London School of Samba

Analysis

London School of Samba is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02564505). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, London School of Samba reported income of £89k and spending of £97k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £87k to £89k (+2.7%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, London School of Samba sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Tetbury Music Festival (£89k), Seindorf Arian Frenhinol Dyffryn Nantlle (£89k) and Basildon Pride CIO (£89k).

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.