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HIV I-BASE

Registered charity 1081905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as I-BASE

Providing treatment information in respect of HIV and AIDS to HIV positive people, their carers and healthcare professionals.

Objects

PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND FOR THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY DISSEMINATING TO GENERAL PRACTITIONERS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH AND OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNED WITH THE CAUSES, TRANSMISSION AND TREATMENT OF HUMAN IMMUNO DEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV), AND ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) AND RELATED CONDITIONS SO AS TO IMPROVE THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS AND PREVENT THE SPREAD OF HIV AND AIDS AND RELATED CONDITIONS AND BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WITH HIV OR AIDS OR RELATED CONDITIONS AND TO THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£68k
Latest spending
£300k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £104,760 exceeded the charity's policy target of approximately three months' total expenditure. However, the charity reported a net deficit of £232,216 for the year, resulting from a significant reduction in total income to £67,757 and a restructuring that moved the organization to a minimal emergency budget.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000
“One employee received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000 in the year” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000 in the year” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately three-months total expenditure (held: £105k)
“i-Base has a policy of maintaining unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level, which equates to approximately three-months total expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£663k
Total spending
£671k
Cost of raising funds
£8k
Reserves (reported)
£477k
Employees
6

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.3% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: South Africa · Throughout England And Wales · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£68k£300k
31/03/2024£316k£496k
31/03/2023£663k£671k
31/03/2022£819k£759k
31/03/2021£405k£434k

Common questions

Is HIV I-BASE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £104,760 exceeded the charity's policy target of approximately three months' total expenditure. However, the charity reported a net deficit of £232,216 for the year, resulting from a significant reduction in total income to £67,757 and a restructuring that moved the organization to a minimal emergency budget. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of HIV I-BASE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2017£10kUK Community Advisory Board (UK-CAB)
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2015£10kImproving treatment advocacy skills in people living with HIV