CHILDREN'S HIV ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1122356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILDRENS HIV ASSOCIATION OF UK AND IRELAND, Chiva

The charity's current activities in furtherance of its objective include:1.Annual conference,autumn and regional meetings to disseminate latest updates on education and clinical practice in HIV and focus on important developments in standards of treatment and care 2.Website to include latest news,announcements and bulletin boards for healthcare professionals, children and youths living with HIV.

Objects

A) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE INFECTED OR AFFECTED BY HIV AND RELATED INFECTIONS INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS OF CARE AND PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO HEALTHCARE AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS AND IN OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS CHIVA, THROUGH ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND MEDICAL FRATERNITY IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO HIV AND RELATED INFECTIONS INCLUDING RAISING AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH HIV AND RELATED INFECTIONS AND REPRESENTING THOSE NEEDS TO OTHER GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS AND PROFESSIONALS; ANDC) TO CARRY OUT AND SUPPORT RESEARCH AND AUDIT INTO ALL ASPECTS OF HIV AND RELATED INFECTIONS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND AUDIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE: NATIONALLY.

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£387k
Latest spending
£872k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £10,084 for the year, driven by significant gains on investments of £495,622, despite total expenditure exceeding total incoming resources. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £14,315 are below the stated policy target of £300,000–£400,000, but the deficit is covered by readily accessible endowment funds, ensuring the charity can continue its operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £60k)
“Employees earning more than £60,000 during the year: Between £70,000 and £80,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £14k)
“Although the current level of unrestricted funds is below the target level, the deficit is covered by the readily accessible endowment funds”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson 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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 35
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 28
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 28
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

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

Corporate structure

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Total income
£4.3m
Total spending
£444k
Cost of raising funds
£39k
Reserves (reported)
£505k
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~13.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£387k£872k
31/12/2024£367k£857k
31/12/2023£470k£759k
31/12/2022£216k£594k
31/12/2021£4.9m£444k

Common questions

Is CHILDREN'S HIV ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £10,084 for the year, driven by significant gains on investments of £495,622, despite total expenditure exceeding total incoming resources. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £14,315 are below the stated policy target of £300,000–£400,000, but the deficit is covered by readily accessible endowment funds, ensuring the charity can continue its operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of CHILDREN'S HIV ASSOCIATION LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band.

Who funds CHILDREN'S HIV ASSOCIATION LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHILDREN'S HIV ASSOCIATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE DRUE HEINZ CHARITABLE TRUST, HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DRUE HEINZ CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4.0m
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£90k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£80k
THE DRUE HEINZ CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/08/2021£75k"Positively Spoken: An Oral History of young people growing up with HIV"
UK government01/04/2019£22kBuilding Connections Fund - Youth strand
UK government01/01/2019£22kBuilding Connections Fund - Youth strand

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 NATIONAL HIV NURSES ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHILDREN'S HIV ASSOCIATION LIMITED£387k£70,001 - £80,000—below—no doubt
NATIONAL HIV NURSES ASSOCIATION FY2025£137k—0unclear—no doubt
PLUSHEALTH FY2025£66k—0unclear—no doubt
AIDS CARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FY2025£539k£70,001 - £80,0001below—no doubt
HIV I-BASE FY2025£68kmore than £60,0001above—no doubt
SAVING LIVES FY2025£401k—0unclear—no doubt

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