STOPAIDS

Registered charity 1113204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CONSORTIUM ON AIDS, UK CONSORTIUM ON AIDS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

STOPAIDS is a membership network of 70 organisations. We bring UK civil society together, standing united, to advocate for UK leadership in the global response to HIV and AIDS. STOPAIDS also directly engages at the global level through influencing key institutions including UNAIDS, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and UNITAID.

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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £128,714 for the year ended March 2025, resulting in total funds of £315,547. The trustees consider the charity to be in a healthy financial position, with unrestricted reserves of £194,356 falling within the stated policy range of 3 to 9 months of operating costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to nine months of operating costs (held: £194k)
“Our general reserves fund policy is a minimum of 3 months operating costs (£160,801) and up to 9 months operating costs (£482,403).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 14
“WACI Health - Direct charitable expenditure reimbursement received: £218 WACI Health - Partner payment relating to Aidsfonds CLSE project: £6,269 (included in creditors at the year-end) There were no other related party transactions during the period.” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Wenn Townsend. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — STOPAIDS (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.

Official officers record.

Electoral Commission register entries

Entries on the Electoral Commission’s public register where this charity (or its company) appears as the source — typically sponsorship of an APPG or an overseas visit provided to an MP, which charities may lawfully do. Shown with the Commission’s own reference; this is a transparency record, not an allegation.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£1k
Reserves (reported)
£192k
Employees
18

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.3m£1.4m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.2m£928k
31/03/2021£860k£733k

Common questions

Is STOPAIDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £128,714 for the year ended March 2025, resulting in total funds of £315,547. The trustees consider the charity to be in a healthy financial position, with unrestricted reserves of £194,356 falling within the stated policy range of 3 to 9 months of operating costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Wenn Townsend.

Who funds STOPAIDS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STOPAIDS as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST, JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIO.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£93kPutting public health ahead of profit: increasing transparency and public accountability within pharmaceutical/government relations during the COVID-19 pandemic
JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIOFY2024£35k
JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIOFY2023£33k

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STOPAIDS£1.3m——within—no doubt
AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION UK FY2024£305k£150,001 - £160,000—unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL AIDS TRUST FY2025£1.1m——unclear—material uncertainty
Frontline AIDS FY2024£16.0m——above—no doubt
STOP THE TRAFFIK FY2025£1.2m£75,7382unclear—no doubt
CATHOLICS FOR AIDS PREVENTION AND SUPPORT (CAPS) CIO FY2025£106k—0above—no doubt

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