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.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS OR AT RISK OF HIV TRANSMISSION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:1. PROVIDING A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AMONG AND BETWEEN NON-GOVERNMENTAL BODIES2. LIAISING WITH GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERNATIONAL BODIES; AND3. EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON HIV AND AIDS AND THE WORK OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL BODIES IN THE FIELD.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £194,356, which is above the stated policy minimum of £160,801 (three months' operating costs). The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Wenn Townsend. 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02589198

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.

• LAWLOR, Robert — director, appointed 24/06/2026on trustee list
• LAURSON-DOUBE, Joanna — director, appointed 12/11/2025on trustee list
• ROSBECH, Maria-Louise — director, appointed 12/09/2024on trustee list
• ADAMS, David Thomas — director, appointed 12/09/2024on trustee list
• ARIE, Katherine Kirk — director, appointed 14/09/2023on trustee list
• MBURU, Rosemary Wanjiku — director, appointed 14/09/2023on trustee list
• CASSIDY, Patricia Ann — director, appointed 25/11/2021on trustee list
• AZGAD, Yael — director, appointed 25/11/2020on trustee list

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.

• Visit: Layla Moran (MP - Member of Parliament) — £2k · 13/02/2023 · Nairobi, Kenya · ref V0566304
  An opportunity to see both Global Fund and Unitaid projects in country and meet key stakeholders.
• Visit: Charlotte Nichols (MP - Member of Parliament) — £2k · 13/02/2023 · Nairobi, Kenya · ref V0566287
  To visit health programmes and meet with local and national stakeholders working on the HIV response and wider issues related to the UK’s international development strategy.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Patricia Ann Cassidychair
• David Thomas Adams
• Dr Robert Lawlor
• Joanna Laurson-Doube
• Maria-Louise Rosbech
• Rosemary Wanjiku Mburu

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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Side by side with its peers

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