WORTHING MENCAP SOCIETY

Registered charity 1211189 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY ARE:(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 PROMOTE A BETTER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND THEREBY GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND DISABILITIES IN WORTHING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.(B) 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.'LEARNING DISABILITY' MEANS ANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OF THE MIND AND ANY ASSOCIATED CONDITION HOWSOEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER MILD, MODERATE OR SEVERE.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operational loss for the period due to rising inflation and significant costs associated with purchasing and refurbishing new shop premises. Despite this loss, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £295,873, which the trustees confirm are sufficient to ensure service continuity for up to three months in the event of income loss. The charity is currently dependent on bank loans and grants to fund its expansion and future sustainability.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £482k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Mary Crockettchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ann Boughton- Leigh
• CHRISTINE NEWTON
• Cara Croke · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID ALLISON SMITH
• JANET WILLIAMSON
• Lisa Donlevy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rona DeNiese
• Shireen Hannam

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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