TRADE SEXUAL HEALTH
Trade is a community-based health and wellbeing charity, based in Leicester (but operating across the Midlands), with a focus on the needs of LGBT people, people living with HIV, and those communities at highest risk of contracting HIV.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £28,531 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in closing reserves of £156,065. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves were £29,818, which is below the stated policy target of three months' running costs, but designated funds bring the total available reserves to a level the trustees consider appropriate given current uncertainties.
What the accounts disclose
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (06/12/2023)
Trustees
- Dr Sarah Seatonchair
- Bradie McDaid
- David John Yeomanson
- Diya Rattanpal
- Eamonn Breslin
- John Attenborough
- Kevin Urquhart
- Prof Sharifah Sekalala
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £250k | £279k |
| 31/03/2024 | £259k | £212k |
| 31/03/2023 | £200k | £158k |
| 31/03/2022 | £185k | £207k |
| 31/03/2021 | £219k | £148k |
Common questions
Is TRADE SEXUAL HEALTH financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £28,531 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in closing reserves of £156,065. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves were £29,818, which is below the stated policy target of three months' running costs, but designated funds bring the total available reserves to a level the trustees consider appropriate given current uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT | 2 | £120k |
| THE OAKDALE TRUST | 2 | £3k |
| PROJECT GIVING BACK | 1 | £444k |
| THE SQUIRES FOUNDATION | 1 | £111k |
| YOUNG MANCHESTER | 1 | £80k |
| HALCROW FOUNDATION | 1 | £55k |
| THE LOWER GREEN FOUNDATION | 1 | £49k |
| SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST | 1 | £41k |
Charities like this
- CARETRADE CHARITABLE TRUST
- LEVERHULME TRADE CHARITIES TRUST
- BODY POSITIVE CHESHIRE AND NORTH WALES
- THE TRAIDCRAFT EXCHANGE
- THE TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST
- LGBT FOUNDATION LTD
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRADE SEXUAL HEALTH | £250k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CARETRADE CHARITABLE TRUST | £1.5m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| LEVERHULME TRADE CHARITIES TRUST | £3.1m | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| BODY POSITIVE CHESHIRE AND NORTH WALES | £275k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE TRAIDCRAFT EXCHANGE | £3.5m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST | £12.8m | £110,000 - £119,999 | — | above | 18.0% | no doubt |