SENSORY PEOPLE

Registered charity 1164806 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We help those with learning difficulties / a Sensory Processing Disorder (or Sensory Integration Dysfunction) affecting auditory, visual, tactile, taste, smell, vestibular and/or proprioceptive senses. Activities help neural development facilitating performance in everyday tasks, reducing long term motor clumsiness, behavioural problems, anxiety, depression, school failure, and other impacts.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£114k
Latest spending
£83k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £30,961 for the year ended 31st March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £68,205. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds significant cash reserves of £625,509 and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating. The charity also holds a restricted Property Fund of £740,000, bringing total net assets to £808,205.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £175k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£779k
Total spending
£40k
Reserves (reported)
£30k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£114k£83k
31/03/2024£87k£88k
31/03/2023£61k£51k
31/03/2022£779k£40k
31/03/2021£33k£20k

Common questions

Is SENSORY PEOPLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £30,961 for the year ended 31st March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £68,205. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds significant cash reserves of £625,509 and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating. The charity also holds a restricted Property Fund of £740,000, bringing total net assets to £808,205. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SENSORY PEOPLE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SENSORY PEOPLE as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION, THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kCompassionate Support
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2kChildren / Young People
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kChildren and Youth
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kDisability
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2023£500Medical
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2025£500Medical

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/02/2026£20kCool Kids Movement Scheme
UK government24/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund