CHORLEY AND DISTRICT MENCAP SOCIETY

Registered charity 225546 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHORLEY AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, CHORLEY AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS

Chorley & District Mencap society aims to improve the lives and opportunities of people with alearning disability, their families and carers by the provision of support and help. Together we willmake sure their needs are met, we will speak out for equal rights and raise awareness andunderstanding.

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 AND TO ADVANCE RELIGION AMONGST PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY; 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.

Area of benefit: CHORLEY AND DISTRICT

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 · Disability · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £47 for the year ended 31st December 2025, with total income of £75,812 and total payments of £75,765. Unrestricted cash funds increased from £100,635 to £100,682, indicating stable liquidity. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, as the trustees considered audit requirements did not apply.

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 2 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
• 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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 27/11/2023, 27 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 03/02/2023, 95 days after the 31/10/2022 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• HILARY NICOL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joy Wignall
• LINDA HARGREAVES WILDE
• Pauline Mary Turner

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HINCKLEY AND DISTRICT MENCAP SOCIETY.

• HINCKLEY AND DISTRICT MENCAP SOCIETY income £41k
• MID DORSET MENCAP income £83k
• Croydon Mencap income £1.2m
• BROMLEY & LEWISHAM MENCAP income £2.6m
• LOCAL MENCAP BARNSLEY income £134k
• MENCAP MON income £210k

Side by side with its peers

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