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Fifth Sense

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1175553OxfordshireHealth and saving lives
Income£247k2025-07-31
Spending£267ksame year
Spent / received96%5-year average
Size in its cause75th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2017Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Fifth Sense is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in November 2017, 9 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 10255303). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Fifth Sense reported income of £247k and spending of £267k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £77k to £247k (+220%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fifth Sense sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cure Usher Syndrome (£247k), The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust (£247k) and Al Mustafa Trust International (£247k).

Income and spending

£0£67k£134k£200k£267k2021 Income: £77,3092021 Spending: £79,66420212022 Income: £153,5352022 Spending: £104,14520222023 Income: £189,7062023 Spending: £172,50020232024 Income: £219,4832024 Spending: £231,61220242025 Income: £247,0562025 Spending: £267,2712025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Fifth Sense exists to provide support and advice to people with smell- and taste-related disorders so that society can better understand what it means to suffer impairment of one, or both, of these senses.We provide direct support, advice, and offer sign posts to potential treatment to people with such conditions. Our work covers three main areas: Education, Support and Research

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