THE ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION

Charity Number: 1017336
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Foundation empowers people infected, affected and at risk of HIV/AIDS, to alleviate their physical, emotional and financial hardship, enabling them to improve their quality of life, live with dignity and exercise self determination. It funds broad ranges of services and operational research, focusing on the most disadvantaged and high risk groups both in the UK and around the world.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£26,480,066

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Donations and legacies £18.07m
Charitable activities £0
Other trading activities £7.18m
Investments £1.23m
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£26,484,911

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Raising funds £4.35m
Charitable activities £22.13m
Other £0

£468,031 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £4.35m
Charitable expenditure £22.13m

People

28 Employee(s)

9 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 3
£70k to £80k 1
£90k to £100k 1
£100k to £110k 2
£110k to £120k 2
£120k to £130k 2
£150k to £200k 1
£200k to £250k 1
£250k to £300k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England
  • Burma
  • Ethiopia
  • India
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • Russia
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 February 1993: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • E J A F (Working name)
  • EJAF (Working name)
Company number:
02787008 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
DAVID JAMES FURNISH Chair
None on record
Joshua Schulman Trustee 24 February 2025
None on record
Tobias Hestler Trustee 13 February 2025
None on record
Tani Austin Trustee 25 February 2022
None on record
Kevin Martinez Trustee 25 February 2022
None on record
Chris Cooper Trustee 08 February 2022
None on record
Sandra Lee Trustee 09 February 2021
None on record
Emma Kane Trustee 22 July 2020
None on record
Ilana Kloss Trustee 05 November 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £15.83m £19.08m £10.02m £29.91m £26.48m
Total expenditure £12.77m £14.93m £13.01m £19.75m £26.48m
Income from government contracts N/A £1.62m N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £2.17m N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £10.50m £17.55m £4.42m £20.75m £18.07m
Income - Other trading activities £4.67m £1.42m £5.36m £8.79m £7.18m
Income - Charitable activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £664.28k £110.19k £238.25k £377.17k £1.23m
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £64.70k £0 £87.95k £1.31k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £10.54m £14.16m £10.55m £15.43m £22.13m
Expenditure - Raising funds £2.23m £769.29k £2.47m £4.32m £4.35m
Expenditure - Governance £129.23k £276.56k £115.21k £93.29k £270.00k
Expenditure - Grants institution £8.49m £11.19m £7.01m £11.51m £17.42m
Expenditure - Investment management £26.11k £4.97k £40.89k £30.50k £42.22k
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £11.74k £180.17k £163.78k £109.98k £46.26k
Long-term investments £0 £6.12m £12.69m £13.73m £18.42m
Other assets £24.27m £30.75m £18.63m £32.20m £34.17m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £9.54m £18.20m £15.67m £19.07m £25.45m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 31 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 31 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 27 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 27 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 13 July 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 13 July 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 04 May 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 04 May 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 26 May 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 26 May 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/02/1993 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/04/1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/11/2012 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01 JUL 2017 as amended on 23 Nov 2018 as amended on 03 Nov 2022

Charitable objects

(1) TO ALLEVIATE THE SICKNESS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV OR THE RELATED CONDITION KNOWN AS AIDS AND THE EMOTIONAL SUFFERING OF SUCH PEOPLE AND THEIR PARTNERS, RELATIVES AND/OR DEPENDENTS AND TO PREVENT THE ONWARD TRANSMISSION OF HIV/AIDS BY (AMONGST OTHER MEANS, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION), PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF NURSING AND MEDICAL CARE, MEDICINES, EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES SERVICES, COUNSELLING, TRAINING AND INFORMATION; (2) TO RELIEVE THOSE IN FINANCIAL OR OTHER NEED BY REASON OF THE SAID DISEASES OR CONDITIONS, WHETHER THEY ARE PEOPLE INFECTED OR THEIR PARTNERS, RELATIVES AND/OR DEPENDENTS; (3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONS, INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, THOSE PEOPLE LIVING WITH THE SAID DISEASES OR CONDITIONS AND THEIR PARTNERS, RELATIVES AND/OR DEPENDANTS IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO HIV/AIDS THROUGH (AMONGST OTHER MEANS, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) RAISING AWARENESS WITH A PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE) FOCUS ON ADDRESSING STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION WHERE HIV MEANS THE DISEASE KNOWN AS HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, (HIV) AND AIDS MEANS ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (THE “OBJECTS”).

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
88 OLD STREET
LONDON
EC1V 9HU
Phone:
02076039996
Email:
accounts@eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org
Website:

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