PUBLIC INTEREST NEWS FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 22 September 2020
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 12320800
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £613,339
Latest expenditure: £718,874
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: PUBLIC INTEREST NEWS FOUNDATION, 4th Floor, 18 St. Cross Street, LONDON

Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

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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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 30 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 30 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £613,339
Total Gross Expenditure: £718,874

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 31 March 2025
Date Accounts Received: 31 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £436,747
Total Gross Expenditure: £553,466
Accounts Qualified: Yes

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 15 December 2023
Date Accounts Received: 15 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £449,315
Total Gross Expenditure: £335,495

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 13 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 13 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £223,519
Total Gross Expenditure: £244,899

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 8 July 2022
Date Accounts Received: 8 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £125,633
Total Gross Expenditure: £30,412

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 30 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £613,339
Total Gross Expenditure: £718,874
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £5,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £436,747
Total Gross Expenditure: £553,466
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £10,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 15 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £449,315
Total Gross Expenditure: £335,495
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 13 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £223,519
Total Gross Expenditure: £244,899
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 8 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £125,633
Total Gross Expenditure: £30,412
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 30 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 595234
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 16833
Income Investments: 1272
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 613339
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £5,172
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £713,702
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 718874
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 190250
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 95323
Expenditure Depreciation: 1134
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £7,034
Assets Total Fixed: 1148
Assets Own Use: 1148
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £80,393
Assets Total Liabilities: £19,004
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £62,537
Creditors One Year Total Current: 19004
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £74,438
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 8182
Funds Restricted: 54355
Funds Total: 62537
Count Employees: 4
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: PUBLIC INTEREST NEWS FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2020-09-22T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 NOV 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 AUG 2020
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: - TO PROMOTE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF INVESTIGATING, REPORTING AND DISSEMINATING PUBLIC INTEREST NEWS, INCLUDING RELEVANT LAW, ETHICS, CODES OF CONDUCT AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF RELATED ACTIVITIES; - TO PROMOTE CITIZENSHIP AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE INFORMED PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING BY SUPPORTING THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC INTEREST NEWS BY EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS; AND- TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT AND BEST PRACTICE IN JOURNALISM AND THE EDITING AND PUBLICATION OF NEWS IN THE PRINT AND OTHER MEDIA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, HAVING REGARD TO THE NEED TO ACT WITHIN THE LAW AND TO PROTECT BOTH THE PRIVACY OF INDIVIDUALS AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures