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THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1082139 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REUTERS FOUNDATION

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Latest income
£22.9m
Latest spending
£22.9m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £49K for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £22,925K and total expenditure of £22,884K. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £5,775K, which is above the stated policy target of approximately six months of average operating expenditure (£4,420K). The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to remain operational for at least 20 months from the date of the report.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £330K - £340K
“£330K - £340K (2024: of which 70% is paid as a Gift in Kind by Thomson Reuters Group (2024: Nil)) 1” — page 79
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: around six months of average operating expenditure (held: £5.8m)
“the Trustees considered the Foundation’s income, expenditure commitments and operational risks, and concluded that unrestricted reserves equivalent to around six months of average operating expenditure remain appropriate. In 2025, this target was £4,420K”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Reuters Foundation Consultants Limited
“The Foundation’s wholly owned subsidiary, Reuters Foundation Consultants Limited (RFCL), was established to operate the trading activities of the Foundation.” — page 51
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Thomson Reuters Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£22.9m
Total spending
£22.9m
Cost of raising funds
£267k
Reserves (reported)
£5.8m
Employees
162

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (53% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Argentina · Brazil · Colombia · India · Indonesia · Kenya · Lebanon · Mexico · Nigeria · Philippines · South Africa · Spain

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£22.9m£22.9m
31/12/2024£22.7m£22.5m
31/12/2023£18.4m£19.1m
31/12/2022£15.4m£16.0m
31/12/2021£15.7m£13.5m

Common questions

Is THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £49K for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £22,925K and total expenditure of £22,884K. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £5,775K, which is above the stated policy target of approximately six months of average operating expenditure (£4,420K). The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to remain operational for at least 20 months from the date of the report. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £330K - £340K band.

Who funds THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include LSEG Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LSEG FoundationFY2021£76kProject Grant

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery10/02/2025£1.5mRegular Grant 2025
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£1.1mRegular Grant 2024
Postcode Lottery31/03/2023£900kRegular Grant 2023
Postcode Lottery09/03/2022£800kRegular Grant 2022

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION3£37k
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST2£190k
KHODORKOVSKY FOUNDATION1£11.0m
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED1£264k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£197k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST1£195k
THE PRINTING CHARITY1£120k
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MARKETING CHARITABLE TRUST1£112k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JUSTICE FOR JOURNALISTS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION£22.9m£330K - £340K—above—no doubt
JUSTICE FOR JOURNALISTS FOUNDATION FY2026£245k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION FY2025£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
MEDIA LEGAL DEFENCE INITIATIVE FY2024£3.0m——above3.0%no doubt
THE THOMSON FOUNDATION FY2024£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE CIVIL LIBERTIES TRUST FY2025£2.5m—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.