2022-04-05-accounts - The North And East Yorkshire Mark Benevolent Fund

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Trustees' Annual Report					for theperiod
From	Period start date			To	Period end date
	06	04	2021		05	04	2022

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

The North & East Yorkshire Mark Benevolent Fund

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 517013

Charity's principal address Glebe House Seaton Road Bewholme Driffield Postcode YO25 8EB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	David Robert Clancey	President
	Allan Cameron Scott
	Paul David Barham
	John White

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address




Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Trust Deed 1[st] July 1985

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Trust How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustees are elected by the Charity Committee and appointed by the Trustee selection methods existing trustees by deed. (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

In accordance with the Governing Document the day to day management of the Charity is undertaken by the Charity Committee.

The Charity Committee is made up of an elected representative from each Lodge within the Province. The Chairman of the Committee is elected from within the Committee membership and serves a one year term of office. The Secretary to the Committee is appointed by the President of the Charity and also acts as treasurer.

relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To raise income from Mark Lodges within the Province for the relief of poor and distressed Mark Masons and their dependents and to support the Grand Mark Benevolent Fund and non-masonic charities within the Mark Province of North & East Yorkshire.

The Charity does not raise funds from the general public.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

The Charity awards grants to non-masonic charities in the Province. These may be one-off grants or spread over a 5 year period. Having regard to the statutory duty to act for the public benefit and within the constraints of the Governing Document, the Charity Committee invites recommendations from the Mark Lodges as to those non-masonic charities within the Province which would most benefit from these grants.

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Additional details of objectives	and activities (Optional information)
Youmay chooseto include further statements, where relevant, about: •policy on grantmaking; •policy programme related investment; •contribution made by volunteers. Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year	To be eligible for a grant from the Charity, non-masonic charities must be registered with the Charity Commission and either wholly based within the Province or ring fence any grant for use only within the Province, for the benefit of the local community. The Charity has adopted a policy that up to 5 eligible Charities would be selected to be beneficiaries over a 5 year period. Other charities are eligible for one–off grants. The Charity Committee meets twice a year and determines which charities should be awarded grants, and how much, having regard to the available funds.
	In this financial year the Charity raised over £33,000 from within the Mark membership of the Province. Grants were awarded to 10 non-masonic charities including the 4 in the 5 year programme. The total amount awarded was £14,264. In addition the Charity supported the work of the Grand Mark Benevolent Fund with donations totalling £24,726 of which £11,000 was designated for their Ukrainian Relief Fund. and £5,000 released from reserves.

Additional details of objectives

and activities (Optional information)

Youmay chooseto include
further statements, where
relevant, about:
•policy on grantmaking;
•policy programme related
investment;
•contribution made by
volunteers.
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity
during the year

To be eligible for a grant from the Charity, non-masonic charities must be
registered with the Charity Commission and either wholly based within
the Province or ring fence any grant for use only within the Province, for
the benefit of the local community.
The Charity has adopted a policy that up to 5 eligible Charities would be
selected to be beneficiaries over a 5 year period. Other charities are
eligible for one–off grants.
The Charity Committee meets twice a year and determines which
charities should be awarded grants, and how much, having regard to the
available funds.

In this financial year the Charity raised over £33,000 from within the Mark
membership of the Province.
Grants were awarded to 10 non-masonic charities including the 4 in the 5
year programme. The total amount awarded was £14,264.
In addition the Charity supported the work of the Grand Mark Benevolent
Fund with donations totalling £24,726 of which £11,000 was designated
for their Ukrainian Relief Fund. and £5,000 released from reserves.

Section E Financial review

The Charity has a reserves policy agreed in 2014 and regularly reviewed Brief statement of the since, that £35,000 should be held in reserve to cover future liabilities charity’s policy on reserves that may arise and emergency disaster funding. At the year end the Reserve Account stood at £35,076.. Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

Charitable income was significantly boosted this year by members You may choose to include donating funds totalling £11,000 to be passed on to the Grand Mark additional information, where Benevolent Fund for Ukrainian Relief. In addition £3,000 was donated to relevant about: support the Connaught Court Care Home operated by the Masonic the charity’s principal Charitable Foundation whose normal fundraising had been severely sources of funds (including reduced by Covid restrictions. Overall charitable giving amounted to any fundraising); £41,990 resulting in a planned reduction in reserves and a £2,000 reduction in the current account balance.

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

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Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) William Stephen Hawkes Full name(s) David Robert Clancey Position (eg Secretary, Chair, President Secretary etc) Date 30/10/2022

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