SOUTHEND MENCAP

Registered charity 1078686 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advocacy service for learning disabled; Family Support Worker for families of learning disabled; Transitional Advocate for young people with learning disabilities; daily music sessions for adults with learning disabilities; sports club, music school, drama group, children's and young person's clubs and social club all for the learning disabled; also 3 charity shops and a coffee-shop.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £274,585 against a stated policy target of three months' running costs, which the trustees calculated as approximately £116,445. The charity reports adequate resources for the foreseeable future, supported by grant funding and surpluses from trading activities, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Southend 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 (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~9.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR CHRIS HEBDENchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Anita Frances Cope-Prior
• Anthony Greensmith
• Greg Treadwell
• Karen Migliorini · trustee of 1 other charity
• Steven Walsh

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

Operates in: Essex · Southend-on-sea

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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