THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION

1. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION 2008-07-30 → present
2. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION 2008-07-03 → 2008-07-30
3. REUTERS FOUNDATION 2000-08-04 → 2008-07-02

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Based on this review, the Trustees have concluded that the Foundation has ample resources and can remain operational for at least the next 12 months from the date of this report. The Thomson Reuters Foundation has a rolling agreement with Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited which provides an annual core donation of £4.65 million. If, for any reason, Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited were to withdraw funding, the Foundation would be given a 36-month notice period.”

Group structure

1. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION · parent
   1. Reuters Foundation Consultants Limited 100% · United Kingdom · commercial activities with the aim of generating profits to be Gift-Aided to the Foundation. media, journalism and communication training projects and ran its annual flagship event Trust Conference.

Significant events

• “Dubbed 'the super-election year', 2024 was characterised by a striking paradox. Over 4 billion citizens voted all over the world. But at the same time, wide-ranging threats to global democracy continued to surge.”
• “The Workforce Disclosure Initiative (WDI), which transferred to the Foundation in February 2024.”
• “In November 2024, Colombian lawmakers approved a bill to outlaw child marriage after 17 years of campaigning by advocacy groups and eight previous failed attempts to push legislation through the House and Senate.”
• “In 2024, the Foundation received a grant of £416K (2023: £316K) from Hivos Foundation towards "We Lead" mission of protecting the sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls and young women and "Free to be Me" a project working to promote the rights of LGBTQ+ people.”
• “On 27 February 2025, the Foundation was notified by the United States government of the termination of its funding for a project aimed at enhancing the resilience of media ecosystems in Africa. Consequently, the Foundation is required to repay the unspent funds after fulfilling all contractual obligations under this agreement.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +48.1%

  £1,203,000 → £1,782,000

• Cash

  -7.7%

  £12,407,000 → £11,454,000

• Net assets

  —

  Not reported

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers