London Seminary CIO

Analysis

London Seminary CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, London Seminary CIO reported income of £557k and spending of £615k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £309k to £557k (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, London Seminary CIO sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrew and St Bartholomew, Churchdown (£556k), Radio Maria United Kingdom (UK) (£557k) and Christian Vision for Men (£556k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 48%, charitable activities 41% and investments 11%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £33k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. It employed 10 people.

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.