The Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Council

Analysis

The Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00383775). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Council reported income of £473k and spending of £911k, spending 193% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £528k to £473k (-11%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 184% 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, The Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Council sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Albert and Eugenie Frost Music Trust CIO (£473k), Oriental Fine Arts Academy of London (£473k) and Highly Sprung Performance (£473k).

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.