Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust

The Nigel Lord Vinson Charitable Trust was set up by Nigel Vinson via a deed of settlement dated 16 May 1972 and was registered as a charity with the Charity Commission on 30 January 1973. It is used to fund various projects including mainly funding free market think tanks such as the Institute of Economic Affairs, the Institute for Policy Research and Civitas, which in 2009 were the recipients of the three biggest grants gaining in 2008 and 2009 the following £1,000 and £21,000 (IEA); £72,800 and £29,400 (IPR) and £30,200 and £14,000 (Civitas).

Other organisations to which it gave grants of over £1,000 in 2008 and/or 2009 include: Hampden Trust, Politics and Economics Research Trust, Christian Fellowship, Spear, Renewable Energy Foundation, Songbird Survival, Christian Institute, Ilderton PCC, International Policy Network, SONE, Hart Charity, Foundation for Social and Economic Thinking, Zane, The Almshouse Association, Electoral Reform Society and Brinkburn Summer Music.

Finances

Overview

Charity Commission overview of Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust financial and filing history, screengrab created 4 May 2011

Funding recipients

Grant recipients of the Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust in £ sterling
Organisation	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total 2004-2013
Adam Smith Research Trust	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	25,000	£30,000.00
Almhouse Association	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	-	-	-	-	£5,000.00
Branton First School PTA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,000	£2,000.00
Brinkburn Summer Music	-	-	-	-	1,150	-	-	-	-	-	£1,150.00
Bruges Group Research	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	£5,000.00
Centre For Policy Studies Research	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,200	£1,200.00
Chillingham Wild Cattle Association	3,000	2,000	-	5,000	-	-	-	-	10,000	-	£20,000.00
Christian Concern for our Nation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	£5,000.00
Christian Fellowship	-	1,250	-	3,010	1,000	2,500	-	-	-	-	£7,760.00
Christian Institute	-	-	2,000	4,000	4,000	-	4,000	-	37,000	20,000	£71,000.00
Civitas	14,100	20,000	14,250	32,500	30,200	14,000	17,000	15,000	15,000	50,000	£222,050.00
Country Trust	-	1,500	-	10,000	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	£16,500.00
Design Council Charity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10,000	£10,000.00
Educational Research Trust	-	-	4,000	13,000	-	-	-	-	5,000	5,000	£27,000.00
Electoral Reform Society	-	-	-	-	10,000	-	-	-	-	-	£10,000.00
Elizabeth Finn Care	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,500	-	-	-	£1,500.00
Eurofacts Research	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,000	5,000	5,000	£14,000.00
European Foundation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,500	-	£2,500.00
Exchange Rate Research	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	£5,000.00
Family Education Trust	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	£5,000.00
Foundation for Social and Economic Thinking	-	-	-	-	8,000	3,500	-	-	-	10,000	£21,500.00
Frank Furedi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13,495	£13,495.00
Gilgamesh Publishing (The Cross)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,000	£3,000.00
Glendale Gateway Trust	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100,000	£100,000.00
Global Warming Policy Foundation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	10,000	£15,000.00
Hampden Trust	6,600	3,250	3,000	15,000	5,000	-	10,000	10,000	10,000	100,000	£162,850.00
Hart Charity	-	-	-	5,000	5,000	-	3,000	-	-	-	£13,000.00
Human Aid Relief Trust	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	-	£5,000.00
Ian Fells Research	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6,710	£6,710.00
Ilderton PCC	-	-	2,650	6,000	-	2,000	3,600	-	-	-	£14,250.00
Immigration Watch Research	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	£5,000.00
Injustice Foundation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50,000	-	£50,000.00
Institute for Policy Research	8,100	7,050	23,000	70,800	72,800	29,400	27,850	21,800	5,250	63,300	£329,350.00
Institute of Economic Affairs	10,600	5,250	12,000	33,000	11,000	21,000	11,750	20,000	10,000	125,000	£259,600.00
International Policy Network	-	-	-	3,000	2,000	-	-	-	-	-	£5,000.00
llderton Parochial Church Council	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,000	-	£2,000.00
Manifesto NFE Club	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	£5,000.00
Migratory Salmon Foundation	-	-	-	4,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	£4,000.00
Network for a Free Society (The International Policy Network UK)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,000	5,000	5,000	£12,000.00
Newcastle Cathedral Trust	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	£5,000.00
New Culture Forum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10,000	1,200	£11,200.00
Northumberland St Newcastle Society	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	£5,000.00
Northumbria Historic Churches Trust	-	-	1,100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	£1,100.00
Politics and Economics Research Trust	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	5,000	15,000	30,000	80,000	£135,000.00
Princes Countryside Fund	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10,000	£10,000.00
Reform Research Trust	-	2,000	-	-	4,000	-	-	2,000	5,000	5,000	£18,000.00
Renewable Energy Fund	-	-	3,300	-	47,100	3,000	2,000	-	5,000	5,000	£65,400.00
Sone (Research)	-	-	-	-	-	2,500	-	-	-	-	£2,500.00
Songbird Survival	-	-	1,500	3,000	1,300	2,000	2,000	-	10,000	60,000	£79,800.00
Spear	-	-	-	-	-	1,380	-	-	-	-	£1,380.00
The Wing Appeal —Battle of Britain Memorial Trust	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	£5,000.00
Tyne Rivers Trust	-	-	-	3,500	-	-	-	-	-	-	£3,500.00
West London Mission Trust	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	£5,000.00
Wooler Outreach Advice Service	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	£5,000.00
Young Britons Foundation	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,400	2,500	10,000	-	£13,900.00
Zane	-	-	-	-	2,000	-	-	-	-	-	£2,000.00
Grants of £1,000 or less	23,475	15,299	14,185	19,879	15,375	17,500	16,255	19,615	15,075	14,325	£170,983.00
TOTAL	£65,875.00]]	£57,599.00	£80,985.00	£230,689.00	£224,925.00	£103,780.00	£105,355.00	£121,915.00	£281,825.00	£755,230.00	£2,028,178.00

Projects funded

• Frank Furedi and Jennie Bristow Licensed to Hug: How child protection policies are poisoning the relationship between the generations and damaging the voluntary sector, London: Civitas, June 2008. 'This publication has been made possible by a grant from the Nigel Lord Vinson Charitable Trust'.

People

As of 2011 the Trust had the following trustees: The Hon Mrs Bettina Claire Witheridge (nee Vinson) | Nigel Vinson | The Hon Rowena Ann Cowen (nee Vinson) | Thoma Oliver Craig Harris | Antonia Charlotte Bennett | Elizabeth Susan Passey (appointed 15 January 2010)

Resources

• RT. HON. NIGIL LORD VINSON OF RODDAM DENE, LVO, DL, CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 30TH JUNE 2007
• THE RT. HON. NIGEL LORD VINSON OF RODDAM DENE, LVO, DL, CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 30TH JUNE 2008