MERTON MENCAP
Registered charity 1113444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The provision of projects and services for children, young people and adults with a learning disability and for their parents/carers, promoting choice, opportunity, independence and inclusion, and raising awareness and understanding of learning disability
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased by 16% to £826,670, resulting in a net surplus of £61,257 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £310,593, which the trustees report represents 4.9 months of operating expenditure cover. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 3 - 6 months cover of operating expenditure (held: £311k)
“The trustees aim to maintain unrestricted reserves of 3 - 6 months cover of operating expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Merton Mencap (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£17k
Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Richard Drummondchair
- Alfredo Benedicto
- Brian Treadwell
- Caroline Kitto
- IAN NEWMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
- JULIAN FREDERICK JOHN WALTON
- Monica Stannard
- Patrick Donald Fraser
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Merton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is MERTON MENCAP financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased by 16% to £826,670, resulting in a net surplus of £61,257 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £310,593, which the trustees report represents 4.9 months of operating expenditure cover. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds MERTON MENCAP?
Funders whose own accounts filings name MERTON MENCAP as a grant recipient include THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND, THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION, MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
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