HIV I-Base

Analysis

HIV I-Base is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03962064). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, HIV I-Base reported income of £68k and spending of £300k, spending 443% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £405k to £68k (-83%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, HIV I-Base sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Midland Institute of Mining Engineers (£68k), UP - The Adult Cerebral Palsy Movement (£68k) and Men in Sheds (Hull) (£68k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.