Ilkeston Institute

Analysis

Ilkeston Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilkeston. It was registered in November 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ilkeston Institute reported income of £20k and spending of £23k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £22k to £20k (-10%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Ilkeston Institute sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kidston Institute (£20k), The West Grimsby (3rd & 8th) Scout Group (£20k) and Goytre Village Hall (£20k).

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.