Swedenborg Society

Analysis

Swedenborg Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1964, 62 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 00209822). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Swedenborg Society reported income of £664k and spending of £779k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £985k to £664k (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Swedenborg Society 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Japan Society (£664k), Morecambe Winter Gardens Preservation Trust Limited (£666k) and English Pen (£663k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 62%, donations and legacies 27%, trading 5.9% and charitable activities 5.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £166k. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £210k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. 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.