The HIV Research Trust

Analysis

The HIV Research Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06020633). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The HIV Research Trust reported income of £68k and spending of £185k, spending 271% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income fell from £129k to £68k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 344%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The HIV Research Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scarborough Disabled Swimming Group (£68k), Eritrean Community in UK (£68k) and Pastos Verdes (£68k).

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.