Hospital Radio Basingstoke

Analysis

Hospital Radio Basingstoke is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basingstoke. It was registered in September 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hospital Radio Basingstoke reported income of £18k and spending of £46k, spending 264% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,476 to £18k (+609%), an average of +63% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 215%. Over the whole period it spent 207% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hospital Radio Basingstoke sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sporle Relief in Need Charity (£18k), Girls Alive (£18k) and The League of Mercy (£18k).

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.