HEART OF ENGLAND MENCAP

Registered charity 1038862 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STRATFORD AND DISTRICT MENCAP, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON AND DISTRICT MENCAP SOCIETY, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS

The principal activity of the Society is the provision of residential care and domiciliary support services for adults with learning disabilities in the Heart of England.

Objects

A) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND TO PREVENT LEARNING DISABILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; ANDB) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE STRATFORD-ON-AVON DISTRICT COUNCIL AND IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stratford-on-Avon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted surplus of £37,637 for the year ended 31 March 2024, following a loss in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the general reserve of £972,229 is currently below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure, representing approximately eight weeks' expenditure. The trustees acknowledge this shortfall but conclude that the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Money floods in for Heart of England Mencap after raft race solihullobserver.co.uk · 02/01/2017
• Heart of England Mencap helping people find work stratfordobserver.co.uk · 16/11/2016

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02814177

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Heart of England Mencap (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Johnsons Coaches — “We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Johnsons Coaches for their continued support and their generous donation of £530.86” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GODFREY, Paul Milton — director, appointed 17/12/2024on trustee list
• FYFFE, Sally Victoria Wykeham — director, appointed 24/07/2023on trustee list
• GLINTON, Robert Gordon — director, appointed 24/03/2023on trustee list
• LANE, Richard — director, appointed 12/12/2019on trustee list
• PEARCE, Robert Malcolm — director, appointed 31/01/2017on trustee list
• HARRISON, Margaret Glynne — director, appointed 22/03/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £377k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Heart of England Mencap — Registered, 16 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 13/06/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (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).

• Heart of England Mencap - 201 Drayton Avenue: Good (27/02/2019) · CQC record
• Heart of England Mencap DCA Central: Good (17/03/2022) · CQC record
• Valley Road: Good (08/07/2026) · CQC record
• Ash Grove: Good (17/12/2024) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT MALCOLM PEARCEchair
• Margaret Glynne Harrison
• PAUL MILTON GODFREY · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT GORDON GLINTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Lane
• SALLY VICTORIA WYKEHAM FYFFE

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

Operates in: Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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

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 ENCOMPASS CARE ORGANISATION UK.

• ENCOMPASS CARE ORGANISATION UK income £8.4m
• MENCAP IN KIRKLEES income £3.6m
• HERTSMERE MENCAP income £183k
• HARINGEY MENCAP LIMITED income £191k
• MORECAMBE AND LANCASTER MENCAP SOCIETY income £70k
• ELMBRIDGE MENCAP income £310k

Side by side with its peers

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