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The Terrence Higgins Trust

The Terrence Higgins Trust is a registered charity (number 288527) based in London, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Jonathan Dominic Mcshane since 2016. Latest income £13m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Lighthouse, T H T, THT, THT Lighthouse (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £13m (2025)
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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.tht.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Terrence Higgins Trust
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£13m£11m
  • 2024£12m£15m
  • 2023£12m£14m
Earlier years
  • 2022£11m£11m
  • 2021£11m£11m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 25% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PROMOTION OF BETTER HIV, SEXUAL AND GENERAL HEALTH BY EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, THE PROVISION OF HIV AND SEXUAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES AND MATERIAL, CARE AND SUPPORT SERVICES, CLINICAL SERVICES, ADVICE, INFORMATION AND ADVOCACY

Grants received

58 grants · £11,805,176 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002024-10-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £150,0002024-04-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-05-30
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-04-25
  • Postcode Innovation Trust £250,0002022-03-25
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4.2y median 3.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 10Other services 7Property 5

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£12.8m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 21.7 in 2021

156 from 223 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
26%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
288527
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14 DEC 1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 JUL 1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 SEP 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 DEC 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 NOV 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 NOV 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 OCT 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 NOV 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 NOV 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 DEC 2016
Companies House
Company number 01778149 · Active
Contact on the register
02078121600 · info@tht.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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