Unseen (UK)

Analysis

Unseen (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06754171). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Unseen (UK) reported income of £3.4m and spending of £3.4m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £3.4m (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Unseen (UK) sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mind in Somerset (£3.4m), Zane: Zimbabwe a National Emergency (£3.4m) and Malaria No More United Kingdom (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56%, trading 31% and donations and legacies 12%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.3%. Reserves of £805k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 74 people.