HASTINGS AND BEXHILL MENCAP SOCIETY

Registered charity 1092206 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIMLEY

To provide services for people with learning disabilities, their families and carers in the local area. This is achieved through residential care, day service, education through the arts, social activities, and outings.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis. The trustees have confirmed that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future. No material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hastings and Bexhill Mencap Society (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)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Hastings and Bexhill Mencap Society — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 24/11/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£57k
Reserves (reported)
£2.1m
Employees
48

Reported reserves equal ~18.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 3.4% 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).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.7m£1.4m
31/03/2024£1.5m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.0m
31/03/2022£969k£892k
31/03/2021£1.0m£828k

Common questions

Is HASTINGS AND BEXHILL MENCAP SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis. The trustees have confirmed that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future. No material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by none.

Who funds HASTINGS AND BEXHILL MENCAP SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HASTINGS AND BEXHILL MENCAP SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND, THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2024£25kTotal grants awarded in the period
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2025£4k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/10/2024£20kThe Frimley Community Cafe
The National Lottery Community Fund10/03/2011£10kGaining More From Life Project
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2006£5kActive Arts

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 HERTSMERE MENCAP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HASTINGS AND BEXHILL MENCAP SOCIETY£1.7m——unclear—no doubt
HERTSMERE MENCAP FY2025£183k—0above—no doubt
EASTBOURNE AND DISTRICT MENCAP LIMITED FY2025£2.9m——unclear—no doubt
SHEFFIELD MENCAP FY2025£1.5m——within—no doubt
ISLE OF WIGHT MENCAP FY2025£604k—0unclear—no doubt
CARLISLE MENCAP FY2025£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt

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