THE NATIONAL HIV STORY TRUST

Registered charity 1185923 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE AIDS SINCE THE 80S PROJECT

Education, events, film production, etc

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE SUBJECT OF THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC OF THE 1980S AND 1990S BY MAKING AVAILABLE RECORDINGS OF FIRST-HAND TESTIMONY OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC AND OTHER RELATED EDUCATIONALRESOURCES AND MATERIALS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SUCH PERSONS’ EXPERIENCES AND HIV/AIDS2. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS TO CHARITIES OR CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS PROVIDING CARE AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£126k

Latest spending

£79k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £10,880 at the end of the period, which the trustees are satisfied with for ongoing operations. Total receipts for the year were £126,202, primarily from grant income, while total payments amounted to £78,751. The document notes that fundraising continues to provide many challenges in the current financial environment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Safeguarding policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Daniel Scott Costen
Graeme Tosen
Janet Rosemary Pimblett
Julian Ingle
KEVIN ALLEN WATSON
Nicholas Charles George Thorogood
Paul Douglas Coleman

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£126k	£79k
31/03/2024	£13k	£7k
31/03/2023	£27k	£46k
31/03/2022	£51k	£38k
31/03/2021	£44k	£29k

Common questions

Is THE NATIONAL HIV STORY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £10,880 at the end of the period, which the trustees are satisfied with for ongoing operations. Total receipts for the year were £126,202, primarily from grant income, while total payments amounted to £78,751. The document notes that fundraising continues to provide many challenges in the current financial environment. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/04/2024	£240k	"NHST Engagement Project: The History of HIV (working title)"

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MARTIN BOWLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£40k
BRITISH HIV ASSOCIATION	2	£35k
THE DRUE HEINZ CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4.0m
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.4m
THE LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL	1	£1.1m
PROJECT GIVING BACK	1	£444k
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£120k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£90k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NASIO TRUST.

THE NASIO TRUST income £453k
THE TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST income £12.8m
NATIONAL NUMERACY income £2.2m
THE NUCLEAR EDUCATION TRUST income £189k
THE ROBERT GRACE TRUST income £245k
NATIONAL AIDS TRUST income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE NATIONAL HIV STORY TRUST	£126k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NASIO TRUST FY2024	£453k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST FY2025	£12.8m	£110,000 - £119,999	—	above	18.0%	no doubt
NATIONAL NUMERACY FY2024	£2.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE NUCLEAR EDUCATION TRUST FY2024	£189k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROBERT GRACE TRUST FY2025	£245k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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