City of London Sinfonia Limited

Analysis

City of London Sinfonia Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1983, 43 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 01692341). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, City of London Sinfonia Limited reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £713k to £1.2m (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, City of London Sinfonia Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Conway Hall Ethical Society (£1.2m), Motionhouse (£1.2m) and Wikimedia UK (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72% and donations and legacies 28%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Reserves of £304k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.