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GRAND LODGE AND PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE FEES

  1. Annual Dues to United Grand Lodge and Grand Charity are due in arrear on the last day of the Lodge's Financial Year, as laid down in the Lodge By-Laws.
  2. Annual Dues to Provincial Grand Lodge are due in arrear on the day before the day of Installation and cover the period from the date of the previous Installation.
  3. Fees must be paid for all Brethren who have been members of the Lodge at any time during the Financial Year, including those who have died, resigned, ceased, been excluded, or made Honorary Members.
Amounts due, including VAT, are as follows:
YEAR 2004 2005 2006
Grand Lodge £11.40 £11.68 £20.00
Grand Charity £ 6.00 £ 7.50 £10.00
TOTAL DUES £17.40 £19.18 £30.00
Provincial Grand Lodge £14.98 £16.16 £17.33

The Quarterly Communications from Grand Lodge, included a message from the President of the Board of General Purpose, RW Bro Anthony Wilson, which appeared in Issue 14, July 2005, of MQ. This article adequately covers everything if you read it all.

In conclusion, the Grand Lodge dues have been increased in 2006 to recover a representative portion of the additional costs of maintaining Freemasons' Hall (which also includes removal of asbestos). This is not a one off payment, or part 1 of a 2 year payment, this is an increase in Grand Lodge Annual Dues with effect from 2006. The Quarterly Communication of 8th June 2005, item 6 states: The Board “hopes that further increases in 2007 will not exceed an amount in line with inflation”.

13 December 2005