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.

Charitable Grants

Funding disbursed by the Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust in £ sterling
Recipient Organisation	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Total 2004-2010
Brinkburn Summer Music					1,150			1,150
Chillingham Wild Cattle Association	3,000	2,000		5,000				10,000
Christian Fellowship		1,250		3,010	1,000	2,500		7,760
Christian Institute			2,000	4,000	4,000		4,000	14,000
Civitas	14,100	20,000	14,250	32,500	30,200	14,000	17,000	142,050
Educational Research Trust			4,000	13,000				17,000
Electoral Reform Society					10,000			10,000
Elizabeth Finn Care							1,500	1,500
Foundation for Social and Economic Thinking					8,000	3,500		11,500
Hampden Trust	6,600	3,250	3,000	15,000	5,000		10,000	42,850
Hart Charity				5,000	5,000		3,000	13,000
Ilderton PCC			2,650	6,000		2,000	3,600	14,250
Institute for Policy Research	8,100	7,050	23,000	70,800	72,800	29,400	27,850	239,000
Institute of Economic Affairs	10,600	5,250	12,000	33,000	11,000	21,000	11,750	104,600
International Policy Network				3,000	2,000			5,000
Migratory Salmon foundation				4,000				4,000
Northumbria Historic Churches Trust			1,100					1,100
Politics and Economics Research Trust						5,000	5,000	10,000
Reform Research Trust		2,000			4,000			6,000
Renewable Energy Fund			3,300		47,100	3,000	2,000	55,400
Sone (Research)						2,500		2,500
Songbird Survival			1,500	3,000	1,300	2,000	2,000	9,800
Spear						1,380		1,380
The Almhouse Association					5,000			5,000
The Country Trust		1,500		10,000				11,500
Tyne Rivers Trust				3,500				3,500
Young Britons Foundation							1,400	1,400
Zane					2,000			2,000
Grants of £1,000 or less	23,475	15,299	14,185	19,879	15,375	17,500	16,255	121,968

Funding projects

• 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'

According to Accounts filed at the Charity commission the Trust gave grants to the Educational Research Trust as follows :

• 2006 £4,000
• 2007 £13,000

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

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)