The Basil Ionides Memorial Centre

Analysis

The Basil Ionides Memorial Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in February 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Basil Ionides Memorial Centre reported income of £69k and spending of £10k, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £51k to £69k (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 322%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Basil Ionides Memorial Centre sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% 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 Chalkwell Hall Infant Junior PTA (£69k), Allestree Evergreen Club (£69k) and Wiveliscombe War Memorial Recreation Ground (£69k).