KINGSTON SOCIETY FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

Registered charity 1170322 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KINGSTON MENCAP

Social activities, health and wellbeing, information sessions for adults with learning disabilities and their carers.

Objects

A) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND TO PREVENT LEARNING DISABILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; ANDB) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£105k

Latest spending

£100k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £590 for the year ended 31 December 2024, recovering from a deficit in the previous year. Total incoming resources were £100,093 against total expenditure of £99,503, resulting in total funds held of £95,403. The trustees note that energy costs remain a challenge but confirm the organization is working towards longer-term sustainability.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient unrestricted funds on hand or on call to ensure that should there be a short term loss of income that there would be sufficient funds available to meet operating costs (held: £95k)

“The trustees have reviewed the financial needs of the charity and consider that they should aim to have sufficient unrestricted funds on hand or on call to ensure that should there be a short term loss of income that there would be sufficient funds available to meet operating costs.” — page 3

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Elizabeth Wills
Georgina Orgill
Heather Notermans
Martel Atterbury
Mary Theresa McDonald · trustee of 1 other charity
PETER CAMPBELL HODGES
Priscilla Chandro

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£105k	£100k
31/12/2024	£100k	£95k
31/12/2023	£79k	£106k
31/12/2022	£81k	£107k
31/12/2021	£107k	£120k

Common questions

Is KINGSTON SOCIETY FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £590 for the year ended 31 December 2024, recovering from a deficit in the previous year. Total incoming resources were £100,093 against total expenditure of £99,503, resulting in total funds held of £95,403. The trustees note that energy costs remain a challenge but confirm the organization is working towards longer-term sustainability. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/10/2020	£10k	Kingston Mencap project restart

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£50k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	—
THE GERALD MICKLEM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£227k
THE BLYTH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£75k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION	1	£59k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	1	£41k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AUTISM AT KINGWOOD.

AUTISM AT KINGWOOD income £9.8m
BASICS PLUS income £862k
PEOPLE IN ACTION income £11.4m
ISLE OF WIGHT MENCAP income £604k
Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m
REACH LEARNING DISABILITY income £3.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KINGSTON SOCIETY FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES	£105k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AUTISM AT KINGWOOD FY2025	£9.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BASICS PLUS FY2025	£862k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PEOPLE IN ACTION FY2025	£11.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ISLE OF WIGHT MENCAP FY2025	£604k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Learning Disability Network London Limited FY2025	£22.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.