MENCAP IN KIRKLEES

Registered charity 702494 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HUDDERSFIELD MENCAP

The provision of high quality support and advice to meet the needs of children, young people and adults with a learning disability. This includes support and advice to families and carers. The major areas of activity are : day services, residential services, community support, befriending and advocacy.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS. 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: KIRKLEES

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 · Accommodation/housing · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £192,944 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £3,598,877. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at £1,296,840, which is above their stated policy target of three months of operating costs (£851,483). The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis 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 BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 5 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02428994

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BIRCH, David Geoffrey — director, appointed 28/04/2022on trustee list
• HORSFALL, Anthony Scott — director, appointed 27/09/2007on trustee list
• WRIGLEY, Linda — directoron trustee list

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Mencap in Kirklees — Registered, 6 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 30/11/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (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).

• Mencap in Kirklees (DCA): Good (21/12/2023) · CQC record
• Mencap in Kirklees - 100 Pennine Crescent: Good (16/02/2019) · CQC record
• Mencap in Kirklees - 1 Victoria Road: Good (26/04/2019) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• LINDA WRIGLEYchair
• ANTHONY SCOTT HORSFALL
• David Birch
• JILL ROBSON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

Common questions

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 MERTON MENCAP.

• MERTON MENCAP income £827k
• HERTSMERE MENCAP income £183k
• CARLISLE MENCAP income £2.5m
• MELTON MENCAP income £655k
• Croydon Mencap income £1.2m
• EALING MENCAP income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

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