BRENT MENCAP

Registered charity 1077038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Brent Mencaps passion for a healthier & fairer Brent from 1979 led to great housing, employment, health, advice, wellbeing & self-advocacy. We adapted & provide social prescribing support & healthcoaching for Brent patients. People with a learning disability, neurodiversity & carers get inclusive support & free creative/wellbeing activities eg yoga,poetry,singing,gardening,self-advocacy & art.

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Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Brent Mencap generated a surplus for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £764,036 against a policy target of £374,784. The charity holds sufficient cash reserves to cover its stated liabilities and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Staff costs were the primary expenditure, with no individual employee receiving remuneration above £60,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Service Level Agreements (95% of income)
“Source of Income £ % Service Level Agreements 1,714,236 95.21%”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months 2024-2025 salary costs and Office Rent Liability (held: £764k)
“The levels of reserves the Trustees have calculated are needed are £374,784, equivalent to three months 2024-2025 salary costs and Office Rent Liability.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

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

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

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.6m
Reserves (reported)
£764k
Employees
47

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.8m£1.6m
31/03/2024£1.7m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2022£957k£833k
31/03/2021£661k£621k

Common questions

Is BRENT MENCAP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Brent Mencap generated a surplus for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £764,036 against a policy target of £374,784. The charity holds sufficient cash reserves to cover its stated liabilities and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Staff costs were the primary expenditure, with no individual employee receiving remuneration above £60,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd.

Who funds BRENT MENCAP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRENT MENCAP as a grant recipient include EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE).

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE)FY2025£5kKeep on Moving!

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2023£10kWellfest23 Arts and Wellbeing for Brent People with disabilities
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/09/2017£10k"Hidden History 379-381 High Road Willesden Unpicking 100+ years of a Home, Clinic and Community Centre"
City Bridge Foundation26/11/2015£20kGrant to Brent Mencap
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2012£8kA Right Royal Summer

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 BROMLEY & LEWISHAM MENCAP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRENT MENCAP£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
BROMLEY & LEWISHAM MENCAP FY2025£2.8m£80,000 - £89,9991above—no doubt
BARNET MENCAP FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
SOUTH WILTS MENCAP FY2024£168k—0unclear—no doubt
MERTON MENCAP FY2025£827k—0unclear—no doubt
MELTON MENCAP FY2025£655k—0below—no doubt

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