial procedures,||
|financial loss||from||||confidence<br>with key stakeholders||particularly<br>budgetary<br>planning<br>and||
|operations||||||and impact upon continuing||control. Oversight<br>from the Finance||
|||||||financial<br>sustainabili||Committee.||
|Inadequate|liquidity|||to||Poor service to beneficiaries|and|Cash flow forecasting<br>and liquidity||
|meet financial||||||reputational<br>damage. Withdrawal||planning<br>within the Investment||
|commitments||||||ofk<br>services from sup<br>liers||Strate||
|Significant|long-term||||loss|Impacts financial<br>sustainability||Appointment<br>ofAsset Risk||
|in the value|ofthe|||||and reputational<br>damage<br>with||Consultants<br>as expert investment||
|investment|porffolio|||||donors||advisors,<br>providing<br>monthly||
|||||||||performance<br>reporting<br>and analysis.||
|||||||||Oversight<br>from investment<br>and||
|||||||||ro ert<br>committees.||
|Grants made||outside|||the|Reputational<br>damage,<br>loss of||Strong procedures<br>and controls for||
|Charity's<br>Objects and||||||confidence<br>with key stakeholders||processing<br>grants. Oversight<br>from||
|operating<br>guidelines||||||and potential trustee<br>liability||Masonic Support and Charity Grants||
|||||||||committees||
|Cyberattack|on||ITsystems|||All key operations are||United Grand Lodge of England||
|||||||compromised||("UGLE")and ITnetwork<br>providers||
|||||||||have strong security procedures|in|
|||||||||place covering access, protection,||
|||||||||backups and disaster recovery||
|||||||||facilities. Mandatory<br>cybersecurity||
|||||||||trainin<br>in<br>lace for all staff||
|Data protection|||breach|||Reputational<br>damage<br>and||Data protection<br>policy, ITsecurity||
|||||||s<br>nificant financial<br>enalties||and HR<br>olicies in<br>lace||
|Fraud||||||Financial loss, reputational||Financial procedures,<br>segregation|of|
|||||||damage, adverse impact upon||duties, authority<br>limits, ITsecurity,||
|||||||staff||increased awareness<br>amon<br>st staff||
|Unavailability||of|office|||Operations<br>compromised||UGLE Business Continuity<br>Plan||
|accommodation||||||||||
|Loss of paper||records||||Breach oflegal obligations,||Reduced reliance on paper records||
|from fire/flooding||||||adverse<br>impact upon operations,||with increased use of IT.||
|||||||otential financial<br>enalties||||
|Lack ofcompliance||||with||Breach of legal obligations,||HR procedures<br>and staff handbook.||
|employment|legislation|||||potential<br>financial<br>penalties,||Induction<br>processes for new staff.||
|||||||breakdown<br>ofstaff morale and||Ongoing<br>management<br>training<br>and||
|||||||adverse<br>impact upon service||Personal<br>Development<br>Review||
|||||||rovision||||
|Undue reliance on key||||||Operational<br>breakdown,<br>adverse||HR procedures:<br>organisational<br>and||
|persons||||||impact upon staff morale, poor||succession<br>planning.||
|||||||service to beneficiaries<br>and||Comprehensive<br>documentation<br>of||
|||||||otential re utational<br>dama e||rocedures<br>and controls||





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|own|in the fo|in the fo|llowing|table|:||||||
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||Asset||Class||Strategic|||Benchmark||Actual 31"|
||||||Allocation|||||March 2023|
|Cash|||||0.00%|SONIA||||2.90%|
|Fixed|Income||||7.50%|FTSE UK World||Gov. Bond Index GBP||880%|
|International|||E ui||54.50%|MSCI World|ex|UK NR GBP||59.20%|
|U.K.|E<br>ui||||18.00%|MSCI UK E|ui|NR GBP||18.10%|
|Eme|i|Market E||ui|12.50%|MSCI Eme|in|Markets E ui|NR GBP|3.20%|
|Alternative||Investments|||3.75%|HFRX Global|Hed e Fund GBP|||590%|
|Pro ert|||||3.75%|IA UK Direct|Pro e<br>TR|||1.90%|
||||||1PO PP|||||100.0%|



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|(Including a Consolidated|Income and Expenditure|Account)|||
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|||Note|2023|2022|
||||6'000|F'000|
|INCOME|||||
|Donations<br>and legacies|||669|420|
|Investment<br>income|||469|288|
|Total income|||1,138|708|
|EXPENDITURE|||||
|Cost ofgenerating<br>funds|||(18)|(82)|
|Investment<br>management|costs||(118)|(121)|
||||136|203|
|Charitable<br>activities|||||
|Masonic grants|||(10,814)|(11,768)|
|Non-Masonic<br>grants|||(288)|(490)|
||||11,102|12,258|
|Total expenditure|||11,238|12,461|
|Net gains/(losses)<br>on investments|||(147)|912|
|NET MOVEMENT<br>IN FUNDS|||10,247|10,841|
|Total funds brought forward|||26,738|37,579|
|Total funds carried forward|||16,491|26,738|





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|BALANCESHEET||||||
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|as at 31 March 2023|Note|March 2023||March 2022||
|Company<br>Number 6876310||Group|Company|Group|Company|
|||E'000|E'000|F'000|E'000|
|CURRENT ASSETS||||||
|Debtors|9|204|203|117|116|
|Investments|8|18,047|18,047|26,467|26,467|
|Cash at bank and in hand||635|634|3,429|3,428|
|||18,886|18,884|30,013|30,011|
|CURRENT LIABILITIES||||||
|Creditors falling due within one year|10|(1,966)|(1,966)|(2,945)|(2,945)|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS||16,920|16,918|27,068|27,066|
|Creditors<br>falling due after one year|10|(429)|(429)|(330)|(330)|
|Total net assets||16,491|16,489|26,738|26,736|
|CHARITABLE FUNDS||||||
|Unrestricted<br>funds||||||
|General reserves||16,491|16,489|26,738|26,736|
|Total charitable<br>funds||16,491|16,489|26,738|26,736|



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||CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT<br>||O|F CASH||||
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||FLOWS||||YEAR|ENDED 31|MARCH 2023|
|||||||2023|2022|
|||||||f."000|E'000|
||Operating<br>Activities|||||||
||Net cash provided<br>by/(used<br>in) Operating|||Activities|A|11,983|11,203|
||Cash flows from investing<br>activities|||||||
||Dividends,<br>interest and rents from investments|||||469|288|
||Proceeds from the sale ofinvestments|||||8,720|22,830|
||Purchase<br>ofinvestments|||||0|(10,740)|
||Net cash provided<br>by/(used<br>in) Investing||Activities|||9,189|12,378|
||Change<br>in cash and cash equivalents|in|the|||||
||reporting<br>period|||||(2,794)|1,175|
||Cash and cash equivalents<br>at the beginning|||ofthe||||
||reporting<br>period|||||3,429|2,254|
||Cash and cash equivalents<br>atthe end|of|the|||||
||reporting<br>period|||||635|3,429|
||Notes on the cash flow statement|||||||
|A|Reconciliation<br>ofnet income/(expenditure)|||to net||||
||cash flow from operating<br>activities|||||||
||Net movement<br>in funds<br>as per the Statement|||of||||
||Financial Activities|||||(10,247)|(10,841)|
||Adjustments<br>for:|||||||
||Dividends,<br>interest and rents from investments|||||(469)|(288)|
||Other movements<br>in investments|||||(300)|(1,156)|
||(Increase)/decrease<br>in debtors|||||(87)|70|
||(Decrease)/increase<br>in creditors|||||(880)|1,012|
||Net cash provided<br>by/(used<br>in) Operating|||Activities||11,983|11,203|
|B|Analysis ofcash and cash equivalents|||||||
||Cash at bank and in hand|||||635|3,429|
||Total cash and cash equivalents|||||635|3,429|





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|YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH|YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH|2023||||
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|2.|DONATIONS<br>AND LEGACIES|||2023|2022|
|||||L'000|L'000|
||Festivals|||0|9|
||Other donations|||52|59|
||Legacies|||617|352|
|||||669|420|
|3.|INVESTMENT INCOME|||2023|2022|
|||||6'000|E'000|
||Interest on bank deposits|||1|1|
||Income from investment|portfolios||468|287|
|||||469|288|
|4.|INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT||COSTS|2023|2022|
|||||f'000|E'000|
||Investment<br>fund management|||88|98|
||Support costs|||30|23|
|||||118|121|
|5.|CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES|||2023|2022|
|||||E'000|L'000|
||Masonic|||||
||Care and welfare support<br>Sickness and illness<br>Support Costs|||6,670<br>2,575<br>1,569|6,475<br>3,731<br>1,562|
|||||10,814|11,768|
||Non-Ilasonic|||||
||Medical &Social Research Programme|||283|484|
||Support Costs|||5|6|
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|YE|AR ENDED 31 MARCH|2023||||||||
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|6.|SUPPORT COSTS||Cost of|Investment|Masonic|Masonic|Total|Basis||
||||Generating|Management|||2023|for||
||||Funds|||||Allocation||
||||f'000|f'000|f'000|f'000|f'000|||
||Relief Chest - Fundraising||0|0|0|0|0|(a)||
||Fundraising||0|0|0|0|0|(a)||
||Legacies||18|0|0|0|18|(a)||
||Masonic Support - Grants||0|0|259|0|259|(a)||
||Masonic Support - Advice &Support||0|0|270|0|270|(a)||
||Masonic Support - Provincial|&Volunteers|0|0|89|0|89|(a)||
||Relief Chest - Charitable||0|0|48|0|48|(a)||
||Community<br>Support &Research||0|0|0|3|3|(a)||
||Strategic & Impact||0|0|35|0|35|(b)||
||Executive||0|0|140|0|140|(c)||
||Finance||0|30|129|0|159|(c)||
||Digital &Technology||0|0|131|0|131|(b)||
||Human<br>Resources||0|0|65|0|65|(b)||
||Communications||0|0|182|0|182|(b)||
||Governance||0|0|53|0|53|(b)||
||Facilities &Administration||0|0|157|0|157|(b)||
||Administration<br>and Support||0|0|91|0|91|(b)||
||Facilities 8 Admin - Ruspini|House|0|0|0|0|0|(b)||
||Other||0|0|(80)|2|(78)||1|
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|SUPPORT COSTS:2022|||Cost of|Investment|Masonic|Non-<br>Masonic|Total|Basis|
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||||Generating|Management|||2022|for|
||||Funds|||||Allocation|
||||E'000|L"000|8000|6'000|L'000||
|Relief Chest - Fundraising<br>Fundraising<br>Legacies<br>Masonic Support - Grants<br>Masonic Support - Advice 8 Support<br>Masonic Support - Provincial<br>&Volunteers<br>Relief Chest - Charitable<br>Community<br>Support &Research<br>Strategic &Impact<br>Executive<br>Finance|||14<br>15<br>16<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>24<br>13|0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>25|0<br>0<br>0<br>278<br>276<br>84<br>48<br>0<br>12<br>152<br>158|0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>3<br>0<br>0<br>0|14<br>15<br>16<br>278<br>276<br>84<br>46<br>3<br>12<br>176<br>196|(a)<br>(a)<br>(a)<br>(a)<br>(a)<br>(a)<br>(a)<br>(a)<br>(b)<br>(c)<br>(c)|
|Digital &Technology<br>Human Resources<br>Communications<br>Governance<br>Facilities &Administration<br>Administration<br>and Support<br>Facilities &Admin - Ruspini<br>Other|House||0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0|0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>(2)|127<br>58<br>199<br>37<br>71<br>89<br>0<br>(27)|0<br>0<br>1<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>2|127<br>58<br>200<br>37<br>71<br>89<br>0<br>(27)|(b)<br>(b)<br>{b)<br>(b)<br>(b)<br>(b)<br>(b)|
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|YE|AR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023|AR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023|||||
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|8.|INVESTMENTS||March|2023|March|2022|
||||Group|Company|Group|Company|
||||f'000|f'000|f'000|f'000|
||Current Asset|Investments|||||
||-Managed<br>funds||||||
||RLAM Cash Reserve funds||18,047|18,047|26,467|26,467|
||||18,047|18,047|26,467|26,467|
||MOVEMENTS|IN INVESTMENTS|||||
||Balance at 1 April 2022||26,467|26,467|37,401|37,401|
||Additions||0|0|10,740|10,740|
||Disposals||(8,720)|(8,720)|(22,830)|(22,830)|
||Investment<br>income reinvested||468|468|287|287|
||Management|fees charged to the fund|(21)|(21)|(43)|(43)|
||Gains/(losses)||(147)|(147)|912|912|
||Balance at 31|March 2023|18,047|18,047|26,467|26,467|
||RECONCILIATION<br>TO SOFA||||||
||Gains/(losses)|on listed investments|(147)|(147)|912|912|
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|9.|DEBTORS|||March 2023|March 2023|March 2022|March 2022|
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|||||Group|Company|Group|Company|
|||||f'000|f'000|f'000|f'000|
||Amounts<br>owed by group undertakings|||2|0|1|1|
||Prepayments|and accrued income||2|2|4|3|
||Other debtors|||200|201|112|112|
|||||204|203|117|116|
|10.|CREDITORS|||March 2023||March 2022||
|||||Group|Company|Group|Company|
|||||f'000|f'000|f'000|f'000|
||Falling due within one year|||||||
||Grants payable|||1,395|1,395|2,133|2,133|
||Amounts<br>owed|to group undertakings||564|564|766|766|
||Accruals and deferred||income|7|7|46|46|
|||||1,966|1,966|2,945|2,945|
||Falling due after more than one year|||||||
||Grants payable|||429|429|330|330|
|||||429|429|330|330|




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|Street, London, WC2B 5AZ. The summary<br>of its results <br>March 2021 is shown as follows:|for the year and its net assets|as at 31|
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||2023|2022|
||E'000|L'000|
|Gross income|109|9|
|Donation<br>to parent charity|108|15|
|Net movement<br>in funds||(6)|
|Total funds brought<br>forward||8|
|Total funds carried forward||2|
|Represented<br>by net assets as follows:|||
|Cash at bank and in hand|||
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|Total listed above|250,000|1|
|---|---|---|
|Overall Total|250,000||
|Discounting<br>of long term grants (movement)|32,417||
|Per Accounts|282,417||



