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.[1] 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).[2]
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.[2]
Finances
Overview
Charity Commission overview of Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust financial and filing history, screengrab created 4 May 2011
Funding recipients
| Funding disbursed by the Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust in £ sterling [3] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient Organisation | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Total 2004-2010 |
| Brinkburn Summer Music| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|1,150 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|1,150 | ||||||||
| Chillingham Wild Cattle Association| align=“center”|3,000 | align=“center”|2,000 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|5,000 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|10,000 | ||||||||
| Christian Fellowship| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|1,250 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|3,010 | align=“center”|1,000 | align=“center”|2,500 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|7,760 | ||||||||
| Christian Institute| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|2,000 | align=“center”|4,000 | align=“center”|4,000 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|4,000 | align=“center”|14,000 | ||||||||
| Civitas| align=“center”|14,100 | align=“center”|20,000 | align=“center”|14,250| align=“center”|32,500 | align=“center”|30,200 | align=“center”|14,000 | align=“center”|17,000 | align=“center”|142,050 | ||||||||
| Educational Research Trust| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|4,000 | align=“center”|13,000 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|17,000 | ||||||||
| Electoral Reform Society| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|10,000 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|10,000 | ||||||||
| Elizabeth Finn Care| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|1,500 | align=“center”|1,500 | ||||||||
| Foundation for Social and Economic Thinking| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|8,000 | align=“center”|3,500 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|11,500 | ||||||||
| Hampden Trust| align=“center”|6,600 | align=“center”|3,250 | align=“center”|3,000 | align=“center”|15,000 | align=“center”|5,000 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|10,000 | align=“center”|42,850 | ||||||||
| Hart Charity| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|5,000 | align=“center”|5,000 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|3,000 | align=“center”|13,000 | ||||||||
| Ilderton PCC| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|2,650 | align=“center”|6,000 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|2,000 | align=“center”|3,600 | align=“center”|14,250 | ||||||||
| Institute for Policy Research| align=“center”|8,100 | align=“center”|7,050 | align=“center”|23,000 | align=“center”|70,800 | align=“center”|72,800 | align=“center”|29,400 | align=“center”|27,850 | align=“center”|239,000 | ||||||||
| Institute of Economic Affairs| align=“center”|10,600 | align=“center”|5,250 | align=“center”|12,000 | align=“center”|33,000 | align=“center”|11,000 | align=“center”|21,000 | align=“center”|11,750 | align=“center”|104,600 | ||||||||
| International Policy Network| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|3,000 | align=“center”|2,000 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|5,000 | ||||||||
| Migratory Salmon foundation| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|4,000 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|4,000 | ||||||||
| Northumbria Historic Churches Trust| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|1,100 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|1,100 | ||||||||
| Politics and Economics Research Trust| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|5,000 | align=“center”|5,000 | align=“center”|10,000 | ||||||||
| Reform Research Trust| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|2,000| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|4,000 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|6,000 | ||||||||
| Renewable Energy Fund| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|3,300| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|47,100 | align=“center”|3,000 | align=“center”|2,000 | align=“center”|55,400 | ||||||||
| Sone (Research)| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|2,500| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|2,500 | ||||||||
| Songbird Survival| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|1,500 | align=“center”|3,000| align=“center”|1,300 | align=“center”|2,000 | align=“center”|2,000 | align=“center”|9,800 | ||||||||
| Spear| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|1,380 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|1,380 | ||||||||
| The Almhouse Association| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|5,000 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|5,000 | ||||||||
| The Country Trust| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|1,500 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|10,000 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|11,500 | ||||||||
| Tyne Rivers Trust| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|3,500 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|3,500 | ||||||||
| Young Britons Foundation| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|1,400 | align=“center”|1,400 | ||||||||
| Zane| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|2,000 | align=“center”|-| align=“center”|-| align=“center”|2,000 | ||||||||
| Grants of £1,000 or less| align=“center”|23,475| align=“center”|15,299| align=“center”|14,185| align=“center”|19,879| align=“center”|15,375| align=“center”|17,500| align=“center”|16,255| align=“center”|121,968 | ||||||||
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'
According to Accounts filed at the Charity commission the Trust gave grants to the Educational Research Trust as follows :
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)[6]
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission Charity Framework, accessed 5 May 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust The Rt. Hon, Nigel Lord Vinson of Roddam Dene, LVO, DL Charitable Settlement Report and Financial Statements 30th June 2009, Charities commission, Accessed 18 November 2010
- ↑ Data compiled from filings at the Charity Commission.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Charity Commission Contact and Trustees, accessed 5 May 2011.
