Registered charity · Hertfordshire

The Grierson Trust

The Grierson Trust is a registered charity (number 1100784) based in Hertfordshire, governed by 16 trustees. Latest income £686k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

16 trustees
Income £686k (2025)

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does: Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where: Throughout England And Wales
Website: www.griersontrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: The Grierson Trust
Registered: 2003

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£686k£678k
2024£612k£653k
2023£545k£563k

Earlier years

2022£437k£408k
2021£375k£345k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF HIGHER STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN THE MAKING OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS BY AWARDING OUT OF THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY THE AWARDS KNOWN AS THE GRIERSON AWARDS AND OTHER ANNUAL PRIZES PREVIOUSLY AWARDED BY THE GRIERSON MEMORIAL TRUST ESTABLISHED BY TRUST DEED DATED 11 DECEMBER 1974 OR BY AWARDING SUCH OTHER PRIZES AND CARRYING ON SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "TRUSTEES") MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE WILL PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE SUCH STANDARDS.

Grants received

1 grant · £20,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Rank Foundation · £20,000

Most recent

Rank Foundation £20,0002022-03-23

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

16 trustees on the board

2.8y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

9.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (16)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 16Education/training 16

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 20Tech and media 4Other services 3

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£612k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.6 in 2020

4 from 5 in 2023

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 1100784
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/07/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/11/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/10/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 NOV 2019 as amended on 27 Nov 2019 as amended on 20 May 2025
Companies House: Company number 04855173 · Active
Contact on the register: 01462618479 · awards@griersontrust.org
Edition: Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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