Charities at Mark Masons' Hall
This section provides dedicated pages for each Charitable Fund managed by Mark Masons' Hall. Each page offers details about the charitable initiatives of the respective Order and instructions on how to apply for support. Click on the icons to explore more about each Charitable Fund.
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Meet Our Charities Management Team

W.Bro. Darren W. Coleman‑Heald, P.G.S.D.
Darren oversees five charitable funds administered from Mark Masons’ Hall, which are; the Mark Benevolent Fund, the O.S.M. and K.T. Benevolent Funds, the R.C.C. Grand Sovereign’s Care for Children Fund and the Grand Master’s Keystone Fund. Darren is the person to reach out to for help or guidance regarding various aspects of charitable work, including processing applications for charities like the Mark Benevolent Fund, O.S.M. & K.T. Benevolent Funds, and R.C.C. Grand Sovereign’s Care for Children Fund. He can also assist with grants, petitions, M.B.F. festivals, almoner inquiries, organising M.B.F. seminars, as well as addressing any queries from Lodge or Provincial almoners. If you have a query or cannot find what you are looking for please contact: Darren Coleman-Heald at d.coleman@mmh.org.uk.

Charities Finance Team
Gary Newell is the Finance Controller at Mark Masons' Hall, he manages the Finance Team and oversees finances for all our charitable Funds. The Charities Finance Team consists of Colette, Finance Assistant, Linda, Charities Finance Manager, and Millie, Finance Assistant. For inquiries regarding donations to any of the charities and the purchase of M.B.F., O.S.M. or Grand Master’s Keystone Fund’s Jewels and the Knights Templar Swift Pins, please contact our Finance Charities Department, at charitiesfinance@mmh.org.uk Information and downloadable forms for all the Masonic charities administered from Mark Masons’ Hall can be found on the Grand Lodge website. If you wish to donate on a regular basis to the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group, please fill in their form. For recording purposes at Mark Masons' Hall, please drop us an email confirming the Preceptory number and name, how much you are donating and the regularity of it please. This will enable us to ensure it is recorded in the annual Liber that is published.

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Gift Aid is reclaimed by Mark Benevolent Fund from the tax you pay for the relevant tax year. (If you pay Income Tax at the higher rate and want to receive the additional tax relief due, you should include your Gift Aid donations on your Self-Assessment return or ask HMRC to adjust your tax code.) Please contact us if you want to cancel or amend this declaration, if you no longer pay sufficient Income and/or Capital Gains Tax (due to change in employment/retirement) or if your address changes. We are required to hold your current home address to identify you as a UK taxpayer; if we do not have this, we may be unable to claim the Gift Aid on your donations. Please read the HMRC guidelines here.

Our Members in Action
The form on the left will help you connect with W.Bro. Darren W. Coleman‑Heald, P.G.S.D.
If you have any queries related to Charities Finance, kindly write to us at charitiesfinance@mmh.org.uk
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