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Sense Ability Matters LTD.

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1107499Tyne And WearHealth and saving lives
Income£744k2025-03-31
Spending£696ksame year
Spent / received87%5-year average
Size in its cause87th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2005Charitable company
Employees18latest return

Analysis

Sense Ability Matters LTD. is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne And Wear. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05206358). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sense Ability Matters LTD. reported income of £744k and spending of £696k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £507k to £744k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sense Ability Matters LTD. sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Himmah (£743k), St Luke's Community and Regeneration Enterprises (£744k) and South Wales Miners Welfare Trust Fund Scheme (£743k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66%, donations and legacies 33% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £488k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.

Income and spending

£0£195k£390k£585k£780k2021 Income: £506,6332021 Spending: £402,01620212022 Income: £545,2672022 Spending: £464,37220222023 Income: £780,0962023 Spending: £669,94820232024 Income: £752,1422024 Spending: £677,23020242025 Income: £743,7732025 Spending: £695,5392025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 33%
  • Charitable activities 66%
  • Investments 1.5%

In the charity's own words

Sense Ability Matters is here to help all adults in our South Tyneside and Gateshead community who have a sensory impairment, are disabled, or live with a long-term health condition.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
HimmahNottingham£743k
St Luke's Community and Regeneration EnterprisesLeeds£744k
South Wales Miners Welfare Trust Fund SchemeMaesycoed£743k
Community Action East SussexEast Sussex£744k