LENSATIONAL

Charity Number: 1165958
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £37,196
Total expenditure: £26,576

People

4 Trustee(s)

1 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Islington
  • Bangladesh
  • Burma
  • China
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Kenya
  • Pakistan

Governance

Registration history:
  • 09 March 2016: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
09478952 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Gordon Bedford Chair 28 May 2016
None on record
Courtney Miller Calardo Trustee 13 March 2025
None on record
Faye Cuevas Trustee 30 May 2023
None on record
SHAREEN YOUSAFZAI Trustee 06 March 2016
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £16.83k £2.94k £49.04k £15.22k £37.20k
Total expenditure £24.35k £13.43k £62.03k £11.52k £26.58k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 17 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 17 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 18 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2022 15 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022

(These accounts
have been qualified)

15 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 24 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2020 12 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 Not Required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/03/2015 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/02/2016 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25/02/2016

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN FROM SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE UK AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE BY THE PROVISION OF PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES.

Contact information

Address:
CAPITAL OFFICE
KEMP HOUSE
152-160 CITY ROAD
LONDON
EC1V 2NX
Phone:
0208 004 6429
Email:
info@lensational.org
Website:

lensational.org