IPSWICH MENCAP

Registered charity 1185063 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

It provides support and guidance to individuals with learning disabilities and their families and carers. It helps to raise awareness of the needs of people with learning disabilities by assisting with national campaigns, such as accessible toilets, and local initiatives such as the training of NHS staff.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY, THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDENTS AND CARERS, BY IDENTIFYING AND PROMOTING THEIR NEEDS AND PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT."LEARNING DISABILITY" MEANS A REDUCED INTELLECTUAL ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND NEW OR COMPLEX INFORMATION, TO LEARN NEW SKILLS (IMPAIRED INTELLIGENCE), WITH A REDUCED ABILITY TO COPE INDEPENDENTLY (IMPAIRED SOCIAL FUNCTIONING), WHICH STARTED BEFORE ADULTHOOD. IT MAY AFFECT (BUT IS NOT RESTRICTED TO) PEOPLE WITH DOWNÆS SYNDROME, WILLIAMS SYNDROME, ANGELMAN SYNDROME, AUTISM, ASPERGERÆS SYNDROME, CEREBRAL PALSY, FRAGILE X SYNDROME.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £4,701 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a deficit of £5,817 in the previous year. Unrestricted funds stood at £372,325, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for three to six months of expenditure in line with their reserves policy. The charity has no employees and relies on volunteers, with total assets less current liabilities amounting to £456,748.

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 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — IPSWICH MENCAP (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• REM Publishing — “Our present supporters are:- REM Publishing” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BARBARA ANN THORNchair
• BEVERLEY ANNE SUTTON
• Claire Louise Bridges
• John William Stevens
• Lorraine Beverley Elmore
• Martin Turner
• RONALD FRANK DALEY
• Terry Alan Sutton

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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