MIDLAND MENCAP
Registered charity 1043360 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIRMINGHAM MENCAP, THE BIRMINGHAM SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS
Provision of support services to individuals with a Learning Disability and their family carers
Causes: Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,659,626 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with consolidated total reserves increasing to £16,985,712. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £8,471,482 are sufficient to cover 14 months of current staff salaries, providing significant financial security against funding uncertainties. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Highest-paid employee band: £100,001 - £110,000 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)
“In the band £100,001 - £110,000 1” — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: Group 2025 No. In the band £70,001 - £80,000 1 In the band £90,001 - £100,000 : In the band £100,001 - £110,000 1” — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Midland Mencap paid service charges of £29,731 to Pinewood Maintenance Limited, an estate maintenance service for the charity's registered office, and received an annual management charge of £20,230.
“During the year, Midland Mencap paid service charges of £29,731 to Pinewood Maintenance Limited and received an annual management charge of £20,230.” — page 53
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Top pay band moved from £90,001 - £100,000 (FY2024) to £100,001 - £110,000 (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
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Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Midland Mencap (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- MUTH, Graham — director, appointed 22/01/2025on trustee list
- ROBERTS, Melanie Anne — director, appointed 15/03/2024on trustee list
- JONES, Colin — director, appointed 15/03/2024on trustee list
- WINTER, Amy Hannah Elizabeth — director, appointed 12/03/2024on trustee list
- SMITH, Nigel — director, appointed 31/10/2022on trustee list
- PROCTOR, Christopher Stephen — director, appointed 29/04/2022on trustee list
- GREEN, Nicholas Philip — director, appointed 25/02/2022on trustee list
- GUJRAL, Kuldip Singh — director, appointed 27/10/2004on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
13 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold); recorded price paid £5.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Midland Mencap — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 07/03/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£23k
Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (03/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (27/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (20/07/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (03/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Melanie Robertschair
- AMY WINTER
- COLIN JONES
- Christopher Stephen Proctor
- Dr Fiona McConnell · trustee of 1 other charity
- Graham Muth
- KULDIP SINGH GUJRAL
- NIGEL SMITH
- Nicholas Philip Green
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City · Walsall · Worcestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is MIDLAND MENCAP financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,659,626 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with consolidated total reserves increasing to £16,985,712. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £8,471,482 are sufficient to cover 14 months of current staff salaries, providing significant financial security against funding uncertainties. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dains Audit Limited.
What does the highest-paid employee of MIDLAND MENCAP earn?
Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £100,001 - £110,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.
Government & lottery funding
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