UNSEEN (UK)

Registered charity 1127620 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£3.4m
Latest spending
£3.4m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus position for the year, with total income exceeding total expenditure. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves are held at £805,331, which is below the stated policy target range of £929,322 to £1,393,983, but the organisation remains in a sound financial position with adequate cash resources.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
At the year-end we held £788,859 of free reserves representing 5.1 months of expenditure, falling moderately below the target range.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Albert Goodman LLP.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Unseen (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£3.4m
Total spending
£3.4m
Cost of raising funds
£252k
Reserves (reported)
£805k
Employees
74

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£3.4m£3.4m
31/12/2024£3.3m£3.3m
31/12/2023£3.3m£3.4m
31/12/2022£3.1m£3.1m
31/12/2021£2.5m£2.2m

Common questions

Is UNSEEN (UK) financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus position for the year, with total income exceeding total expenditure. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves are held at £805,331, which is below the stated policy target range of £929,322 to £1,393,983, but the organisation remains in a sound financial position with adequate cash resources. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Albert Goodman LLP.

Who funds UNSEEN (UK)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name UNSEEN (UK) as a grant recipient include Hilton UK Foundation, THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION, THE NISBET TRUST, THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION, SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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