AVERT

Registered charity 1074849 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AIDS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TRUST

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Latest income

£704k

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ceased activities at the end of the period and prepared its final financial statements on a basis other than going concern, having transferred all remaining assets and funds to partner organisations. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were nil at the period end, following the full expenditure of restricted funds and the drawdown of the endowment fund to support the transition and closeout process.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“At 30th April 2025 the charity held unrestricted reserves of £nil (2024: in deficit of £111,000).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“We draw attention to Note 20 to the financial statements which explains that the trustees have ceased activities and passed the remaining assets to three non-governmental organisations and therefore the going concern basis of accounting has not been adopted in preparing the financial statements.” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Blue Spire Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Avert (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Vitol Foundation — “We would like to particularly acknowledge our close partners Vitol Foundation, ViiV Healthcare, Gilead Sciences and ViiV Positive Action who…” (source page)
ViiV Healthcare — “We would like to particularly acknowledge our close partners Vitol Foundation, ViiV Healthcare, Gilead Sciences and ViiV Positive Action who…” (source page)
Gilead Sciences — “We would like to particularly acknowledge our close partners Vitol Foundation, ViiV Healthcare, Gilead Sciences and ViiV Positive Action who…” (source page)
ViiV Positive Action — “We would like to particularly acknowledge our close partners Vitol Foundation, ViiV Healthcare, Gilead Sciences and ViiV Positive Action who…” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income

£704k

Total spending

£1.3m

Cost of raising funds

£14k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Prof. SIMON FORRESTchair
ANDREW WALKER
Anna Becker
Carol Sherman · trustee of 1 other charity
Carole Leach-Lemens
EMILY VICTORIA HUGHES · trustee of 1 other charity
Maxime Cuvellier

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Lesotho · Malawi · Mozambique · South Africa · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales · Zambia · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£704k	£1.3m
31/03/2024	£361k	£865k
31/03/2023	£429k	£988k
31/03/2022	£1.1m	£700k
31/03/2021	£205k	£677k

Common questions

Is AVERT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ceased activities at the end of the period and prepared its final financial statements on a basis other than going concern, having transferred all remaining assets and funds to partner organisations. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were nil at the period end, following the full expenditure of restricted funds and the drawdown of the endowment fund to support the transition and closeout process. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Blue Spire Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MARTIN BOWLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£40k
BRITISH HIV ASSOCIATION	2	£35k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£3k
PROJECT GIVING BACK	1	£444k
SWAROVSKI FOUNDATION	1	£86k
JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIO	1	£68k
THE LOWER GREEN FOUNDATION	1	£49k
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST	1	£41k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAVING LIVES.

SAVING LIVES income £401k
AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
THE TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST income £12.8m
AIDS CARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING income £539k
AVRA FOUNDATION income £2.4m
NATIONAL AIDS TRUST income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AVERT	£704k	—	—	below	—	noted
SAVING LIVES FY2024	£401k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST FY2025	£12.8m	£110,000 - £119,999	—	above	18.0%	no doubt
AIDS CARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FY2025	£539k	£70,001 - £80,000	1	below	—	no doubt
AVRA FOUNDATION FY2024	£2.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.