MAIDSTONE MENCAP CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1009677 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAIDSTONE MENCAP CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED

We provide a playschool, Junior Gateway, Holiday club and Senior Gateway club for children/adults with learning disabilities in the Maidstone area.

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Latest income

£185k

Latest spending

£210k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a net expenditure of £24,563, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £310,395 to £285,832. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves are held to cover uninsured costs on the building, with a designated Contingency Fund set aside equivalent to six months of expenditure. The charity faces financial pressure due to a reduction in grant funding and the impending end of a five-year National Lottery grant.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants

“Grants received, included in the above, are as follows: Kent County Council National Lottery Community Fund”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months expenditure (held: £72k)

“The stated policy of the charity has been that it aims to hold 6 months expenditure as net current assets.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Maidstone Mencap (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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

Received assets from another charity (15/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

SUSAN ROUGHLEYchair
Amanda Masters
Guy Roughley
Lynn Jacqueline Snedden
MR M J SMITH
Mrs M L Rimmer

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£185k	£210k
31/12/2023	£191k	£149k
31/12/2022	£189k	£156k
31/12/2021	£169k	£144k
31/12/2020	£186k	£135k

Common questions

Is MAIDSTONE MENCAP CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a net expenditure of £24,563, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £310,395 to £285,832. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves are held to cover uninsured costs on the building, with a designated Contingency Fund set aside equivalent to six months of expenditure. The charity faces financial pressure due to a reduction in grant funding and the impending end of a five-year National Lottery grant. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd.

Who funds MAIDSTONE MENCAP CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MAIDSTONE MENCAP CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include The William Brake Foundation.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The William Brake Foundation	FY2022	£25k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/03/2026	£301k	Maidstone Mencap
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/06/2023	£10k	Hear Us See Us
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/03/2021	£216k	ENHANCEMENT OF CHILDREN’S LEARNING DISABILITY PROJECT
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/03/2013	£10k	Maidstone Mencap 16-25 Club
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/06/2004	£2k	Hoist