Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 1

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -7

LENSATIONAL

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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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 8 years

lensational.org

info@lensational.org

0208 004 6429

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£15	£12	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/22		£49	£62	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21		£3	£13	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£17	£24	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19		£35	£62	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18		£87	£29	£58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£17	£10	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£11	£2	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Bangladesh, Burma, China, Hong Kong, India, Islington, Kenya, Pakistan,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Fore - Grant to Lensational
£30,000	08/12/2017 12	Funding from The Fore will enable Lensational to scale to meet the commercial demand for its images through increased staff and improved technological infrastructure for image storage.
The Fore - Grant to Lensational
£30,000	01/08/2017 12	Founded in 2013, Lensational equips marginalised women in the developing world with digital cameras and photography training as a means to emotional and economic empowerment. Lensational has provided ....more Founded in 2013, Lensational equips marginalised women in the developing world with digital cameras and photography training as a means to emotional and economic empowerment. Lensational has provided equipment and photography training to 600 women in 15 developing countries, with a particular focus on Asia. The resulting photographs have been shared widely, with all profits from sales shared evenly between Lensational and the photographer. Funding from The Fore will enable Lensational to scale to meet the commercial demand for its images through increased staff and improved technological infrastructure for image storage.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-48

GORDON BEDFORD (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director

MICHAEL OLIVER GOULDEN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Advertising Consultant

SHAREEN YOUSAFZAI Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Lawyer

SARAH JANE RAMSEY Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/03/2016, number: 1165958
Registered at Companies House on 09/03/2015, number: 09478952

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR16: 198 days late,

Main office

CAPITAL OFFICE
KEMP HOUSE
152-160 CITY ROAD
LONDON
EC1V 2NX

Objectives

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.

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