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BISHOPS STORTFORD MENCAP

Registered charity 1122298 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GROVE COTTAGE

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£648k
Registered
2008

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£648k
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£244k
Employees
37

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Essex · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.2m£648k
31/08/2024£949k£711k
31/08/2023£543k£523k
31/08/2022£538k£556k
31/08/2021£1.9m£422k

Common questions

Who funds BISHOPS STORTFORD MENCAP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BISHOPS STORTFORD MENCAP as a grant recipient include THE VALIANT CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GARDENERS OF LONDON CHARITY, THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE VALIANT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GARDENERS OF LONDON CHARITYFY2024£3k
THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS CHARITYFY2025—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery31/07/2023£20kUnrestricted Funding