BASINGSTOKE MENCAP SERVICES

Registered charity 1085576 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BASINGSTOKE AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS, BASINGSTOKE MENCAP, BASINGSTOKE MENCAP SUPPORT WORKER SCHEME

Basingstoke Mencap works for the relief of people with learning disabilities in particular by the provision of help and support for them and their families, dependents and carers.The society also provides or assists in the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation for people who have a learning disability.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND THEIR CARERS IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT AND IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE BOROUGH OF BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.B) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT AND BOROUGH OF BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE. PROVIDED THAT, IN CARING OUT THESE CHARITABLE PURPOSES, THE CHARITY WILL SEEK TO CHALLENGE ALL FORMS OF OPPRESSION AND INEQUALITY AND GIVE PRIORITY TO WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHOSE FULL PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY IS LIMITED BY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE.C) TO BE SO CONSTITUTED AND ADMINISTERED THAT IT IS AT NO TIME (FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HOUSING ACT 1989) UNDER THE CONTROL OR SUBJECT TO THE INFLUENCE OF A LOCAL AUTHORITY.

Area of benefit: IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT AND IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE BOROUGH OF BASINGSTOKE .AND DEANE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Basingstoke and Deane, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small operating surplus, increasing total income to £292,133 from £199,315 in the prior year. However, unrestricted reserves have decreased to £30,016, which the trustees describe as 'depleted cash reserves currently standing at 2 months operating costs' against a target of 6 months. The charity remains in full cost recovery transition and continues to rely on grants and donations to subsidize core services.

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.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 01/02/2024, 1 day after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04134251

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Basingstoke 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.

• TUSTAIN, Jaqueline Mairead Columbus Head — director, appointed 21/02/2025on trustee list
• BUSHELL, Stephen Hallowes — director, appointed 22/07/2022on trustee list
• BUCKLAND, Polly Ann — director, appointed 06/07/2022on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Cheryl Claire — director, appointed 24/02/2022on trustee list
• PRITCHARD, Stephen — director, appointed 21/06/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Basingstoke Mencap Services — Deregistered, 1 registered location.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cheryl Claire Edwardschair
• JACQUELINE MAIREAD COLUMBUS HEAD TUSTAIN
• Polly Ann Buckland
• STEPHEN PRITCHARD

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PEMBROKESHIRE MENCAP LTD.

• PEMBROKESHIRE MENCAP LTD income £402k
• MENCAP MON income £210k
• SCARBOROUGH AND DISTRICT MENCAP income £909k
• ROYAL MENCAP SOCIETY income £247.3m
• HUNTINGDON MENCAP SOCIETY LIMITED income £1.7m
• READING MENCAP income £486k

Side by side with its peers

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