The Nick Lewis Memorial Trust
What it does
Providing grants to recipients of journalistic training
Its charitable purposes
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF JOURNALISM BY THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS EXHIBITIONS BURSARIES MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OR OTHER INSTITUTE OF FURTHER EDUCATION APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES AND IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OUTFITS CLOTHING EQUIPMENT OR BOOKS TO ASSIST SUCH STUDENTS AND FORMER STUDENTS TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF OR TO PREPARE FOR OR ENTER A PROFESSION TRADE OCCUPATION OR SERVICE ON LEAVING SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Makes grants to organisations
- Sponsors or carries out research
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined. in Practice Worldwide
Income and spending
In the year ending 28 February 2025, it had income of £6,137 and spent £21,000.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 February 2025 | £6,137 | £21,000 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 29 February 2024 | £6,321 | £21,000 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 28 February 2023 | £5,470 | £17,000 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 28 February 2022 | £4,903 | £12,000 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 28 February 2021 | £5,407 | £12,000 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 14%, from £5,407 in the year to 28 February 2021 to £6,137 in the year to 28 February 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 342% of its income in the year to 28 February 2025. It spent more than its income in 5 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
2 trustees run the charity.
- Martin Jeffrey Shipton
- Nigel Gabriel
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 February 2025 | 28 December 2025 | Received 8 December 2025, 20 days early | Not required |
| 29 February 2024 | 29 December 2024 | Received 10 December 2024, 19 days early | Not required |
| 28 February 2023 | 28 December 2023 | Received 6 December 2023, 22 days early | Not required |
| 28 February 2022 | 28 December 2022 | Received 1 November 2022, 57 days early | Not required |
| 28 February 2021 | 28 December 2021 | Received 24 November 2021, 34 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1097994
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 13 June 2003
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 28 FEBRUARY 2001 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 25 APRIL 2003
- Website
- www.nicklewistrust.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Cardiff
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.