Basic Income Research Group

Analysis

Basic Income Research Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in February 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Basic Income Research Group reported income of £16k and spending of £33k, spending 201% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,746 to £16k (+498%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 259%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Basic Income Research Group sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Pinvin Federation (£16k), The Maynard Trust (£16k) and The Careswell Foundation (£16k).