HASWELL AND DISTRICT MENCAP

Registered charity 1113417 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HASWELL AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS

Haswell & District Mencap operate from a purpose built building in the heart of the community. Our main target group are people with a learning disability, their carers and the wider community. Our services and activities include daycare, sport and social groups, carer support, advocacy, a catering and a furniture social enterprise. We are also a Gateway Beacon Club and have Gateway Active Status.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £102,587 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £709,992 to £607,405. The trustees report that unrestricted funds available were £163,822, with a designated reserve of £90,000 held for running costs, while restricted funds stood at £443,583. The charity notes it faces economic challenges and increasing overheads but maintains that resources are adequate to continue operations.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Haswell & District Mencap Society (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (60% 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: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cheryl Overton
• David Jackson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Karen Buck
• Sophie Brown
• William Robert McCafferty

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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