SENSE, THE NATIONAL DEAFBLIND AND RUBELLA ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 289868 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S E N S E, SENSE, THE NATIONAL DEAF-BLIND AND RUBELLA ASSOCIATION, THE NATIONAL DEAFBLIND AND RUBELLA ASSOCIATION

Latest income

£101.9m

Latest spending

£104.2m

Registered

1984

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£101.9m

Total spending

£104.2m

Cost of raising funds

£6.9m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

2,956

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (02/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (26/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (27/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (09/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (11/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (08/01/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Mark Nicholas Cammieschair
Allen Thurston
Benjamin Francis Cooper
Christine Kane · trustee of 3 other charities
Danielle Bridge
Jeremy Christian Larsson · trustee of 1 other charity
Katharine Megan Sacks-Jones
Leigh Fontaine
Martyn Sibley
PHILIP CHARLES ROBERTSHAW
Simon Terry Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
Tania Hudson
Vivienne Helen Hoskins

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£101.9m	£104.2m
31/03/2024	£95.0m	£97.5m
31/03/2023	£86.5m	£90.2m
31/03/2022	£82.5m	£78.2m
31/03/2021	£75.2m	£70.3m

Common questions

Who funds SENSE, THE NATIONAL DEAFBLIND AND RUBELLA ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SENSE, THE NATIONAL DEAFBLIND AND RUBELLA ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE PIERREPONT TRUST, THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION, THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST, THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£130k
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2024	£8k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2023	£8k
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY	FY2025	£5k
WESTCOMBE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£700
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY	FY2022	£500
WESTCOMBE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£0
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2025	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/04/2022	£64k	"Sense & National Trust Partnership : Internal Garden"