Suffolk Sinfonia

Analysis

Suffolk Sinfonia is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Suffolk Sinfonia reported income of £20k and spending of £17k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2,422 to £20k (+719%), an average of +69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 599%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Suffolk Sinfonia sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eastrington Agricultural Society (£20k), The Sunninghill Reading Rooms (£20k) and The Avison Charitable Trust (£20k).