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South London Community Music

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1138820LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£62k2025-12-31
Spending£55ksame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause73rd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2010Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

South London Community Music is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2010, 16 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 07386243). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, South London Community Music reported income of £62k and spending of £55k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £31k to £62k (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, South London Community Music sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pyrford Village War Memorial Hall (£62k), Chudleigh Community Project (£62k) and Dryburn Theatrical Workshop (£62k).

Income and spending

£0£15k£31k£46k£62k2021 Income: £30,7902021 Spending: £34,18420212022 Income: £45,0342022 Spending: £49,44920222023 Income: £53,7542023 Spending: £49,94520232024 Income: £57,9002024 Spending: £45,26620242025 Income: £61,9912025 Spending: £54,5302025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

SLCM IS AN UMBRELLA CHARITY, PROVIDING A GOVERNING GROUP FOR ITS AFFILIATED MUSIC ENSEMBLES. SLCM ENDEAVOURS TO ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION AS A WHOLE. THE ENSEMBLES ARE MANAGED BY THEIR OWN COMMITTEES.OUR ENSEMBLES ARE: SOUTH LONDON SYMPHONIC WINDS, SOUTH LONDON JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND GEEKY BEATS

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Pyrford Village War Memorial HallSurrey£62k
Chudleigh Community ProjectDevon£62k
Dryburn Theatrical WorkshopChester Le Street£62k
The Friends of the Regis School of MusicBognor Regis£62k