Registered charity (CIO) · Southampton
Gerard Basset Foundation
For the public benefit to advance education and training of young professionals entering the wine, spirit and hospitality industries, by providing financial support for students (including those from BIPOP/BAME backgrounds) to study for the Master...
- 4 trustees
- Income £1.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Australia, Canada, France, Portugal and more
- Website
- www.gerardbassetfoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£706k
- 2024£1.0m£1.0m
- 2023£808k£754k
Earlier years
- 2022£1.1m£1.2m
- 2021£1.3m£724k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
For the public benefit to advance education and training of young professionals entering the wine, spirit and hospitality industries, by providing financial support for students (including those from BIPOP/BAME backgrounds) to study for the Master of Wine, Master Sommelier or other industry-recognised qualifications.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Nina Basset Chair since 2020
- Ian Michael Harris since 2020
- Jancis Robinson since 2020
- Romane Basset since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Nina Basset Chair since 2020
- Ian Michael Harris since 2020
- Jancis Robinson since 2020
- Romane Basset since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
11.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 10.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1193020
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Jan 2021 as amended on 04 Aug 2021 as amended on 26 Nov 2021 as amended on 22 Mar 2022
- Contact on the register
- 02031009944 · nina@ninabasset.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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