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THE GRIERSON TRUST

Registered charity 1100784 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Grierson Trust promotes documentary filmmaking by giving awards to documentary makers at the annual Grierson British Documentary Awards and in film festivals. It supports documentary film education inter alia by working in partnership with other organisation to support projects aimed at encouraging young people to make and participate in making documentary films.

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Latest income
£612k
Latest spending
£653k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £40,939 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to missing sponsorship and sales targets. Despite this, unrestricted reserves stand at £317,845, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £100,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £100,000 (held: £318k)
“The Trustees consider that a level of £100,000 is required for this purpose and this level of reserves has been maintained throughout the year.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Grierson Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£612k
Total spending
£653k
Cost of raising funds
£342k
Reserves (reported)
£318k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£612k£653k
31/12/2023£545k£563k
31/12/2022£437k£408k
31/12/2021£375k£345k
31/12/2020£328k£217k

Common questions

Is THE GRIERSON TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £40,939 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to missing sponsorship and sales targets. Despite this, unrestricted reserves stand at £317,845, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £100,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
JERWOOD FOUNDATION1—
The Common Humanity Arts Trust1£10k
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BFI TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE GRIERSON TRUST£612k——unclear—no doubt
BFI TRUST FY2024£2.0m—0above—no doubt
GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£116k—0unclear—no doubt
DOC SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2023£152k—0below—no doubt
GRAHAM ROWLANDSON FOUNDATION FY2025£319k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GRANT FOUNDATION FY2024£185k—0within—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.