MANCROFT ADVICE PROJECT (MAP)

Registered charity 1107927 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

MAP provides free, confidential advice, counselling and youth work services for young people aged uped to 25. There is a Norwich city centre drop-in each weekday and in Great Yarmouth on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; and other services across Norfolk.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 BY THE PROVISION OF A YOUNG PEOPLE'S INFORMATION , ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND COUNSELLING SERVICE.TO PROMOTE, PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN NORFOLK AND THE EASTERN REGION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE. (FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLARIFICATION IN THIS DOCUMENT, THE EASTERN REGION IS DEFINED AS NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, BEDFORDSHIRE, ESSEX AND HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTIES).THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN NORFOLK AND THE EASTERN REGION.TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THOSE DEALING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE BY MEANS OF TRAINING, SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT.

Area of benefit: NORFOLK,SUFFOLK,CAMBRIDGESHIRE, BEDFORDSHIRE, ESSEX AND HERTFORDSHIRE.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Norwich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £241,021 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £2,274,378. The trustees confirm that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis, citing adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BW Audit Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05249208

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mancroft Advice Project (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.

• LEWIS, Hannah Rose — director, appointed 29/09/2025on trustee list
• MASON-GORDON, Jonathan Philip — director, appointed 30/09/2024on trustee list
• SLOWTHER, Darren Lee — director, appointed 26/02/2024on trustee list
• SPRATLING, Lucy Kate — director, appointed 06/06/2022on trustee list
• BLAKE-HOLMES, Kathryn Anne — director, appointed 13/12/2021on trustee list
• PRASAD, Gita — director, appointed 22/02/2021on trustee list
• CARTER, Edward John, Revd Canon — director, appointed 01/07/2019on trustee list
• BILLINGS, Caroline Marie — director, appointed 06/02/2017on trustee list
• MOBBS, Dan — secretary, appointed 26/01/2009

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Billingschair
• Darren Lee Slowther
• Gita Prasad
• Hannah Rose Lewis
• Jonathan Philip Mason-Gordon
• Kathryn Blake-Holmes
• Rev Edward John Carter · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JUST DROP- IN YOUTH INFO & ADVICE LIMITED.

• JUST DROP- IN YOUTH INFO & ADVICE LIMITED income £739k
• MAKING A DIFFERENCE income £30k
• YPAC Manchester Ltd income £281k
• CHAT YOUTH COUNSELLING income £173k
• YOUNG PERSONS ADVISORY SERVICE income £6.4m
• NEWTON AYCLIFFE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE income £101k

Side by side with its peers

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