OUNDLE MENCAP HOLIDAYS LTD

Registered charity 1108908 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OSMH, OUNDLE MENCAP HOIDAYS LTD, OUNDLE SCHOOL MENCAP HOLIDAY

The Oundle School Mencap Holiday runs an annual residential holiday for children and young people with learning and/or physical difficulties. The holiday is staffed and co-ordinated entirely by volunteers and is reliant on charitable funding for its continued existence.

Objects

3.1 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, AND3.2 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE OUNDLE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held approximately £129,000 in unrestricted funds at the end of 2025, representing a surplus of approximately £23,000 for the year. The trustees consider this level of reserves appropriate as a buffer against fluctuations in fundraising income and to support expected increased costs in 2026. The charity remains in a strong financial position with no significant outstanding liabilities.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Oundle Mencap Holidays (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robin Banerjeechair
• ANNA CLISH
• Andrew Mark Fahrenheim
• Catherine Taylor
• Claire Huntington
• Dr Ethan Maltlyn
• EDDIE DOVE
• MELANIE SYMONDS
• Melissa Mears
• Olivia Kirkbride
• Theresa Stanley-Price

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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