British HIV Association

Analysis

British HIV Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British HIV Association reported income of £926k and spending of £1.0m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £869k to £926k (+6.6%), an average of +1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, British HIV Association sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (£926k), Likewise Community (£927k) and Humanimal Trust (£926k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, donations and legacies 3.7% and investments 3.3%. Charitable activities took 70% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £35k. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate.

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.