READING MENCAP

Registered charity 1118287 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ROYAL MENCAP SOCIETY

Reading Mencap is a local charity, which aims to provide help and support for people with a learning disability, and their families, in the Reading area.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £67,175 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £274,846 to £207,670. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £152,873 remain above the stated policy target of £184,327, and the trustees express confidence in the charity's future viability despite the current funding challenges.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05976118

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.

• JABANDA- WILSON, Satjinder — director, appointed 24/09/2025not on trustee list
• HORLOCK, James Edward Chucri — director, appointed 29/04/2024on trustee list
• ALLPASS, Jim — director, appointed 15/03/2023on trustee list
• BAXTER, Hugh — director, appointed 15/03/2023on trustee list
• EUSTACE, James Brian — director, appointed 15/03/2023on trustee list
• RIDOUT, Zoe Margaret — director, appointed 15/09/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 2.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Zoe Margaret Ridoutchair
• Hugh Baxter
• James Eustace
• James Horlock
• Jim Allpass
• Satjinder Jabanda-Wilson

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Common questions

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).