THE TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST

Registered charity 288527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIGHTHOUSE, T H T, TERENCE HIGGINS TRUST, TERENCE HIGGINS TRUST LIMITED, THT, THT LIGHTHOUSE · also registered in Scotland as SC039986 (OSCR)

Latest income

£12.8m

Latest spending

£10.9m

Registered

1984

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£12.8m

Total spending

£10.9m

Cost of raising funds

£1.9m

Reserves (reported)

£5.6m

Employees

156

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (20/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (01/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (01/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (07/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (24/09/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Jonathan Dominic McShanechair · trustee of 2 other charities
Ben Andrew Roberts
Charles Kwaku-Odoi · trustee of 6 other charities
Dr Carla Barrett
Dr Thomas David Waite
Jennifer May Craig
Lord Guy Vaughan Black · trustee of 1 other charity
Luke Christian Ramsay Genevrier-Mallett · trustee of 1 other charity
Melanie Ann Ogilvie

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	£12.8m	£10.9m
31/03/2024	£12.0m	£14.8m
31/03/2023	£12.3m	£13.7m
31/03/2022	£11.2m	£11.5m
31/03/2021	£10.9m	£11.2m

Common questions

Who funds THE TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST as a grant recipient include PROJECT GIVING BACK, PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND, THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MARTIN BOWLEY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
PROJECT GIVING BACK	FY2024	£444k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2023	£15k
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£6k
THE MARTIN BOWLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£6k
THE MARTIN BOWLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£6k
THE MARTIN BOWLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£6k
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	FY2023	£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2022	£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2025	£4k
THE MARTIN BOWLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£4k
FRAZER TRUST	FY2024	£2k
BELVEDERE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£250

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	25/03/2022	£250k	Terrence Higgins Trust - Hero Award
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/02/2009	£24k	"Re-writing History"