GEORGE HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 1143138 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

George House Trust provides services to people living with HIV, which enable them to feel empowered and better able to live healthily with HIV. We raise awareness of HIV and encourage all sexually active people in the North West to know their HIV status. We challenge HIV stigma and discrimination and promote a better understanding of HIV.

Objects

• The relief of need of people living with, and affected by, HIV by the provision of responsive and relevant services;• To advance the education of the general public in all areas relating to HIV.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £79,179 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,202,492 and total expenditure of £1,281,671. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves of £319,033 are below the stated optimum target of £476,000, although the charity maintains a total net asset position of £1,447,333.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee received emoluments in the band between £60,001 and £70,000 in both the current and prior year.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee received emoluments in the band between £60,001 and £70,000 in both the current and prior year.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £319k)
“These free reserves are below the ‘optimum’ level as set by the trustees”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Barlow Andrews LLP. Discloses 5 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — George House Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £210k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£83k
Reserves (reported)
£771k
Employees
23

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median 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: 6.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2023£834k£942k
31/03/2022£807k£837k
31/03/2021£822k£660k

Common questions

Is GEORGE HOUSE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £79,179 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,202,492 and total expenditure of £1,281,671. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves of £319,033 are below the stated optimum target of £476,000, although the charity maintains a total net asset position of £1,447,333. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Barlow Andrews LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of GEORGE HOUSE TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds GEORGE HOUSE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GEORGE HOUSE TRUST as a grant recipient include MANCHESTER PRIDE LIMITED, THE REED FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MANCHESTER PRIDE LIMITEDFY2021£10kGrant awarded in 2021
MANCHESTER PRIDE LIMITEDFY2023£10kto increase trans and gender diverse engagement with their HIV support services
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2022£6kChristmas Challenge
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2021—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/01/2024£152k"The history and legacy of HIV in Greater Manchester."
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2023£303kAgeing Well with HIV
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2017£355kBetter Together
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2015£3kPositively Speaking
The National Lottery Community Fund18/05/2011£8kStepping Up Volunteering Project
The National Lottery Community Fund06/05/2005£298kAfrican Communities Project
Northern Rock Foundation13/10/1998£50kGrant awarded to George House Trust (Northern)

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST GEORGE'S HOUSE CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GEORGE HOUSE TRUST£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
ST GEORGE'S HOUSE CHARITY FY2025£274k—0unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL AIDS TRUST FY2025£1.1m——unclear—material uncertainty
ST. GEORGE'S HOUSE TRUST (WINDSOR CASTLE) FY2025£1.3m£90,001 - £100,000—above—no doubt
THE TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST FY2025£12.8m£110,000 - £119,999—above18.0%no doubt
THE GEORGE FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt

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