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Lensational

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1165958LondonHuman rights and equality
Income£35k2025-03-31
Spending£47ksame year
Spent / received115%5-year average
Size in its cause45th pctHuman rights and equality
Registered2016Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Lensational is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under human rights and equality. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09478952). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lensational reported income of £35k and spending of £47k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,944 to £35k (+1092%), an average of +86% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 1566%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 700 England and Wales charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Lensational sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ the Living Word Church (£33k), Parliamentary Human Rights Trust (£35k) and The Centre for Sharing De-Brutalisation (£33k).

Income and spending

£0£16k£31k£47k£62k2021 Income: £2,9442021 Spending: £13,42820212022 Income: £49,0362022 Spending: £62,02820222023 Income: £15,2182023 Spending: £11,51620232024 Income: £37,1962024 Spending: £26,57620242025 Income: £35,0882025 Spending: £46,7302025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To advance the education of women from socially and/or economically disadvantaged communities the UK and such other parts of the world as the trustees shall determine by the provision of photography courses.

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Christ the Living Word ChurchLondon£33k
Parliamentary Human Rights TrustLondon£35k
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