LODGE OF HOLYROOD HOUSE (ST LUKE'S) No 44 BENEVOLENT FUND   SC008258 

**INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS** for Year Ended 31 August 2025 

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|---|---|
|**2024**<br>Note<br>**2**<br>**BENEVOLENT FUND**<br>INCOME<br>120.00<br>Annual Subscription (Portion)<br>279.00<br>Donations<br>0.00<br>Interest (Gross)<br>1<br>0.00<br>Fund Raising<br>399.00<br>0.00<br>Dispersement<br>399.00<br>SURPLUS/ (DEFICIT) FOR YEAR|112.00<br>259.00<br>0.00<br>1,093.98|
||1,464.98|
||1,565.35|
||(100.37)|



LODGE OF HOLYROODHOUSE (ST LUKE'S) No 44 BENEVOLENT FUND  SC008258 for Year Ended 31 August 2025 

|Current Trustees|From November 2022|From November 2024|
|---|---|---|
||To November 2024|To November 2025|
|Master|Harry Clark|Alistair Harkness|
|Secretary|Ewan Notman|Ewan Notman|
|Treasurer|Alastair Readman|Alastair Readman|
|Almoner|David Taylor|Harry Clark|



All Trustees are appointed by the members at the Annual General Meeting. 

## Contact Address 

Alastair Readman, 7/5 Scotland Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6PP 

## Organisation & Objects 

## **BALANCE SHEET** 

The Fund is run by the Trustees on behalf of the Lodge of Holyrood House (St Luke's) number 44 on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. 

As at 31 August 2025 

## Activities and Achievements 

|3,989.30<br>Balance as at 31:08:24<br>577.00<br>Surplus/ deficit for Year<br>4,566.30<br>Represented by:<br>1,619.00<br>Donations due from /to lodge<br>2<br>0.00<br>Transferred from Steward's Fund<br>2,947.30<br>BANK & CASH<br>4,566.30|4,566.30<br>(100.37)|
|---|---|
||4,465.93|
||282.00<br>0.00<br>4,183.93|
||4,465.93|



## **Notes** 

- 1 INTEREST RECEIVED Interest from the Bank of Scotland is received Gross. Investment income is shown Gross along with the relevant tax. 

There were no direct claims from brethren or their families on the Benevolent Fund during the year.  Funds were applied through Grand Lodge and Provincial Grand Lodge of Edinburgh to both Masonic and Non-Masonic Charities. 

## Remuneration 

No member received any remuneration from the Fund during the year.  Expenses for and on behalf of the Fund would be reimbursed. 

Approved by the members of the Lodge and signed on their behalf Edinburgh, 

Alastair Readman Trustee 

- 2 DONATIONS Donations due to / from the Lodge of Holyrood House at the year end Including current years Annual Subscription Portion 

LODGE OF HOLYROOD HOUSE (ST LUKE'S) No 44 BENEVOLENT FUND   SC008258 Independent Examiner's Report 18 March 2026 

The charity trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006.  The Committee consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1)(d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1)(c ) of the Act and state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006.  An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.  It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanations from the Trustees concerning any such matters.  The procedures undertaken do not provide all evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. 

I have examined the books and records of the Fund and commend the Treasurer on the clarity of the Cash Book.  The accounting records have been kept in compliance to section 44(1)(a) of the 2005 Act, and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. The accounts accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. 

David Cavaye 

Lodge  Holyrood House (St Luke's) No 44 

Benevolent Fund  SC008258 

Examiner Edinburgh 

FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

For Year Ended 31 August 2025