Base 25

Analysis

Base 25 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in September 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03514910). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Base 25 reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.3m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £677k to £1.1m (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Base 25 sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bexley Accessible Transport Scheme (£1.1m), YMCA Newark and Sherwood (£1.1m) and The Taurus Foundation (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £300k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 people.