EAST KENT MENCAP

Registered charity 1188118 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

East Kent Mencap provides a range of services for children and adults which include: Person Centred Day Resource Services and community based access. Social housing including, 24/7 support in well maintained accommodation and additional independent living service. Domiciliary Care. Community support. Projects, Social clubs and Events for both adults and children/young people.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALY, IN EACH CASE ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:(A) PROVIDE RELIEF FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION TRAINING FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND TO PROMOTE LEARNING DISABILITIES, CHOICE, OPPORTUNITY, INDEPENDENCE, INCLUSION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY; AND(B) 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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Thanet, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £265,479 for the year ended 30 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £2,790,060. The trustees consider the charity financially stable and operationally resilient, noting that prudent management has strengthened reserves while enabling continued investment in key priorities. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/03/2022 (received 06/04/2023, 66 days after the 30/01/2023 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — East Kent Mencap (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Amy Rutland-Gray — Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Alehouse — “We are incredibly grateful to The Alehouse for raising an amazing £240.70 so far this year through their regular quiz nights!” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £292k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: East Kent Mencap — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity. CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• East Kent Mencap: Good (14/05/2019) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (16/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Rutland-Graychair
• Bridget Crow
• Mark Everett
• Michael Sunil Roberts

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MENCAP IN KIRKLEES.

• MENCAP IN KIRKLEES income £3.6m
• GREENWICH MENCAP income £690k
• ENFIELD MENCAP income £730k
• EQUAL PEOPLE MENCAP income £1.8m
• ELMBRIDGE MENCAP income £310k
• SPECIAL NEEDS ADVISORY AND ACTIVITIES PROJECT income £422k

Side by side with its peers

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