THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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Cash
£12M
+0.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£9.4M
+0.5% vs 2024
Employees
162
-2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,203,000 | £10,030,000 | £10,006,000 | -0.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£633,000 | £208,000 | £49,000 | -76.4% | |
| Cash | £12,407,000 | £11,454,000 | £11,524,000 | +0.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £10,122,000 | £10,178,000 | +0.6% | |
| Net assets | — | £9,315,000 | £9,364,000 | +0.5% | |
| Equity | — | £9,315,000 | £9,364,000 | +0.5% | |
| Average employees | — | 166 | 162 | -2.4% | |
| Wages | — | £8,433,000 | £8,302,000 | -1.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £1,419,000 | £1,554,000 | +9.5% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -52.6% | 2.1% | 0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 35.4% | 34.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.16x | 3.28x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION 2008-07-30 → present
- THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION 2008-07-03 → 2008-07-30
- THOMAS REUTERS FOUNDATION 2008-07-02 → 2008-07-03
- REUTERS FOUNDATION 2000-08-04 → 2008-07-02
Audit & accounting basis
- 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 adequate resources and can remain operational for at least approximately 20 months from the date of this report.”
Group structure
- THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION · parent
- Reuters Foundation Consultants Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Major cuts in foreign aid assistance have significantly hurt the international development sector, reducing efforts to push back against these escalating attacks on democracy.”
- “The Board of Trustees approved an organisational restructuring on 11 November 2025. The plan included the closing of Context, which commenced on 12 January 2026.”
- “On 5 January 2026, the Foundation established a new wholly owned subsidiary, Thomson Reuters Foundation Europe Company Limited by Guarantee, in the Republic of Ireland.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAN, Yee Man | Secretary | 2025-11-11 | — | — |
| CLAYTON MCDONNELL, Laura Ancelina | Director | 2025-01-01 | Aug 1960 | American |
| EASTWOOD, Michael Keith | Director | 2026-05-15 | Mar 1966 | American |
| LYNCH-SUSSAN, Eileen | Director | 2011-12-05 | Jun 1954 | American |
| NJONJO, Margaret Mendi | Director | 2021-01-01 | Oct 1972 | Kenyan |
| PECCARELLI, Brian | Director | 2018-11-12 | Apr 1960 | American |
| RAMANATHAN, Ragunath | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jun 1971 | Indian |
| SCHILLER, Vivian Luisa | Director | 2021-01-01 | Sep 1961 | American |
| VUICIC, Mary Alice | Director | 2021-01-01 | Aug 1967 | Canadian |
| YEGINSU, Vedat Can | Director | 2025-11-01 | Nov 1980 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOATENG, Barbara Abena | Secretary | 2018-10-01 | 2025-08-20 |
| FIROOZAN, Sarah | Secretary | 2002-01-16 | 2003-03-28 |
| GLADMAN, Ronald John | Secretary | 2000-08-04 | 2000-11-23 |
| JENNER, Susan Louise | Secretary | 2011-07-25 | 2016-03-11 |
| MACLEAN, Elizabeth Maria | Secretary | 2003-03-28 | 2011-07-25 |
| O'HANLON, Carla | Secretary | 2017-03-27 | 2018-10-01 |
| PERRING, Sally Jane | Secretary | 2001-07-06 | 2002-01-16 |
| WITHERICK, Deborah Karen | Secretary | 2000-11-24 | 2001-07-06 |
| ADLER, Stephen | Director | 2011-06-29 | 2021-04-01 |
| BANGA, Manvinder Singh | Director | 2014-11-03 | 2019-06-05 |
| BINET, David | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2025-03-21 |
| CARAHER, Vin | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2010-12-02 |
| CRAIG, David William Ian | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2018-12-31 |
| DANDO, Stephen Gordon | Director | 2010-12-02 | 2012-02-10 |
| FITT, Lawton Wehle | Director | 2005-08-08 | 2021-01-01 |
| GIBSON, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2018-11-12 | 2021-10-22 |
| HARRINGTON, Richard | Director | 2008-04-17 | 2009-07-22 |
| HUNGATE, Alexander | Director | 2003-11-05 | 2005-07-11 |
| JONES, Carla Marie | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2019-11-25 |
| LINNEBANK, Geert | Director | 2001-03-22 | 2021-11-04 |
| MARLOWE, Maureen Madden | Director | 2002-11-06 | 2003-11-05 |
| OLISA, Kenneth Aphunezi, Sir | Director | 2005-07-11 | 2018-02-08 |
| SCHLESINGER, David Adam | Director | 2007-12-04 | 2011-04-19 |
| SMITH, James Clifton | Director | 2020-04-07 | 2026-05-15 |
| SOMERVILLE, Stephen | Director | 2000-08-04 | 2002-06-19 |
| SUCHSLAND, Michael | Director | 2012-12-03 | 2014-02-17 |
| TAYLOR-MARTIN, Susan Charlotte | Director | 2014-03-11 | 2018-07-25 |
| TICKELL, Crispin Charles Cervantes, Sir | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2018-04-16 |
| URE, David Granger | Director | 2000-08-04 | 2004-11-05 |
| WALKER, Simon Edward John | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2007-12-04 |
| WARWICK, Peter | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2021-01-01 |
| WEETMAN, Geoffrey Arthur | Director | 2000-08-04 | 2005-03-16 |
| WENIG, Devin Norse | Director | 2001-06-04 | 2003-11-05 |
| WOOD, Mark William | Director | 2000-08-04 | 2001-03-22 |
| YOUNG, Nicole | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2025-07-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-09 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-01 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2025-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-22 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.