The final edition of News of the World has raised £2.8m for the three partner charities it promised to give its final circulation profits to.

Barnardo’s, the Force’s Children’s Trust and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity will each receive a third, £933,000, of the final total. They also stand to gain a further windfall from souvenir sales of the final and first edition, which News of the World is selling via post for £2.95, £1 of that will also go to the charities.

The Force’s Children’s Trust and the Hospital Charity were both approached only on the day before of the final issue being sold with the offer of being a partner. The latest financial records available for Force’s Children’s Trust show that it had an annual income of just under £80,000; suggesting that the News of the World donation could signal a step change for the charity.

The newspaper sold 3.8 million copies, up by over a million on regular sales. 74p from the £1 cover price went to the three partner charities.