SUTTON MENCAP CHARITY COMPANY

Registered charity 1080514 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUTTON MENCAP

We provide leisure services for people with a learning disability in Sutton.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £1,122,996, resulting in a net surplus of £8,311 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £378,469, which the trustees consider prudent to maintain three months of running costs plus a risk premium. The trustees and auditor confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Fees from services for adults (55% of income)
“Fees from services for adults - 616,521 616,521 491,628” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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

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

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£549k
Employees
24

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.4% 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: Sutton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.1m
31/03/2024£998k£882k
31/03/2023£1.3m£801k
31/03/2022£592k£648k
31/03/2021£640k£679k

Common questions

Is SUTTON MENCAP CHARITY COMPANY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £1,122,996, resulting in a net surplus of £8,311 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £378,469, which the trustees consider prudent to maintain three months of running costs plus a risk premium. The trustees and auditor confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation30/05/2023£116kGrant to Sutton Mencap
City Bridge Foundation30/01/2020£156kGrant to Sutton Mencap
City Bridge Foundation12/03/2015£102kGrant to Sutton Mencap
The National Lottery Community Fund14/02/2012£115kConnect 2
City Bridge Foundation20/01/2011£22kGrant to Sutton Mencap
The National Lottery Community Fund08/01/2010£10kSutton Mencap Lunch Club
City Bridge Foundation19/02/2009£41kGrant to Sutton Mencap
The National Lottery Community Fund09/04/2008£134kActive London Project

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 SEREN FFESTINIOG CYF..

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUTTON MENCAP CHARITY COMPANY£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
SEREN FFESTINIOG CYF. FY2025£2.8mUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
MERTON MENCAP FY2025£827k—0unclear—no doubt
HERTSMERE MENCAP FY2025£183k—0above—no doubt
ISLE OF WIGHT MENCAP FY2025£604k—0unclear—no doubt
Learning Disability Network London Limited FY2025£22.7m——unclear—no doubt

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