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Sinfonia Smith Square Foundation

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1169535LondonDisability
Income£66k2025-12-31
Spending£1.1msame year
Spent / received236%5-year average
Size in its cause59th pctDisability
Registered2016Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Sinfonia Smith Square Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10284465). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sinfonia Smith Square Foundation reported income of £66k and spending of £1.1m, spending 1712% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £51k to £66k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 1617%. Over the whole period it spent 236% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sinfonia Smith Square Foundation sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Education Sport (£66k), The Open Blue Trust (£66k) and Simple Norfolk (£66k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£282k£564k£846k£1.1m2021 Income: £51,2142021 Spending: £626,90820212022 Income: £879,2572022 Spending: £620,05320222023 Income: £92,7412023 Spending: £231,56920232024 Income: £100,5072024 Spending: £197,89120242025 Income: £65,8592025 Spending: £1,127,5572025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

SOUTHBANK SINFONIA FOUNDATION EXISTS TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE ORCHESTRA SOUTHBANK SINFONIA (REG NO.1092461) WHICH ITSELF TRANSFORMS GRADUATE MUSICIANS? PROSPECTS, GIVING THEM A VITAL SPRINGBOARD INTO THE PROFESSION. THE FOUNDATION FORTIFIES WHAT THE ORCHESTRA IS ABLE TO ACHIEVE, ENABLING IT TO FULFIL AMBITIOUS ARTISTIC PLANS, SAFEGUARDING THE VITAL ROLE IT PLAYS IN BRITAIN?S MUSICAL ECOLOGY.

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