# NEWSTRAID BENEVOLENT FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1116824
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 16, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1116824


## Contact

- **Address:** Suite 2, Thremhall Estate, Start Hill, Bishop's Stortford
- **Postcode:** CM22 7TD
- **Phone:** 01279879569
- **Email:** oldben@newstraid.org.uk
- **Website:** www.newstraid.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** To relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship and to relieve the distress caused thereby through the provision of welfare for persons who are, or have been, employed in the selling and distribution of newspapers, magazines and periodicals (the Trade) in the United Kingdom, including their immediate family and dependants. Engagement shall normally have been for a minimum of five years for the award of regular benefits but may be less for other grants and services.

**Activities:** Newstraid helps persons, and their immediate dependants, who have been employed in newspaper and magazine distribution in the UK and who have fallen on hard times. The qualifying criteria are a need and a proven trade connection. In a nutshell, we help people who deal with newspapers and magazines from the time they leave the printing press until they reach the reader.

**Area of benefit:** UNITED KINGDOM




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £2014360 | £1848618 | £14552428 | 8 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1990390 | £1821709 | £13716613 | 8 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £2038402 | £1720403 | £13115999 | 8 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £1750007 | £1486241 | £14331690 | 8 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1716627 | £1560090 | £12950239 | 7 |



## Trustees

- **Adrian Hughes** (Chair) — appointed June 12, 2019
- INGRID JONES
- John Bardsley — appointed April 24, 2024
- Jonathan Mark Gilhespie — appointed Jan. 26, 2026
- Lucinda Robertson — appointed Jan. 26, 2026
- Michael Mirams — appointed Sept. 15, 2021
- Mylene Sylvestre — appointed Sept. 15, 2021
- Parin Gohil — appointed April 20, 2022
- RICHARD JOHN WEBB
- Shaun Jones — appointed June 12, 2019
- Surjit Khunkhun — appointed Sept. 30, 2024
- Tracy O'Sullivan — appointed June 30, 2016