GEORGE VINER MEMORIAL FUND TRUST

Registered charity 328142 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GEORGE VINER MEMORIAL FUND

Award grants to young students from black and ethnic minority backgrounds - assist with the tuition fees and / or costs for attending certified educational courses to gain a recognised qualification in print, magazine, online, broadcast, new media and photo journalism.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS OF ASIAN, AFIRCAN OR AFRO-CARRIBEAN ORIGIN LIVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN THE ART OR PROFESSION OF JOURNALISM IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OR GRANTS TO SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PURSUE SUCH EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £117,439 at the end of the financial period, with total income of £27,057 and expenditure of only £60. The trustees report that the charity operates on low reserves with no overhead costs, and the independent examiner confirmed no matters came to their attention requiring further explanation.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• CARA SIMPSON
• JIM BOUMELHA
• Laura Davison · trustee of 1 other charity
• Roger Mckenzie
• Saadeya Shamsuddin

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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