Charity No 278761
The Oxfordshire Masonlc Charity
Thistees Report and Finanaal Statements
For the year ended 30th June 2026

The Oxfordshire Masonlc Charfty
Contents
Legal and admlnlstrd￿ve information
Trustees report
I￿ependent exaMIrE￿ rek)Nt
ststement of financial athities
Balarte sheet
Notes to the financlal ststsments
7-11

The Oxfordshire Masonic Charity
Legal and admlnlstratlve Informatlon
Trustees
AMKeeth
C A H ￿exander
Baar
TRLMyatt
Chwity R¢9iSter¢d Numbw
278761
Prlndpal Addrtss
8 Edward Street
Oxford
OXI 4HL
Independent Examlner
J M Russell FCA
Just Audit & kssurdrKe Ltd
37 Market Squa
Witney
Oxon
OX28 6RE
Bankers
Bardays Bonk PLC
54 Cornmlrket Street
Oxford
OXI 3HB
Sollcitors
Sprdtt Endicott
52154 The Green
Banbury
Oxon
OX16 9AB
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The Oxfordshlre Masonlc Charity
Trnstees Report
For the year ended 31)th Jun• 2026
The trustpes present thelr retK)rt ajong the flnancial staternents ol the tharty for the year ended 30th J￿e
2026. The finantial statements have l)een p￿pared In accordants 54Ath the Kcountin9 [￿lICE$ set out In note i
to ￿ accounts and compty Mth the chariVs trust dee4 the (Jarfues A(12011 arn1 the Statement of
Recornmended Prac￿,A￿jndng and Repo￿ng by a)arltses' ISORP 2005).
Objerts of the tharlty
The fuThJ Is a regiSter&l tharty No.278761 esiabllshed under a trLLSt de￿ cfi 3rd (ktober 1979, as ame4)ded
on 21st January 1999 and 5th Ortoter 2011.
The obièLts of are tt)e rellef of such p(x*r and diknd Brothw Mason5 or thelr poor aTrJ
dbtre5sed widows aTrY chAdren, to or for the benefft of ￿ch Masoftlc charlues or other tharitable Inst*uUor
socletre5 and obms as the Provlnaal Grdnd Lolge shall Sn duly c￿s￿tuted meeUr*J frorn to tkne thise.
The bv*s have patd due ￿0rd to guideunes 15sued ty the Chariy Comml%bn in thdin9 vthat ￿tiv￿e5
the charity should indude.
rn4Stees and adminlstratlon
Under the rules of the tharity the trustees are the ProvI￿al Grnnd Treasurer, The (knd
Secretary, arxl the Provlnctal Grnnd Charity S￿ar(ts for Craft and ChaF&r. The were amended
to enab￿ the tru*ees to app￿nt other Masons re￿ant sk#ls a￿1 are currenty belng further revle+¥ed.
The who hetd Offt￿ durftvj year were:
A H Barlow {￿99ned 21 Jufyf 2026}
A P Hill (resbjned 29 sept￿nber 2025)
R J Bal￿tt (re￿gned 21 July 2026)
T N Grler 21 ju￿ 20261
A M Keech
C A H Alexander (ap￿SInted 21 July 2026)
B Ckncy (atwinted 21 Juty 2026)
T R L Myatt (ap&KJlnted 21 ju￿ 2026)
The Pri￿0paI address of the charity IS 8 Edward Street thford OXI 4HL
The work of the is carrkd out on an entirely vcluntary basL%, rl) payment rnade to any trustee or
Commlitee manLYr.
The Fund derlves Its irKorne frnrn donat(ons sub501b￿ by Mawnlc Lcty makiw4 up the ProvI￿e of
Oxfordshlre, prfvate donatsons and legacles together wth investsnent from tts pycyeity invthn¢
share ￿￿￿OrKI and bank desThL>
The Cornmittee meets at ￿5t On￿ a year to constder ary appeals for asslstsrKe recefved from Masont tharft*s
and other Charital￿e Institutk)ns tsking Into account the Commissh)ns gUKlan￿ on public bendlt. For a number
years it has asslsted with a serfes of luncl)es hekl thrwjhout the ProVIn￿ to provide comfort aTrJ surwt to ma￿DiC
wldows and i*stiEssed brethren. around 300 1rKI￿ldUaIS attend&J In the year. Apart from such lurKhes the cost of whKh
shown h) the attached financfal stateM￿ts, grants made durlng the year amounted to £103.225 (2025 £37,879). The
tharity supwrts *k and (15advantaged chlldw wa Its PantornSme Proje¢ with r￿ 600 chllthn and theSr carers
attending. In consderfng what grants rnmjht be [r￿de the commth care to ensure that contributbns are made
from avaikble resour￿. No c0mm1trr￿Trts have b￿￿ made for future exFeThJlture even though fvrther ao]ulsIts'￿
Investrnert prorÈty Is u￿ler co1￿￿￿On.
The tW5t￿ consider that there are ￿ mater1al urtertaInt￿S ab)ut the thattys ablty trs condnue as a gc4ThJ
oncem for the next 12 mnths.
The browht forward reserves were £2,308.OS2. The carrt&J forward ￿1Ve$ a￿ Q,511.269. The net ftf the
year was £203,217 (2025 £411,755).
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The Oxfordshlre Masonlc Charity
Trustees Report (contlnued)
For the year ended 30th June 2026
Reserves Policy
It IS mt the polry of the tnjstees to accuM￿ate knds. The tW5tee5 have rewewed the reserves of the charity
and thls revlew encompassed the nature of income and ex￿rI￿1tu￿ stre3m5, the need to match variable
I￿ame with commitments the nature of resew. The trustees ctsn￿der that the current level of free
reseNes which amourt to £2,511,269 is sufficient to enable the charty tr) meet its charitsble objecbves arxl
wlll therefore 0)ntin￿ wlth the policy of dithbutlrvJ irKofftirYJ resources by way of gran
A *par* fund has been for the Pantomlme rKoJect to tr& Income and eXw)ditU￿.
Rlsk Factors
The tTUStees have assessed the major ri4fs to which the tnjst wlll be exw)*l and a￿ sa￿sfied that
a￿ In pla￿ to mltSgate these rosks.
Future Plans
The trustees Sntend to conunL￿ Ma￿n9 approprtate grants in accordan￿ with objects of the tharty.
T￿￿teeS reSp￿￿ts111ty lor the ac£ounts
The trustees are responslble for prepar6ng the Trustees, Rep)rt aThY the accounts In accordan￿ wlth appltsble
law and Unlted KlThJdom AccOun￿￿j Stsndards (Unlted Klngdom Generally Accept8J Accepted Prathce).
law aFplicable to charities in England and Wales requlres trustees to prepare accounts for each
finanaal year whth glve a tnE and fair view of the State of affair5 of the charities and of ￿ incoming re50ur
aThJ applicatIc￿ of resources of the (tharities for that year.
In preparing these accounts, the trustees are required to:
select suN8ble accounllng poll¢l8s a￿1 then apply them conslslent
observe the methods and prlnclples in the Chatlbgs SORP
make judgements and esumates that are reasonable and prudent
slat¢ whglhw appli¢able O￿OUn￿.n9 stsndards have be¢n folbwod. subject to any materlal
departures disd¢)sed and explainad in the accounts.
prepare the accounls on the going ￿cern basls unless It Is Inapproprlale to prgsuma thai th
charity will continue in operation
The trustees are reSp￿751bIe for keeF4ro proter acCoun￿ng records that dI￿Ose YAth reasonable accuracy
at any dme the finanaal pJ5ith)n of the charlty arKI enable them to ensure that the accounts comF4y wlth
chart￿e5 Att 2011. the Charity (Accounts and Rep￿ts) ￿ulationS and the provisions of the trust deed.
They are also re5wn5ible for 5af83uarding the assets of the charity arKI hen￿ fcf taiang reasonatAe steps
the prevention and det*K)n of fraud arKJ other iryularitie5.
A M Keech
On tehalf of the trustees.
Date:
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The Oxfordshlre Masonic Charlty
Independènt Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the oxf￿dshire Masonlc Charity
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the 8ccounts of the chathy for the year ended 30 June 2026
which are sol out on pages 5 to 11.
Respedve r•spon$lbllllles of trustee8 and exwnln•r
As the charity's trustees ol Oxfordshire Masonic Charity you are responsible for the prepar￿lOn of the aC￿UnIS
In 8tt0rdance vath th6 requirements ofthe Ch8rtti9s Act 20111.the AcV}.
l ￿POrt in respeu of my examln*ion of the Oxfordshire Ma50nlc Ch&rity's Bccounts carried out under section
145 of the 2011 Act and In carrying out my examinBthon I hav8 followed all the applicable Directions gNen ty
the Charity Commisslon under section 14515llb} of Ihe Act.
Indgpendent ex8mlnerf$ ststement
I have coryleted my examination. I confirm that no material rnatters have come to my 8tt8ntion in conneclion
with thè examinatlon giving me c8u$e to believe that in any material ￿s￿Cl..
1. accounting ￿CordS were not kept in iespect of Oxlordshire Masonic Charity 88 required by section 130 of
the Ao-, or
2. the accounts do not accord wilh those records,. 01
3. th• aLwunts do not cornply wilh the accounting requirements concèming 1he forni and conteni of ac¢ounts
set out in the Charitres (Accounts and Repottsl Regulation$ 2￿)8 other th8n any r8quirement thai iha a￿OUnts
glve a'true and fair viev/ which is not a mattor conslderod as part ol an Independent ex8mination.
I have no concerns and h8ve come across other nwtters in conneclion with the exam1n￿lOn to whr
attention should be drawn in Ihis report in order to enable B woper undèrstanding of the accounts to be
reached.
Russell FCA
Just Audit 8 A&%ur8nce Ltd
37 Market Squar&
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX28 6RE
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The Oxfordshirn Masonic tharity
statement of financial Artl¥ltles
For the year ended 30th June 2026
PGLF
Funds
Panto
Fund
Total
2025
INCOMING RES¢XIRCES
In￿miNg rts)urces Irttm generated fu￿
ktlvlYe4 for generatrng funds..
D￿a￿on5
Investment irKorr
Rental inron
Panto
Sundry Inojne & teddy sa￿$
2,317
34,655
31511
2,416
194
4,733
34,849
32,511
11,241
4,321
366,728
34,J91
28,418
J2,098
11,241
4221
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
73,803
13,850
87,654
446W7
RESOURCES EXPEIIDED
Costof geneR￿ng funtts
Investrnent Man¥fs Fee5
Propetty e¥penditu
Charttable athV￿e9
Grants
Widows lunches
Teddy wrchases
Parto C05ts
Patrto GaMe￿innerS
Charlty gala
Ev8nts
Governance wsts
4,031
2,IfAI
4,031
2,160
1942
1,245
103,225
103,225
37,869
10,130
10,130
9,416
ii,Jis
9,416
3,940
730
3,634
3,634
124,948
13,356
138,301
NEfiNCOMING RESOURCES FOR THE YEAR
(51.1451
(50.651)
375,326
SVRPLUS ON REVALUATION
OF INvE￿mEr￿A55ETs
253,867
253,867
34429
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
201722
494
203,216
411,755
FUND BALANCES AT I July 2025
2,294.536
13,517
2,3CQ,053 489¢2
FUIID BALANCES AT 30 Jwbe 2026
2,497,258
14.011
2,511,269 2,3Cq053
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The Oxlordshire Masonk thartty
Balan￿ Sheet as at 30 June 2026
2026
2025
FIXED ASSErs
Inve*nents
7,8,9
2,489,559
2,264,683
CURRENT ASSETS
r*btor5
Cash at bank
io
1,998
20,412
9,998
34,921
22,410
44,919
CREDrroRS: Afflowts falllng due
withln one year
li
700
1,550
NET CURRENT ASSErs
21,710
43,369
T<yfAL ASSETS Less ￿RRE￿r UABThmES
2,511.269
2,308,052
REPRESENTED BY:
Unre5tr1cted Funds
Panto Fund
12
12
2,497,258
14,011
2.294,535
13,517
1511,269
1308.052
Approved by
A M Keech
Ckn Beham of Ihe Trust8e$
Date..
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The Oxfordshlre Masonlc Charity
Notes to the Flnancial Ststements
For the year ended 30th june 2026
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
1.1 Basls of prepara#"on aThJ of goirKJ concwn
The acctsjnts {financlal statements) have been p￿pa￿ uThler the hlstor1cal c05t corwentbn
th Items recognlsed at cost ￿ transaction Ydlue unless ott￿WISe ststed In the relevant
notels) to these accounts. The finanaal 51atements have been prepared Sn aCccWdan￿ with
the Ststement of Recommended Practi￿. Accounting and Re￿￿ting by Ch3rittes preparing
their accounts in accordance wth Flnanry81 Reportlng Standard applICab￿ in the Unf¢ed
KlThJdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) arKJ Char6tles Att 2011.
The Charity constitutes a public buEfit entity as defined by FRSIO2.
The knjstees Cc￿51der that t1￿ are rK) materlal ￿n￿rtaIn￿eS at￿ut the tharity5 ability to
continue as a gdng C￿l￿n for the next 12 months.
1.2 Accounting
Unrestricted fun(ts are fLmd5 whith are awlaLle for use at the di￿rtIOn of the trustees
in furtheran￿ of the gereral obi￿tiveS of the charlty, which have nc)t been
designat8Y for other PLrpose5. unrestritt￿ funds c(rrist of the generdl reseNes of the
Chaiity
1.3 Incomiro Reswr
All incomirg reSoLf￿5 are inclLNJed In the Statement of Fina￿.31 ktivitles when the
Foun(ktion is legal￿ entitled to the Income, and the amount can be quallfied wlth
rea50naiAe accurdcy. The folbwirYJ Sp*￿ifiC ￿liaeS a￿ applied to the maln categorles
of irwme:
• Investment income Is i￿[￿j within the accounts when reCdva￿1e.
. Investment gains and losses indLMle any galn or loss on the ￿le of Investments and
any gain or loss result'ng from revalulng Investments to market value at the year end
date.
• ￿1 othw InCr￿Irg re5iJjr￿ are rec<YJ￿sed within ￿ Statement of ￿'nan0a1 Athvmes
on an aCQTua15 t8515.
. Income from legacy glfts is reccxjnised on a ose by case basis follow1￿ the grartlro of ryotote
when the administraiDrlexecutor cl the estate has communicated in writiryj tx)th the am￿nt atKI
ement date.
1.4 Rewurces Exp￿Ided
Ex￿ndItUre is accounted f￿ on an acryuals ba515. A liability and rdated expenditure is recognised
when a legal or con5twcbve obligation commits the charity to expendlture that will protxbty requi
sethemenL the amount of which can be reliab￿ measured or estlmated.
Grants awarded are charged as an exttnse as swn as a legal or constn￿tive obllgatlon for thelr
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The Oxfordshire Masonic Charity
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
For the year ended 30th June 2026
1.5 Investments
tnvestrents proptrties a￿ initlally recorded at cost and subsequenuy measured at thelr
falr value {Ma￿et value) by the trustees at each reportlng date. Purchases and sales of
investrnent properties are ￿C￿J￿IS￿￿ on exchange of contracts.
Listed investments are Inltially measured at their cost and subsequently measur& at thelr falr
value at each rewrting date. Fair value 15 based on thelr quoted pri￿ at the balan￿ sheet date
without deduttlon of the estimated ftjbjre selling costs.
The tharlty does not acquire options, derwatives or other complex financial instruments.
thanges in fair value, and galns and losse5 arfsing on the dlsF)0sal of investments, are credited or
charged tctr the income or expendltiire section of the SOFA as 'galns or losses on investments,
and are alIC(at￿ to the fund holding or disposiThJ of the relevant Investment.
1.6 Other h'nanclal InStrUm￿ts
Cash and cash equlvalents incIL￿e cash at banks and In hand and short tem deposits with
a ma￿rIty date of 3 months or less.
Debtors and Cr￿ltorS re￿Ivable or payable withln one year of the rewrlng date a￿ carried
at their transaction value. Debtors and credltor5 receivable or payable in more tt*n one year
and not subject to a marf(et rdte of interest, are measured at the present value of the
expected future receipts or payments dlxounted at the rna￿et rate of interest.
2 INVESTMENT INCOME
2026
2025
Di￿dendS from Inve5tmert portfolio
Bank and other interest rtteivable
32,805
28.357
5,834
34,849
34.191
3 GRANTS PAYABLE
t￿ring the year, the charty made Grants totalling £103,225 (2025 £37,869)
4 TRUSTEES. REMUNERATIONS AND EXPENSE8
No remunerdtion was pald or payable the y&ir, dir￿￿ or Indirecdy, out of the fund5
of the charity, to any twstee or to any persons known to be connthd wY(h any of
them, in thelr (Bpadty as trustee.
No expenses {2025 £0) were pald or reimbursed to trustees in lh8 yaar.
RELATED PARTh TRANSACTIONS
Ncne in the year. {2025 - none)
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Thé Oxfordshlre Masonlc
Notes to the FSnandal Strtements {contlnuad)
For the y•ar ¢nded 30th June 2026
2026
2025
Sundry experÉes
Legal & Profe55ional
696
696
7 ANALYSIS OF INVESTMEifrs
2026
2025
Investments list M a rtttsjnw sritk eXCh￿e
Resklenual proFwty
Cash hekl as part of Investr*nt ￿rtIo110
1,863,872
615,759
9,928
1531,750
615,759
117,174
2,489,560
1264,683
One investment, Schroder SSF Wealth Management Fund1£499,4901, comprlsed 26.7% of the portfolio
8 STOCK MARKEf INVESTMENTS
2026
2025
BaLirKe brDught foThvard as al 01 Juty 2025 al market ￿dIue
1,531,750
1,193,675
AddItIor￿ to Invethents at c(tst
98,520
301,646
DI￿1$
(20,264)
SurplLLS on MalUaU￿
253,867
36,429
I￿63,873
I￿31,?50
Gish h•id •$ of ithv¢stment portft+llo
9,928
117,174
Bahn￿ cwrioj fO￿ard as at 30 2026 at market val
1,873ROI
1,648,924
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The Oxfordshire Masonic Charfty
Notss to the financlal Statements (continued)
For the year ended 30th June 2026
9 Freehold Investment Property
2026
2025
Balan￿ bl fO￿ard at l Juty 2025 at mafket value
615,759
615,759
Pdditsons at cost
Dlsp)sals
&Jrplus on revaluaYons
Ba￿n￿ carri&J fomard at 30 ju￿ 2026 at nk4rket value
615,759
615,759
The brought forward freehdd ￿0￿￿￿e5 were acqulred in 2016 and 2018. The trustees
COn￿der that thdr current value is rot materially dlfferent from that valuation.
10 DEBTORS: Amounting falling due wlthln one year
2026
2025
0￿r debtors
1,998
1,998
9,998
11 CREDrroRS: Amountlng falllng du¢ wlthln one ye
2026
2025
AccTuals and deferred Income
700
1,550
7Crf)
1,550
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The Oxlordshlre Masonlc Charity
Notes to the Financial Statements (contlnued)
For the year ended 30th June 2026
12 ANALYSIS OF FUNDS
Movement on Funds
Balan
Blfwd
Incomlng Outgolng G•lns and Balances
Resources Resources Losses Clfwd
Provlndal Grand Lodge Fund
Panto Fund
2,294,536
13,517
73,803
13,850
(124,948) 253,867
(13,356)
2,497,258
14,011
Total funds
2,308,053
87,654
(138,304} 253,867
2.511,269
13 FUTURE COMMrnLIErfrs
The trustees approved a funding commllmènt lo a beneficiary comprising Itve annual spK)nsorshlp paymen
of £2.400 and 60 monthly donations of £700 lowaids a minibus. Ths total commllmBnt of £45.000 was
agrèed at a tnJ$lees' M￿ling on 21 March 2025 and paym8nts began 11 Decembgr 2025.
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