UNSEEN (UK)

Registered charity 1127620 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Disrupting and challenging human slavery. Raising awareness of slavery, trafficking and exploitation. Offering training and consultancy to businesses, police and other government services. Providing safe accommodation and support for survivors of human trafficking so they can rebuild their lives. Collaborating with government, businesses, and NGOs to share information and take effective action.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £805k)
“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. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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?

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. 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 THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION, Hilton UK Foundation, THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION, THE NISBET TRUST, ODIN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2026£19kCommunity support for survivors of modern slavery in the South West of England
The National Lottery Community Fund16/07/2024£1.1mThe Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline; guided by Lived Experience.
The National Lottery Community Fund19/10/2016£294kProject Resilience
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2015£488kMen’s Anti-trafficking Project (MAP)

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CLEWER INITIATIVE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UNSEEN (UK)£3.4m——below—no doubt
THE CLEWER INITIATIVE FY2025£347k—0unclear—no doubt
MEDAILLE TRUST FY2025£6.0m——below—no doubt
HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOUNDATION FY2025£250k—0unclear—no doubt
SOPHIE HAYES FOUNDATION FY2025£581k£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt
TRAFFIKANALYSIS HUB LTD FY2025£153k—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.