Tilting The Lens

What Tilting The Lens does

Tilting The Lens is a strategic accessibility consultancy founded in 2020 by Sinéad Burke and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with distributed team members across the UK, Germany, and Spain. The firm delivers human-led consulting across three practice areas — Built Environment, People and Workplace Culture, and Product and Service Design — operationalised through six service lines: Audit, Research, Strategy, Design, Policy, and Training. Its approach centres a Human-Centered Design framework that mandates co-design with Disabled people as paid intellectual contributors rather than passive subjects of consultation.

The company serves enterprise clients spanning banking (Allied Irish Banks), luxury and mass-market fashion (Chanel, British Vogue, ASOS, Rituals), technology (Pinterest), media and broadcasting (ITV, All3Media, the Met), cultural institutions (V&A, the Royal Dublin Society), government (publicjobs), and NGOs (Sightsavers Ireland, AsIAm ecosystem). Notable multi-year engagements include a 2.5-year strategic accessibility mandate for Chanel's global London headquarters, a year-long bank-wide accessibility strategy for AIB aligned to the European Accessibility Act, and ongoing flagship programmes such as the Parsons Disabled Fashion Student Programme (co-created with Parsons School of Design, supported by Ford Foundation, H&M Foundation, Carmen Busquets Foundation, and Capri Holdings Foundation) and Screen Stories with National Talent Academies.

Tilting The Lens is privately held, B Corp certified (B Impact Score 101.5), and a UK Living Wage Employer, with revenue generated on a project-based, negotiated professional services basis. The majority-Disabled, all-female team is central to its differentiation and IP. Go-to-market relies on direct senior-led enterprise engagement, thought leadership through conference keynotes (TED 2026, Zero Project 2026), earned media coverage, and partnerships with flagship cultural and educational institutions rather than paid acquisition or self-serve product channels.

Name

Tilting The Lens

Legal name

Tilting the Lens

Website

https://tiltingthelens.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tilting The Lens is a Dublin-based strategic accessibility consultancy providing audit, research, strategy, design, policy, and training services to enterprise clients across fashion, banking, media, cultural, and government sectors in Europe, founded in 2020 by Sinéad Burke.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Accessibility Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Ramp & Entryway Accessibility (Ramps, Railings, Thresholds) (HSAPANAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Lighting, Switches & Controls Accessibility (Lever Handles, Rocker Switches) (HSAPANAH), Computer Access & Alternative Input (Switch, Eye Gaze, Head/Mouse, Keyboards) (EDAKAIAD)

Keywords

• Accessibility consulting
• Inclusive design services
• Disability inclusion advisory
• Workplace culture training
• Accessibility audit services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Professional Services (Audit, Research, Strategy, Design, Policy, Training): Tilting the Lens generates revenue by providing tailored strategic accessibility consulting services across three practice areas: Built Environment, People and Workplace Culture, and Product and Service Design. Engagements span research-led consulting, design sprints, audits, policy development, and training. Revenue is project-based and recurring with established clients.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Tilting the Lens is a strategic accessibility consultancy delivering six interconnected service lines—Audit, Research, Strategy, Design, Policy, and Training—across three practice areas: Built Environment, People & Workplace Culture, and Product & Service Design. Services are sold directly to enterprise clients as project-based and recurring engagements using a Human-Centered Design framework grounded in the lived experience of Disabled people.

Product overview

Tilting the Lens is a strategic accessibility consultancy, not a software product company. Their offering consists of six interconnected consulting service areas: Audit Services, Research Services, Strategy Services, Design Services, Policy Services, and Training Services. These services are organized around three core pillars—Built Environment, People & Workplace Culture, and Product & Service Design—delivered through a Human-Centered Design framework. Additionally, they produce educational resources including the Adaptive Fashion White Paper, maintain a Research Hub database of Disabled experts, and run specialized programmes such as the Screen Stories writers' scheme and the Parsons Disabled Fashion Student Programme. They have also delivered major editorial projects like the British Vogue 'Reframing Fashion' edition. The company operates across Europe with a majority-Disabled team.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Audit Services Accessibility audits covering physical, digital, sensory, and information design across spaces and environments. Sold to enterprise clients as part of Tilting the Lens' Built Environment practice area.
• Research Services Qualitative and quantitative research with Disabled people to understand accessibility priorities and barriers, informing client accessibility strategy. Sold to enterprise clients across all three practice areas.
• Strategy Services Strategic accessibility consulting to develop and implement organisation-wide accessibility strategies, including preparation for legislation such as the European Accessibility Act. Sold to enterprise clients such as AIB.
• Design Services Co-design services using a Human-Centered Design framework to create accessible built environments, products, and services with Disabled people as equal partners. Sold to enterprise clients seeking inclusive design outcomes.
• Policy Services Development and review of accessibility policies, reasonable adjustment processes, and organisational frameworks for disability inclusion. Sold to enterprise clients seeking compliance and culture change.
• Training Services Disability awareness and accessibility training for teams, including workshops on inclusive design, reasonable adjustments, and embedding accessibility into organisational culture. Sold to enterprise clients such as ITV and AIB.

Quantifiable outcome

• 91% of Disabled customers would buy multiples of an item if it was accessible
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 May 2026Tilting the Lens provided consulting support to The Met's Costume Institute for the 2026 'Costume Art' exhibition and Met Gala, including language framing, curation advice on disability representation, catalogue drafting support, training volunteer guides, and accessibility guidance. Sinéad Burke was personally involved as a speaker and contributor.
• Sightsavers IrelandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025In 2025, Tilting the Lens collaborated with Sightsavers Ireland to develop accessible event planning frameworks and inclusive travel toolkits supporting safe and equitable inclusion of Disabled ambassadors in international exchange travel between Ireland and Cameroon under the 'Bridging the Gap' programme.
• Royal Dublin Society (RDS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Tilting the Lens partnered with the RDS to complete an accessibility audit of ESB Science Blast, a landmark student event, evaluating the venue's physical, sensory, and communication environment through a human-centric lens.
• Parsons School of DesignflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 December 2023Tilting the Lens co-created the Parsons Disabled Fashion Student Programme with Parsons School of Fashion (The New School, New York). The programme offers scholarships of $50,000–$90,000 USD per year for Disabled students to study fashion design. Tilting the Lens designs faculty training, provides mentorship, and engages industry partners. Funders include H&M, Carmen Busquets Foundation, Capri Holdings Foundation, and Ford Foundation.
• All3MediacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2023Tilting the Lens was engaged by All3Media to develop a 116-page accessibility blueprint to serve as a guideline for All3Media's real estate decisions, covering physical, sensory, digital, and inclusive culture dimensions.
• British VogueflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 April 2023Tilting the Lens served as ongoing facilitators of learning and education for British Vogue's historic 'Reframing Fashion' May 2023 edition. Sinéad Burke was Consultant Editor. Tilting the Lens curated talent, advised on studio accessibility, held digital accessibility workshops, and consulted on overall strategy and rollout. The edition was the first to be available in Braille and audio.
• Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 April 2023RNIB partnered with British Vogue (with support from Tilting the Lens) to extend the 'Reframing Fashion' edition to future issues in Braille format for one year.
• National Talent Academies (Film & TV Drama)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTilting the Lens partners with the National Talent Academy for Film & TV Drama (an initiative of Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland managed by Ardán) on the 'Screen Stories: Getting Disabled Writers in the Room' programme. Now in its third iteration (2026), the programme supports up to three emerging Disabled writers per year with bursaries, mentorship, workshops, and a table read. Tilting the Lens provides accessibility expertise and programme design.
• Allied Irish Banks (AIB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTilting the Lens collaborated closely with AIB over one year to support the development and implementation of a bank-wide accessibility strategy, contributing directly to AIB's compliance with the European Accessibility Act. Work included qualitative and quantitative research with Disabled customers, digital accessibility guidelines, and staff training.
• ITVminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTilting the Lens has supported ITV in embedding accessibility and disability equity into its operations, with senior leadership engagement and organisation-wide training.
• RitualsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient of Tilting the Lens accessibility consulting services.
• PinterestminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient of Tilting the Lens accessibility consulting services.
• V&AminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient of Tilting the Lens accessibility consulting services.
• ChanelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTilting the Lens has been working for two and a half years on Chanel's global headquarters in London, addressing how a major luxury brand can not just employ Disabled people today but ensure a Disabled CEO can be part of its future.
• publicjobsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTilting the Lens worked with publicjobs on an accessibility strategy for Irish public sector recruitment.
• ASOScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASOS part-funded the Tilting the Lens white paper on adaptive fashion. Tilting the Lens also worked with ASOS on enhancing engagements with Disabled employees, including an internal disability hub.
• Music & Health IrelandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTilting the Lens worked with Music & Health Ireland on accessible live music and music education, including the Notes & Signs project for Deaf education settings.
• ESB (Electricity Supply Board)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerESB is the sponsor of ESB Science Blast, the event for which Tilting the Lens conducted an accessibility audit in partnership with the RDS.
• AsIAm (Ireland's national autism charity)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIB partnered with AsIAm for Autism Friendly Accreditation across all 170 AIB branches. While this was an AIB-led initiative outside Tilting the Lens's direct engagement, it contributed to the wider accessibility ecosystem for AIB.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Level Access: Digital accessibility platform and consultancy offering audits, training, and software. Comparable to Tilting the Lens's audit and training services in the digital accessibility domain, but with a more productized/SaaS-oriented model versus Tilting the Lens's bespoke Human-Centered Design approach.
• The Valuable 500: Global disability business initiative mobilizing 500+ CEOs to prioritize disability inclusion. Adjacent to Tilting the Lens's enterprise strategy work, with overlapping client bases (Chanel, etc.) but a non-profit, advocacy-led model.
• EmployAbility: Disability employment-focused organization supporting inclusive recruitment and graduate placement. Comparable to Tilting the Lens's People & Workplace Culture and publicjobs/recruitment work, though narrower in scope and focused on early-career paths.

Direct peers

• Purple (formerly Purple Space): UK-based disability inclusion consultancy that advises enterprises on disability confidence, employee networks, and workplace culture. Directly comparable to Tilting the Lens's People & Workplace Culture practice, with similar B2B mission-driven positioning and a focus on the disability consumer market.
• Open Inclusion: Specialist disability and accessibility consultancy offering research, design, and strategy services to enterprise clients. Closely comparable to Tilting the Lens's three-practice structure (built environment, workplace, product/service design) and Human-Centered Design methodology.
• Astley Laidlaw: UK-based disability inclusion consultancy providing workplace training, audits, and strategic advisory to enterprise clients. Comparable to Tilting the Lens's workplace culture and training services, with similar SME team and founder-led profile.
• Global Disability Inclusion: US-based disability inclusion consultancy that advises brands on accessible marketing, product design, and workplace inclusion. Directly comparable to Tilting the Lens's North American client work and brand-side engagements (e.g., ASOS, Rituals).
• Return on Disability Group: Global research and advisory firm quantifying the disability market and corporate disability inclusion. Comparable to Tilting the Lens's research-driven, market-sizing approach ($2.6T disposable income) and enterprise advisory model.

Broad incumbents

• Disability:IN: Large US disability inclusion nonprofit and consultancy that runs the Disability Equality Index and serves enterprises across the Fortune 500. Broader incumbent comparable to Tilting the Lens's enterprise consulting, but with a wider corporate membership and US-centric focus.
• Business Disability Forum: UK-based membership body and consultancy helping employers become disability confident. Comparable to Tilting the Lens's UK workplace culture work, but broader in scope and less focused on design/built environment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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