Analysis: Charity in masonic lodges - 'Unduly restrictive' or a 'big enough class'? - Third Sector

Analysis: Charity in masonic lodges - 'Unduly restrictive' or a 'big enough class'? - Third Sector: "Nigel Brown, grand secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England

David Ainsworth looks at how Freemasons could be affected by a forthcoming charity tribunal hearing examining benevolent funds

The country's 1,204 masonic charities are likely to be affected by the impending charity tribunal case on benevolent associations because they frequently have as one of their objects 'the relief of poor and distressed brother masons' and their families. This is clearly a restricted group and the question will be whether such charities provide adequate public benefit.

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