Registered charity · London
The Trust for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism
- 4 trustees
- Income £347k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.thebureauinvestigates.com/about-us/the-trust-for-tbij (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Trust for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£347k£348k
- 2024£199k£199k
- 2023£165k£160k
Earlier years
- 2022£172k£164k
- 2021£165k£169k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
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.
Grants received
18 grants · £1,827,331 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The David & Elaine Potter Foundation · £865,000 (7 grants)
- Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation · £362,400 (4 grants)
- John Ellerman Foundation · £240,000 (2 grants)
- Pears Foundation · £220,000 (3 grants)
- Pears Foundation · £105,000
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- Dr Conor Mccarthy since 2018
- Geoffrey Robertson KC since 2013
- Jodie Marianne Ginsberg since 2018
- SIR David Bell since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Conor Mccarthy since 2018
- Geoffrey Robertson KC since 2013
- Jodie Marianne Ginsberg since 2018
- SIR David Bell since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Dr Conor Mccarthy since 2018
- Jodie Marianne Ginsberg since 2018
Portfolio (2)
- Geoffrey Robertson KC since 2013
- SIR David Bell since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1179275
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 NOV 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20 APR 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 07068913 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02073042039 · info@thebureauinvestigates.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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