London Topographical Society

Analysis

London Topographical Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Caterham. It was registered in July 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, London Topographical Society reported income of £34k and spending of £54k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £55k to £34k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 83%. 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, London Topographical Society sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Leicester Bach Choir (£34k), Richard Jefferies Museum Trust (£34k) and The National Caribbean Monument (£34k).

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.