Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 7

FIFTH SENSE

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

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 6 years

www.fifthsense.org.uk

info@fifthsense.org.uk

01229 840240

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/07/23	£190	£173	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/07/22	£154	£104	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/07/21	£77	£80	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/07/20	£82	£35	£47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/07/19	£2	£6	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/18	£9	£8	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 volunteers

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Fifth Sense
£238,815	30/05/2019 36	Fifth Sense is the only UK organisation to provide information, advice and support to people affected by smell and taste disorders. Funding would enable Fifth Sense to develop their current services, ....more Fifth Sense is the only UK organisation to provide information, advice and support to people affected by smell and taste disorders. Funding would enable Fifth Sense to develop their current services, grow their reach and improve awareness among the general public and clinicians of the impact of smell and taste disorders.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-74

AZIM KARIMJEE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Engineer

CARL MARTIN PHILPOTT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Consultant Ent Surgeon

DEBORAH JANE DAVIES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Professional Coach

ROBERT SPENCER MEADOWCROFT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Independent Researcher

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/11/2017, number: 1175553
Registered at Companies House on 28/06/2016, number: 10255303

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

Unit 2
Franklins House
Wesley Lane
BICESTER
Oxfordshire
OX26 6JU

Objectives

PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF SMELL AND TASTE-RELATED DISORDERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICEADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO SMELL AND TASTE-RELATED DISORDERSFURTHER MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH IN RELATION TO SMELL, TASTE AND DISORDERS OF THESE SENSES

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