FIFTH SENSE

Registered charity 1175553 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SmellTaste · also registered in Scotland as SC052952 (OSCR)

Fifth Sense exists to provide support and advice to people with smell- and taste-related disorders so that society can better understand what it means to suffer impairment of one, or both, of these senses.We provide direct support, advice, and offer sign posts to potential treatment to people with such conditions. Our work covers three main areas: Education, Support and Research

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Latest income

£247k

Latest spending

£267k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position remains adequate, supported by unrestricted reserves of £44,763 and secured funding from major donors. The trustees consider the current level of reserves satisfactory given the agreed funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, reducing total net assets from £124,726 to £104,511.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: up to 6 months without income (held: £45k)

“The aim of the trustees is to hold reserves to enable the charity to operate for up to 6 months without income” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 10255303

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.

DAVIES, Deborah Jane — director, appointed 16/03/2023on trustee list
KARIMJEE, Azim — director, appointed 10/10/2019on trustee list
PHILPOTT, Carl Martin, Professor — director, appointed 28/06/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Azim Karimjee
CARL MARTIN PHILPOTT
Deborah Jane Davies

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£247k	£267k
31/07/2024	£219k	£232k
31/07/2023	£190k	£173k
31/07/2022	£154k	£104k
31/07/2021	£77k	£80k

Common questions

Is FIFTH SENSE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position remains adequate, supported by unrestricted reserves of £44,763 and secured funding from major donors. The trustees consider the current level of reserves satisfactory given the agreed funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, reducing total net assets from £124,726 to £104,511. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/11/2023	£212k	Fifth Sense Social Action Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/05/2019	£239k	Fifth Sense