Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 11

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 14

THE TRUST FOR THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

Commissions investigations , research and reports on current issues of major economic and social relevance and current issues of legitimate public concern so as to promote ethical standards of conduct.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 6 years
(14 years as a company)

02073042039

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit
31/12/22	£172,440	£164,120	£8,320
31/12/21	£165,040	£169,032	£-3,992
31/12/20	£190,620	£180,650	£9,970
31/12/19	£185,000	£187,557	£-2,557

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

David & Elaine Potter Foundation	£350,000
Pears Foundation	£105,000
John Ellerman Foundation	£105,000
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation	£62,400

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Bureau of Investigative Journalism
£12,400	19/10/2022	Towards cost of living crisis
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£100,000	28/04/2022	Core funding
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Bureau Investigative Journalism
£50,000	11/11/2021	Towards open justice pilot project
Pears Foundation - Grant to The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
£105,000	18/10/2021	Core Funding
John Ellerman Foundation - Salaries and other costs to support community engagement, impact and resources around collaborative public interest reporting.
£105,000	29/07/2021 36	Salaries and other costs to support community engagement, impact and resources around collaborative public interest reporting.
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£100,000	23/03/2021	Core support of the charitable aspects of the work of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Bureau Local
£150,000	25/03/2020 11	Support for the charitable aspects of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s Bureau Local project. Bureau Local is an innovative journalism and technology project working with local reporters to ....more Support for the charitable aspects of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s Bureau Local project. Bureau Local is an innovative journalism and technology project working with local reporters to dig into datasets and tell the stories that matter to communities across the UK. It was launched in March 2017 with lead funding from Google’s Digital News Initiative and is having a significant impact with its collaborative investigations.
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Bureau Local
£150,000	13/02/2019 10	Support for the charitable aspects of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s Bureau Local project. Bureau Local is an innovative journalism and technology project working with local reporters to ....more Support for the charitable aspects of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s Bureau Local project. Bureau Local is an innovative journalism and technology project working with local reporters to dig into datasets and tell the stories that matter to communities across the UK. It was launched in March 2017 with lead funding from Google’s Digital News Initiative and is having a significant impact with its collaborative investigations.
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - General donation
£5,000	01/11/2018 1	General donation

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-77

DR CONOR MCCARTHY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Lawyer

GEOFFREY ROBERTSON QC Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Barrister, Other trusteeship: CAPITAL CASES CHARITABLE TRUST,

JODIE MARIANNE GINSBERG Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Ceo

JENNIFER ROBINSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Barrister

SIR DAVID BELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Non - Executive Director, Other trusteeships: THOMAS CORAM FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN (FORMERLY FOUNDLING HOSPITAL), THE INSTITUTE FOR WAR AND PEACE REPORTING (IWPR), MEDIA STANDARDS TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/07/2018, number: 1179275
Registered at Companies House on 06/11/2009, number: 07068913

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Risk management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

ZETLAND HOUSE
5-25 SCRUTTON STREET
LONDON
EC2A 4HJ

Objectives

A) TO ADVANCE SUCH OF THE WORK OF THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM (REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER 07084305) AS IS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES; ANDB) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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