Stopaids

Analysis

Stopaids is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02589198). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stopaids reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.4m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £860k to £1.3m (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Stopaids sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Psychosynthesis and Education Trust (£1.3m), The Oxford Mindfulness Foundation (£1.3m) and Harm Reduction International (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82% and donations and legacies 16%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £8,946. Reserves of £192k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 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.