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THE THOMSON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 313750 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THOMSON MEDIA FOUNDATION

Primary activities are concerned with the training of television, radio, newspaper, magazine and news agency personnel; the encouragement of good management practices; technical assistance in print and broadcasting; and help and advice in the development of new outlets for journalists and broadcasters, including the internet.

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Latest income
£3.3m
Latest spending
£3.7m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £424k for the year, resulting in a deficit compared to the previous year. However, the trustees note that significant headroom exists due to expendable endowment funds, reducing going concern risks to a very low level. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £602k at year-end.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£3.3m
Total spending
£3.7m
Cost of raising funds
£42k
Reserves (reported)
£602k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 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 (74% 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: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Algeria · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · China · City Of London · Czech Republic · Egypt · France · Georgia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£3.3m£3.7m
31/12/2023£2.4m£3.4m
31/12/2022£2.4m£2.9m
31/12/2021£2.6m£2.7m
31/12/2020£2.6m£2.6m

Common questions

Is THE THOMSON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £424k for the year, resulting in a deficit compared to the previous year. However, the trustees note that significant headroom exists due to expendable endowment funds, reducing going concern risks to a very low level. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £602k at year-end. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

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
LSEG Foundation1£76k
CULHAM ST GABRIEL'S TRUST1£48k
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST1£21k
ST PETER'S, SALTLEY TRUST1£17k
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£10k
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE TRAINING OF JOURNALISTS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE THOMSON FOUNDATION£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE TRAINING OF JOURNALISTS FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION FY2025£22.9m£330K - £340K—above—no doubt
THE MARJORIE DEANE FINANCIAL JOURNALISM FOUNDATION FY2025£417k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION FY2025£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
THE PUBLISHING TRAINING CENTRE FOUNDATION FY2025£263k£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt

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