THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1153865 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SCOTT TRUST FOUNDATION

The charity's focus is on the charitable advancement of education, human rights and the right to information. In support of this its main activities are currently: 1. news literacy programmes for children 2. international media capacity-building programmes 3. the Scott Trust Bursary scheme and Hugo Young Award for jounalism students 4. maintenance and operation of the Guardian and Observer archive

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £205,899 at 31 March 2025, which is below the stated policy target of £241,404. The charity reported a net expenditure of £221,812 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £543,866 to £322,054.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08437335

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LAING-BAKER, Thomas Robert — director, appointed 12/02/2024on trustee list
• VAZQUEZ-LLORENTE, Raquel — director, appointed 12/02/2024on trustee list
• SCOTT, Russell James — director, appointed 19/07/2023on trustee list
• MAGEE, Keith Lovell — director, appointed 13/07/2022on trustee list
• RAMESH, Randeep — director, appointed 16/08/2021on trustee list
• BLACKWELL, Nina, Ms. — director, appointed 25/05/2020on trustee list
• PATRY, Melody — director, appointed 10/01/2018on trustee list
• YOUNGE, Gary Andrew — director, appointed 10/01/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gary Andrew Younge
• Melody Patry
• Nina Blackwell
• Prof Rev Keith Magee
• Randeep Ramesh
• Raquel VAZQUEZ-LLORENTE
• Russell Scott
• Thomas Robert Laing-Baker

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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• THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION income £22.9m
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• THE THOMSON FOUNDATION income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

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