ICSA Education and Research Foundation

Registered Charity Number 1027579

ICSA Education and Research Foundation Grant Aid Policy

The Education and Research Foundation aims to advance the education of the public in the law and practice of secretaryship and business administration by undertaking, or assisting in the undertaking, of research, and the publication of the useful results of such research, for the public benefit and by such other means as the Trustees think fit.  In furtherance of this policy, the Trustees are empowered to:

  • Make grants, loans and other forms of financial assistance.
  • Establish and administer scholarships and other awards tenable at such universities, colleges, schools or other educational establishments and comparable institutions.
  • Give prizes and run competitions.
  • Compile, print, publish or otherwise disseminate, or to procure or assist in the compilation, printing, publication or other dissemination, the results of such research.

Grants allocated are evaluated and monitored to ensure accordance with the objects of the Fund.  Recipients of awards are required to acknowledge the financial support provided by the Education and Research Foundation in appropriate publicity.  Where support may be requested for activity that extends beyond the end of the financial year, subsequent payments are conditional upon the grantee providing the Trustees with a satisfactory annual report including information on how the Foundation's award had been spent, and the Trustees being satisfied that further funding would be made in accordance with the objects of the Fund. 

The Trust Deed came into force on 29 September 1993.  A Charity Commission Scheme dated 24 March 1995, incorporated the following charitable trusts within the Foundation

  • Chartered Institute of Secretaries Educational Trust
  • Chartered Institute of Secretaries 1969 Educational Trust (Charity Reg No 312858)
  • The Ralph Bell Legacy
  • The J S Jeans Bequest (from 1 May 1995)

If you would like the Trustees to consider a request, please write to:

The Charities Officer, 16 Park Crescent London W1B 1AH