NORTH SOMERSET MENCAP

Registered charity 1144376 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support people with learning difficulties and their families in the North Somerset area

Objects

THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES ARE BASED UPON THE CHARITY COMMISSION'S STANDARD DRAFT OF 2002 WITH SMALL AMENDMENTS.OBJECTS OF THE NEW CHARITY COMPANY DIFFER FROM THOSE OF THE EXISTING CHARITY.THEY ARE -TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE, INCLUSION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF AND TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR FOR THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS; AND TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF PROTECTING THEIR WELL-BEING.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF THE CHARITY, "LEARNING DISABILITY" MEANS ANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OF THE MIND AND ANY ASSOCIATED CONDITION HOWSOEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER MILD, MODERATE OR SEVERE.

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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Registered contact address: North Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £4,488 for the year ended 30 June 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Total unrestricted funds decreased significantly from £356,048 to £60,536, largely due to substantial expenditure on repairs and maintenance for its property. The charity maintains a reserve policy to generate sufficient income to meet its objectives but does not specify a numerical target.

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.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2023 (received 06/08/2024, 98 days after the 30/04/2024 due date); year ending 30/06/2022 (received 12/05/2023, 12 days after the 30/04/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/10/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nick Fullerchair
• Glenn Twiselton
• Margery Twiselton

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

Operates in: North Somerset

Income and spending

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