LENSATIONAL

Registered charity 1165958 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of women from socially and/or economically disadvantaged communities the UK and such other parts of the world as the trustees shall determine by the provision of photography courses.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN FROM SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE UK AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE BY THE PROVISION OF PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £11,642 for the year, reducing total funds from £23,047 to £11,405. The trustees' policy is to maintain reserves of a minimum of 3 months expenditure, equating to £6,000, and unrestricted funds stood at £4,039. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09478952

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CALARDO, Courtney Miller — director, appointed 13/03/2025on trustee list
• CUEVAS, Faye Lynn — director, appointed 30/05/2023on trustee list
• YOUSAFZAI, Shareen Khan — director, appointed 28/04/2015on trustee list
• CHIU, Shun Yu Bonnie — secretary, appointed 09/03/2015

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gordon Bedfordchair
• Courtney Miller Calardo
• Faye Cuevas
• SHAREEN YOUSAFZAI

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Burma · China · Hong Kong · India · Islington · Kenya · Pakistan

Income and spending

Common questions