THE GRAND CHARITY
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-05 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2024
Net assets
£89K
-67.3% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE GRAND CHARITY 2016-12-06 → present
- MASONIC CHARITY TRUSTEE LIMITED 1980-03-25 → 2016-12-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £879,000 | £804,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £128,000 | -£183,000 | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £272,000 | £89,000 | |
| Net assets | £272,000 | £89,000 | |
| Equity | £272,000 | £89,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 14.6% | -22.8% | |
| Current ratio | 10.81x | 15.83x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Knox Cropper LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees of the Charity have concluded that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Charity to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Following depletion of its reserves during the course of the previous year, there has been no further third-party grant making during the course of the current year and the Charity will remain open solely for the receipt of legacies that will then be transferred to the MCF to continue supporting beneficiaries.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NURSE, Brenda Enrica Paulette | Secretary | 2022-03-01 | — | — |
| LONG, James Martin | Director | 2024-03-14 | Aug 1955 | British |
| MASONIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | Corporate Director | 2016-09-15 | — | — |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMM JONES, Richard Lewis | Secretary | 2004-04-21 | 2016-09-15 |
| ELGOOD, Guy David Alsager | Secretary | 2002-01-01 | 2004-04-21 |
| HIGHAM, Michael Bernard Shepley, Commander Royal Navy | Secretary | — | 1998-07-31 |
| WENSLEY, Dudley Michael | Secretary | 1998-08-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| AKLE, Charles Assad | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2016-09-15 |
| BEARD, John Michael | Director | 1997-07-11 | 2002-10-16 |
| BUCHANAN, Nigel James Cubitt | Director | 2014-07-16 | 2016-04-01 |
| CHALK, Adrian Ralph | Director | 2004-04-21 | 2007-03-28 |
| DANIEL, James Wallace | Director | 1998-08-01 | 2002-10-16 |
| DUCKWORTH, Simon D'Olier | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2016-09-15 |
| ELGOOD, Guy David Alsager | Director | 2014-07-16 | 2016-04-01 |
| ELLIOTT, Grahame Nicholas | Director | 2007-03-13 | 2014-07-16 |
| HIGHAM, Michael Bernard Shepley, Commander Royal Navy | Director | — | 1998-07-31 |
| HOARE, John Michael | Director | 1997-07-11 | 2004-04-21 |
| HONE, Richard Michael, His Honour Judge | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2016-09-15 |
| JOHNSON, Ian Brook | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2014-06-30 |
| KELLY, Brian Dennis | Director | 2007-03-13 | 2012-07-11 |
| KERSHAW, Clifford Harold | Director | — | 1995-11-11 |
| LYE, Raymond John | Director | 1997-07-11 | 2014-07-18 |
| MARSHALL, Charles Sheldon | Director | 1997-07-11 | 2000-04-19 |
| MITCHELL, Roderic Wallace | Director | 2007-03-13 | 2016-04-01 |
| MORROW, Robert Anthony Henry | Director | 2002-10-16 | 2007-01-16 |
| NEWMAN, James Henry | Director | 2016-09-15 | 2017-02-27 |
| NEWMAN, James Henry | Director | 2016-09-15 | 2021-03-31 |
| PEMBERTON, Jeremy | Director | — | 1997-07-08 |
| STUBBS, Hugh William James | Director | 2004-04-21 | 2007-04-25 |
| STUBBS, James, Sir | Director | — | 1994-12-22 |
| WELCH, John Reader, Sir | Director | — | 1997-07-11 |
| WILLIAMS, Paul, Sir | Director | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masonic Charitable Foundation | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-8.5%
£879,000 £804,000
-
Cash
-100%
£1,000 £0
-
Net assets
-67.3%
£272,000 £89,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers