The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Sense, the National Deafblind and Rubella Association

Registered charity 289868 Registered since 1984

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland

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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.

13 trustees on the board

1.6y median 0y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

12
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 13General Charitable Purposes 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12Disability 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 16Education 6Professional services 5

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£101.9m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.5 in 2021

2956 from 2555 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
57%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.sense.org.uk
Emailpaul.howes@sense.org.uk
Phone0300 330 9260
AddressSENSE, 101 PENTONVILLE ROAD, LONDON, N1 9LG

Finances

£101,863,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£75,228,287£70,332,977
2022£82,519,244£78,214,023
2023£86,526,714£90,244,916
2024£94,976,000£97,474,231
2025£101,863,000£104,175,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

3 ObjectsThe objects for which the Charity is established (the "Objects") are to:3.1 primarily support and promote the interests of persons who are deafblind or have multi-sensory impairments;3.2 and to support persons who, by virtue of having a learning disability or one or more mental or physical impairments, or sensory impairment(s), require care and/or communication support(together, the "beneficiaries").

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/06/1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/09/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/09/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/09/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/07/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/11/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/10/2012 as amended on 16 Sep 2021

Trustees (13)

13trustees
51median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Sense, the National Deafblind and Rubella Association · 01825301 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 15/06/1984

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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