MENCAP LIVERPOOL

Registered charity 1004262 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIVERPOOL MENCAP, LIVERPOOL SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS, Mencap Liverpool & Sefton

A local charity affiliated to but financially independent of the Royal Mencap Society.We work in Liverpool and Sefton with adults who have a mild- moderate learning disability. We aim to prevent social isolation and enable people to progress. We provide: outreach; befriending; a range of social groups and physical activities; workshops; volunteering, employability and LD awareness

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£455k
Latest spending
£298k
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £37,641 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £349,063 to £505,394 (note: assets increased due to capital grants/fixtures, but operational funds decreased). Per the trustees' report, the charity faces continuing difficult financial circumstances and funding uncertainty, though it maintains a positive net cash position of £153,924.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mencap Liverpool & Sefton (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Liverpool City · Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£455k£298k
31/03/2024£197k£238k
31/03/2023£215k£253k
31/03/2022£389k£288k
31/03/2021£360k£357k

Common questions

Is MENCAP LIVERPOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £37,641 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £349,063 to £505,394 (note: assets increased due to capital grants/fixtures, but operational funds decreased). Per the trustees' report, the charity faces continuing difficult financial circumstances and funding uncertainty, though it maintains a positive net cash position of £153,924. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MENCAP LIVERPOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MENCAP LIVERPOOL as a grant recipient include THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUST, PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND, SKELTON BOUNTY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2024£25kTotal grants awarded in the period
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4kMerseyside
THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2024£2k
SKELTON BOUNTYFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/04/2026£20kCommunity Connections and Activity Programme
Postcode Lottery28/04/2025£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund13/06/2024£20kCommunity Connections
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/02/2024£10k"Seeds of Change - A history of Mencap Cottage"
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2023£345kMencap Community Cottage
Sport England09/06/2020£2kCOVID-19 CEF
UK government01/04/2019£22kBuilding Connections Fund
UK government02/01/2019£22kBuilding Connections Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2018£56kConnecting Sefton
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2016£497kReaching Out & Moving On (#WhatHelpedMe)

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL MENCAP SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MENCAP LIVERPOOL£455k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL MENCAP SOCIETY FY2025£244.4m——above—no doubt
EASTBOURNE AND DISTRICT MENCAP LIMITED FY2025£2.9m——unclear—no doubt
CARLISLE MENCAP FY2025£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt
HARPENDEN MENCAP FY2025£2.9m——below76.9%no doubt
ISLE OF WIGHT MENCAP FY2025£604k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.