Huntingtons Disease Association

Analysis

Huntingtons Disease Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in March 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02021975). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Huntingtons Disease Association reported income of £3.2m and spending of £2.8m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £2.2m to £3.2m (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Huntingtons Disease Association sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Big C Appeal Limited (£3.2m), One Heart - Lev Echod (£3.2m) and Kent Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 82%, charitable activities 15%, trading 1.4% and investments 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.5m. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 52 people.