Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust

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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]


Charitable Grants

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 1150
Chillingham Wild Cattle Association 3000 2000 5000
Christian Fellowship 1250 3010 1000 2500
Christian Institute 2000 4000 4000 4000
Civitas 14100 20000 14250 32500 30200 14000 17000
Educational Research Trust 4000 13000
Electoral Reform Society 10000
Elizabeth Finn Care 1500
Foundation for Social and Economic Thinking 8000 3500
Hampden Trust 6600 3250 3000 15000 5000 10000
Hart Charity 5000 5000 3000
Ilderton PCC 2650 6000 2000 3600
Institute for Policy Research 8100 7050 23000 70800 72800 29400 27850
Institute of Economic Affairs 10600 5250 12000 33000 11000 21000 11750
International Policy Network 3000 2000
Migratory Salmon foundation 4000
Northumbria Historic Churches Trust 1100
Politics and Economics Research Trust 5000 5000
Reform Research Trust 2000 4000
Renewable Energy Fund 3300 47100 3000 2000
Sone (Research) 2500
Songbird Survival 1500 3000 1300 2000 2000
Spear 1380
The Almhouse Association 5000
The Country Trust 1500 10000
Tyne Rivers Trust 3500
Young Britons Foundation 1400
Zane 2000

Grants

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

  • 2006 £4,000 [4]
  • 2007 £13,000[5]
Charity Commission overview of Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust financial and filing history, screengrab created 4 May 2011

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