THE HEPATITIS C TRUST
Registered charity 1104279 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7739387 · Wikipedia · also registered in Scotland as SC039914 (OSCR)
The Hepatitis C Trust provides information, support and representation for people affected by Hepatitis C and works to raise awareness and lower the stigma of this disease.
Objects
FOR THE TRUSTEES AND MEMBERS TO STAND POSSESSED OF THE TRUSTEE FUND AND THE INCOME DERIVING FROM IT THE DATE OF THIS MEMORANDUM AND TO PAY OR APPLY SUCH INCOME AND THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND IN SUCH A MANNER AS IS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:3.1.1 THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM HEPATITIS C AND THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES;3.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION CONCERNING HEPATITIS C AND;3.1.3 RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF HEPATITIS C INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE CAUSES DETECTION TRANSMISSION PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HEPATITIS C AND THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ALL SUCH RESEARCH
Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 March 2025 was £8,692,298, with total expenditure of £8,509,397, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,284,991, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' costs (£2,127,349). The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months' costs (reserves figure: £3.3m)
“The policy of the Trustees is to hold a reserve of three months’ costs, amounting to £2,127,349.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees participated in the Art on a Post Card auction on an arms-length basis.
“Trustees participated in the Art on a Post Card auction on an arms-length basis.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Nordens Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Policies the charity declares
In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 159
- Government income: £5,815,764 — contracts £5,815,764 (39); 67% of the £8,692,298 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £80,001–£90,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 159
- Government income: £5,442,357 — grants £5,442,357 (37); 63% of the £8,603,045 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 150
- Government income: £4,373,421 — grants £4,373,421 (33); 60% of the £7,308,790 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
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Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Hepatitis C Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- PACKMAN, Kerry-Jane — director, appointed 20/04/2026on trustee list
- JOLLY, John Arthur Frank — director, appointed 15/02/2023on trustee list
- MACMILLAN, David Maurice Benjamin — director, appointed 15/02/2016on trustee list
- BAILLIE, Adrian Louis, Sir — director, appointed 09/06/2014on trustee list
- HOLT, Peter John Vesey — director, appointed 09/06/2014on trustee list
- MEAD, Edward Philip — director, appointed 30/09/2009on trustee list
- WALSH, Charles Anthony — director, appointed 10/03/2004on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£257k
Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (06/07/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- HON DAVID MACMILLANchair
- CHARLES ANTHONY WALSH
- EDWARD MEAD
- John Jolly
- Kerry-Jane Packman
- PETER HOLT · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sir Adrian Louis Baillie
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE HEPATITIS C TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 March 2025 was £8,692,298, with total expenditure of £8,509,397, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,284,991, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' costs (£2,127,349). The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Nordens Audit Limited.
Who funds THE HEPATITIS C TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HEPATITIS C TRUST as a grant recipient include SAVING LIVES, THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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