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Sensory People

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1164806StourbridgeHealth and saving lives
Income£114k2025-03-31
Spending£83ksame year
Spent / received26%5-year average
Size in its cause65th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2015CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Sensory People is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stourbridge. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sensory People reported income of £114k and spending of £83k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £33k to £114k (+244%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 2259%. Over the whole period it spent 26% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sensory People sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sandycroft (£114k), Seeway Trust (£114k) and Cornwall Community Flood Forum (£114k).

Income and spending

£0£195k£389k£584k£779k2021 Income: £33,0092021 Spending: £20,19620212022 Income: £778,6322022 Spending: £39,84420222023 Income: £60,6072023 Spending: £51,03420232024 Income: £86,5912024 Spending: £88,47520242025 Income: £113,5732025 Spending: £82,6122025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We help those with learning difficulties / a Sensory Processing Disorder (or Sensory Integration Dysfunction) affecting auditory, visual, tactile, taste, smell, vestibular and/or proprioceptive senses. Activities help neural development facilitating performance in everyday tasks, reducing long term motor clumsiness, behavioural problems, anxiety, depression, school failure, and other impacts.

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SandycroftRedditch£114k
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