The Warwickshire Masonic Charitable Association Limited
Charity 211588
http://www.warwickshirepgl.org.uk/
Overview
Summary
The Warwickshire Masonic Charitable Association appears to be the charitable expression of a wider membership network rather than a frontline service provider. Its role is to convert the relationships, resources and volunteering capacity of Warwickshire Freemasonry into grants for individuals, charities and community causes. The available evidence suggests a broad, opportunity-led funding model, connected to both local civic needs and selected wider commitments, while its precise grant priorities and decision-making remain unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Gravelly Hill
Confidence: medium
The charity’s registered contact address is Yenton Assembly Rooms, 73–75 Gravelly Hill North, B23 6BJ. Its linked Warwickshire Freemasons website uses the same Yenton Assembly Rooms address as the Provincial Grand Lodge’s contact location. Birmingham City Council identifies Gravelly Hill North as being within Gravelly Hill ward. This supports an administrative and organisational base in the ward, but does not by itself prove a public-facing WMCA service is delivered there.
- Charity Commission register, charity 211588 — contact information
Lists THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED at Yenton Assembly Rooms, 73–75 Gravelly Hill North, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6BJ. - Warwickshire Freemasons official website
Identifies Yenton Assembly Rooms, 73 Gravelly Hill North, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6BJ as the contact address of the Provincial Grand Lodge and Provincial Grand Chapter of Warwickshire. - Birmingham City Council, Gravelly Hill Ward Action Plan
Identifies Gravelly Hill North as a road within Gravelly Hill ward.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available evidence confirms a Birmingham contact and likely administrative base, but does not establish whether WMCA itself occupies or operates a distinct office, meeting venue or grant-service site at Yenton Assembly Rooms.
- No current grant-recipient schedule or project-level evidence was found that would justify identifying additional Birmingham wards as operational areas. Grant beneficiaries should not be treated as WMCA operating locations without evidence of direct delivery or a sustained place-based partnership.
- The organisation’s operational model is grant-making rather than direct local service delivery. Its 2024 annual report describes grants to charities that are both local and nationwide, while the Charity Commission records operation throughout England and Wales; this supports national-scale reach but does not show a citywide Birmingham delivery network.
- The Fisher House/Warwick300 appeal on the linked provincial website refers to support connected with Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, but the available material does not demonstrate that this appeal is operated by WMCA rather than another Masonic body or the separately registered appeal charity.
Additional evidence needed
- A current WMCA grants list showing recipient organisations, project locations and whether grants fund activity in Birmingham.
- Confirmation from WMCA or Yenton Assembly Rooms of the charity’s actual use of the premises, including whether it is an administrative address only or a regular operational site.
- Current documentation identifying any Birmingham-based delivery partnerships, commissioned activity or recurring grant programmes.
Areas of work
- Animals
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A network-funded grantmaker, not a specialist provider
The association appears to operate primarily by redistributing resources through grants, drawing on the wider Freemasonry network rather than delivering a single defined service itself.
Why it matters
This helps explain its potential civic value: it may support varied needs flexibly and connect smaller organisations to a large membership base, but its impact depends on how grants are selected and distributed.
Show evidence
“The charity makes grants to individuals and grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission“Warwickshire Freemasons has more than 3,000 members drawn from communities across Warwickshire.”
Source:Organisation
Broad remit may enable responsiveness, but obscures priorities
Its charitable purposes span poverty relief, disability, animals, community development and general charitable purposes, suggesting it may be able to respond across sectors rather than concentrating on one issue.
Why it matters
A broad remit can make the association a useful partner where needs do not fit narrow funding categories. It also raises a practical question about whether funding follows a coherent strategy or largely reflects incoming requests and member relationships.
Show evidence
“The charity's activities include general charitable purposes, disability, prevention or relief of poverty, animals, and economic/community development/employment.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps children and young people, elderly or old people, people with disabilities, and other charities or voluntary bodies.”
Source:Charity Commission
Charitable activity is intertwined with member identity and public-facing service
The association appears embedded in an organisation that presents service, fundraising and volunteering as central to membership, making charity both an outward contribution and part of how the network sustains participation.
Why it matters
This suggests its relationships may extend beyond funded organisations: charitable work may also build social ties, leadership and shared purpose among members. That can create enduring local capacity, though the balance between these aims is unknown.
Show evidence
“Warwickshire Freemasons describes service as one of its values.”
Source:Organisation“Members donate time, resources and skills through events, fundraising and volunteering.”
Source:Organisation
- Which places, causes and beneficiary groups receive grants in practice, and in what proportions.
- Whether grants are open application-based, member-nominated, reactive to emergencies, or strategically commissioned.
- How the charitable association is governed and operationally related to the wider Warwickshire Freemasons network.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts and grant lists showing recipients, amounts, locations and repeat funding.
- Grant criteria, application processes and decision-making information.
- Evidence of outcomes for individual and organisational grant recipients.