Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 14

No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +14

Overall GiG Score: 20

PUBLIC INTEREST NEWS FOUNDATION

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.

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

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit
31/03/23		£449,315	£335,495	£113,820
31/03/22		£223,519	£244,899	£-21,380
31/03/21	*	£125,633	£30,412	£95,221

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 27%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000

Established: 4 years

https://www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/

contact@publicinterestnews.org.uk

02033254286

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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

Joseph Rowntree Foundation	£180,000
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust	£60,000
JRSST-CT	£58,860
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£50,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
JRSST-CT - Local News Commission
£28,960	05/10/2023	to create a rapid action Local News Commission to support democratic engagement across the UK by creating a sustainable future for independent local news
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Economically and socially sustainable media in Northern Ireland
£50,000	24/08/2023	Public Interest News Foundation (PINF) works in partnership with colleagues in the UK and around the world to understand the unique contribution that independent news providers make to society. They ....more Public Interest News Foundation (PINF) works in partnership with colleagues in the UK and around the world to understand the unique contribution that independent news providers make to society. They use this research to design and deliver programmes that build the capacity of independent news providers and improve public understanding of their work. This grant supports a new model of local media that speaks to, for and with communities across Northern Ireland. Building on a pilot project in Newry, PINF will work with local communities to shape and support their vision for local media that is both economically and socially sustainable.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Public Interest News Foundation (PINF)
£180,000	18/03/2023	Core costs
JRSST-CT - Local News Map UK
£29,900	29/09/2022	to develop the first comprehensive map of local news in the UK
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust - Save Independent News Campaign
£60,000	14/05/2020 3	towards an emergency fund, which will be used to make small grants to independent news providers who are at risk of collapse as a result of the COVID-19 crisis

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-73

ALISON SARAH GOW Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Journalist

JOAN HANNAH OLUWAYEMISI ADETUNJI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Journalist

LORD INGLEWOOD WILLIAM RICHARD FLETCHER VANE Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: JOSEPH NELSON,

POLLY ELIZABETH CURTIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Journalist

ISABELLE ROUGHOL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Journalist

JULIUS WEINBERG Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Vice-Chancellor

PATRICK LESLIE JAMES SWAFFER (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: President, Other trusteeship: PHOENIX CINEMA TRUST LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/09/2020, number: 1191397
Registered at Companies House on 18/11/2019, number: 12320800

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; AR21: 158 days late,

Main office

PUBLIC INTEREST NEWS FOUNDATION
4th Floor
18 St. Cross Street
LONDON

Objectives

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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