PUBLIC INTEREST NEWS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1191397 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Public Interest News Foundation (PINF) operates in the UK and works to promote public understanding and knowledge of the principles and practice of investigating, reporting and disseminating Public Interest News; promote citizenship and civic responsibility and encourage informed participation and engagement by the public; promote high standards of ethical conduct and best practice in journalism.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £105,535 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £168,072 to £62,537. The trustees state that free reserves of £7,034 were held at year-end, which is below the stated policy target of covering three months of support costs (approximately £19,300). However, the accounts note that sufficient unrestricted funding was secured after the year end to maintain reserves above the minimum required level.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

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

Regulator actions

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12320800

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.

• JEEVAN, Meera — director, appointed 21/07/2026on trustee list
• WESTHEAD, James Patrick — director, appointed 21/07/2026on trustee list
• GOW, Alison Sarah — director, appointed 28/07/2023on trustee list
• CURTIS, Polly Elizabeth — director, appointed 16/03/2022on trustee list
• WEINBERG, Julius Rolf, Dr — director, appointed 12/06/2020on trustee list
• ROUGHOL, Isabelle — director, appointed 01/04/2020on trustee list
• ADETUNJI, Joan Hannah Oluwayemisi — director, appointed 18/11/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julius Weinbergchair
• Alison Sarah Gow
• Isabelle Roughol
• JAMES PATRICK WESTHEAD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joan Hannah Oluwayemisi Adetunji
• Meera Jeevan
• Polly Elizabeth Curtis

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOUNDATION.

• THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOUNDATION income £107k
• THE INDEPENDENT PRESS REGULATION TRUST income £1.2m
• CENTRE FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM LIMITED income £529k
• THE TRUST FOR THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM income £347k
• THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY income £30.9m
• INTERNEWS EUROPE income £22.1m

Side by side with its peers

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