WATFORD AND DISTRICT MENCAP SOCIETY

Registered charity 1004431 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WATFORD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS, WATFORD MENCAP

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Latest income

£4.0m

Latest spending

£3.9m

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document contains no financial data, narrative, or accounting statements; it consists solely of repeated Docusign envelope identifiers and a date. Consequently, no assessment of financial health can be derived from the text.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£4.0m

Total spending

£3.9m

Cost of raising funds

£60k

Reserves (reported)

£2.9m

Employees

176

Reported reserves equal ~9.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Hillside: Requires improvement (11/09/2024) · CQC record
Thorpedale: Requires improvement (11/01/2023) · CQC record
Berrywood: Good (21/09/2018) · CQC record
92a: Good (14/03/2019) · CQC record

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (27/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Amanda Lynch
Annie Whitton
Beverley Smart also known as Dawkins
Bryan Webb
John Good
Lynn GREEN
MR RUSS TEAGUE · trustee of 1 other charity
Neda Mazraeh
Nicola Cowap
Pauline JOY

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.0m	£3.9m
31/03/2024	£3.4m	£3.4m
31/03/2023	£3.4m	£3.1m
31/03/2022	£2.9m	£3.1m
01/04/2021	£3.1m	£2.9m

Common questions

Is WATFORD AND DISTRICT MENCAP SOCIETY financially healthy?

Funders of similar charities

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Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HARAMEAD TRUST	1	£35k
SPORTS PARTNERSHIP HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE	1	£7k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

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