Registered charity (CIO) · Brighton
Sensing Friends
Sensing Friends is a registered charity (number 1205207) based in Brighton, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Tara Marie Dutton since 2023. Latest income £100k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £100k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
- Where
- Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex, Throughout London
- Website
- www.sensingfriends.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£100k£94k
- 2024£96k£61k
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 8 AND 25 RESIDING IN LONDON AND SUSSEX WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF PHYSICAL SENSORY LOSS, NEUROLOGICAL DIVERGENCE, TRAUMA, PTSD AND ANXIETY, RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING COUNSELLING, THERAPY AND GROUP ACTIVITIES IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THEM AND ENABLE THEM TO BUILD CONFIDENCE, INCREASE SELF ESTEEM AND DEVELOP SOCIAL AND LIFE SKILLS WHICH HELP TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES AND MAXIMISE THEIR POTENTIAL.
Grants received
1 grant · £499,960 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £499,960
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- Tara Marie Dutton Chair since 2023
- Moira Vincent since 2023
- Peter Bowley since 2023
- Sophie Stapleton since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Tara Marie Dutton Chair since 2023
- Moira Vincent since 2023
- Peter Bowley since 2023
- Sophie Stapleton since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1205207
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 13 Oct 2023
- Contact on the register
- 07584201837 · admin@sensingfriends.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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