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Registered charity · Liverpool

Huntingtons Disease Association

Huntingtons Disease Association is a registered charity (number 296453) based in Liverpool, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Prof Hugh Rickards since 2015. Latest income £3.2m (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £3.2m (2026)
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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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.hda.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Huntington's Disease Association
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£3.2m£2.8m
  • 2025£2.5m£2.7m
  • 2024£2.3m£2.4m
Earlier years
  • 2023£2.0m£2.0m
  • 2022£2.2m£1.4m

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government contracts 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF AND TREATMENT OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM OR BELIEVED TO BE SUFFERING FROM HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE AND TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR BOTH SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN NEED AND FOR RESEARCH AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO THE CAUSE AND POSSIBLE CURES WHETHER PARTIAL OR COMPLETE AND POSSIBLE PREVENTION OF THE SAID DISEASE.

Grants received

33 grants · £1,744,041 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.

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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.

10 trustees on the board

5.7y median 6y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Education/training 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 8Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£2.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.9 in 2021

51 from 33 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.
2%
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
296453
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/05/1986AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/07/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/10/2013AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/10/2013
Companies House
Company number 02021975 · Active
Contact on the register
01513315444 · info@hda.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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