The Newspaper Press Fund

Analysis

The Newspaper Press Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Newspaper Press Fund reported income of £957k and spending of £973k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £957k (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Newspaper Press Fund sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Durham Partnership Limited (£957k), Greenwich Foodbank Limited (£957k) and The Somers Town Community Association (Camden) (£956k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 40%, donations and legacies 39% and charitable activities 21%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £227k. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 7.5%. Reserves of £10.6m would cover about 127 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.