Basingstoke Irish Society

Analysis

Basingstoke Irish Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basingstoke. It was registered in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Basingstoke Irish Society reported income of £55k and spending of £79k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £262k to £55k (-79%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Basingstoke Irish Society sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rother Valley Together (£55k), Contented Dementia Trust (£55k) and The Samaritans of Dorset at Weymouth (£55k).

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.