National AIDS Trust

Analysis

National AIDS Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02175938). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending June 2025, National AIDS Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.3m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £739k to £1.1m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, National AIDS Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of Directors of Public Health (UK) (£1.1m), East European Resource Centre (£1.1m) and The Relationships Counselling, Therapy and Mediation Service (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 75%, charitable activities 22%, investments 2.2% and trading 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £68k. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 23%. Reserves of £684k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.