BEAMSTAFFS

Registered charity 1097322 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MID STAFFORDSHIRE MENCAP, MID STAFFS MENCAP

Support of people with learning disabilities, their carers & family. Help children & adults with learning disabilities to live as independently as possible within the community. Act as a resource for parents & carers, providing them with information, advocacy & practical support. Provide opportunities for people with learning disability to enjoy their leisure time.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND TO PREVENT LEARNING DISABILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO ADVANCE RELIGION AMONGST PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY; AND TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OF OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OR IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: STAFFORSHIRE

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 · Education/training · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £29,265 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by operational deficits and a loss on held funds. Per the trustees' report, total assets stood at £207,663, with cash reserves of £25,257, while the charity maintains a designated reserve of £200,393 to cover potential shutdown costs and running expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR D E MORETON
• Minnie Charlesworth
• Roy Parker
• Sheryl Al-Omran
• Simon Mountford

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WE ARE BEAMS.

• WE ARE BEAMS income £2.5m
• THE BEAM FOUNDATION income £2.0m
• SMILE FOR LIFE CHILDRENS CHARITY income £657k
• HF TRUST LIMITED income £85.0m
• PEOPLE IN ACTION income £11.4m
• SUNBEAMS LONDON LTD income £351k

Side by side with its peers

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