The Guardian is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as
The Manchester Guardian, and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister papers,
The Observer and
The Guardian Weekly,
The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of
The Guardian in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of
The Guardian free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for
The Guardian the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK.