BARNET MENCAP
Registered charity 1089388 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Disability, accommodation/housing, arts/culture, sport/recreation,economic/community development/employment. Children/young people, elderly/old people, people with a disability/special needs, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin.Provision of human resources, care/counselling, advocacy/advice/information.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that Barnet Mencap finished the year with a net in-year deficit of £7,721, resulting in unrestricted reserves reducing to £566,929. The trustees report that usable reserves stood at £400,753, which falls above the policy requirement of six months' worth of annual unrestricted expenditure by around £20,000. While the charity maintains a reasonable financial position, it remains concerned about economic pressures including inflation and reduced contract values.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Contracts (41% of income)
“Our major source of funding remains the London Borough of Barnet, mainly through contracts which accounted for 40.5% of our income”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months’ worth of annual unrestricted expenditure (held: £567k)
“The Board determined last year that its level of unrestricted usable reserves should be set at six months’ worth of annual unrestricted expenditure.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Gary Bishop, husband of Key Management Personnel Samantha Bishop, provided gardening and clearance work.
“Gary Bishop (Husband of Samantha Bishop) provided gardening and clearance work to the charity in the amount of £1,350 (2024 £280). There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Barnet Mencap (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Ray Booth — Chief Executive (source)
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.
- NAGENDRAN, Sharanya Sabina, Dr — director, appointed 19/11/2025on trustee list
- AKINSANYA, Olukemi Aiana — director, appointed 19/11/2025on trustee list
- AL-EIDAN, Haider Saady Yassin — director, appointed 20/11/2024on trustee list
- CHATTERJEE, Papiya — director, appointed 23/11/2022on trustee list
- ATHWAL-SHAH, Prithma — director, appointed 24/11/2021on trustee list
- OLIVER, Sheila Rosemary — director, appointed 08/11/2012on trustee list
- KIRK, Margaret Irene — director, appointed 09/11/2011on trustee list
- NICHOLSON, Lucy — secretary, appointed 04/06/2026
- BOOTH, Raymond — secretary, appointed 01/06/2017
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.
CQC provider record: Barnet Mencap — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 13/03/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£22k
Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- Dr Sharanya Sabina Nagendran
- Haider Saady Yassin Al-Eidan
- MARGARET IRENE KIRK
- MICHAEL PHILIP FRANCIS WIFFEN
- Olukemi Aina Akinsanya
- Papiya Chatterjee
- Prithma Athwal-Shah
- SHEILA ROSEMARY OLIVER
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Barnet
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BARNET MENCAP financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Barnet Mencap finished the year with a net in-year deficit of £7,721, resulting in unrestricted reserves reducing to £566,929. The trustees report that usable reserves stood at £400,753, which falls above the policy requirement of six months' worth of annual unrestricted expenditure by around £20,000. While the charity maintains a reasonable financial position, it remains concerned about economic pressures including inflation and reduced contract values. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.
Who funds BARNET MENCAP?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BARNET MENCAP as a grant recipient include JOHN LYON'S CHARITY, THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FINCHLEY.
Known funders
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