Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 11

MIDLAND MENCAP

Provision of support services to individuals with a Learning Disability and their family carers

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£9,609	£8,352	£1,256	£0	£13,178	£12,304	17.7	383	30
31/03/22		£9,085	£8,154	£931	£0	£11,974	£11,081	16.3	386	0
31/03/21		£8,921	£8,000	£921	£0	£11,077	£10,165	15.2	387	0
31/03/20		£8,563	£8,044	£519	£9	£10,156	£9,211	13.7	397	120
31/03/19		£8,233	£7,791	£442	£9	£9,637	£8,668	13.3	388	120
31/03/18		£6,892	£6,197	£695	£9	£8,065	£8,065	15.6	313	0
31/03/17		£7,474	£6,600	£874	£8	£7,371	£7,371	13.4	279	0
31/03/16		£6,892	£6,391	£501	£13	£6,497	£6,477	12.2	278	0
31/03/15	*	£6,738	£6,059	£680	£95	£5,604	£5,456	10.8	197	0
31/03/14		£5,121	£4,715	£406	£97	£4,924	£4,606	11.7	175	0
31/03/13		£5,292	£4,576	£716	£100	£4,518	£4,041	10.6	205	0
31/03/12		£4,671	£4,299	£372	£90	£3,802	£3,387	9.5	194	0
31/03/11		£4,752	£3,779	£973	£84	£3,431	£3,005	9.5	220	0
31/03/10		£3,853	£3,086	£767	£69	£2,458	£1,033	4	178	0
31/03/09		£2,975	£2,716	£259	£53	£1,691	£813	3.6	148	0
31/03/08		£2,819	£2,236	£583	£46	£1,432	£710	3.8	109	0
31/03/07		£1,496	£1,421	£75	£47	£603	£271	2.3	70	0
31/03/06		£1,261	£1,272	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£1,036	£909	£127	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£853	£755	£97	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 17.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 5

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 30 years

www.midlandmencap.org.uk

info@midlandmencap.org.uk

01214422944

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Walsall, Worcestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Birmingham City Council	£23,351
Sport England	£4,453
Heart Of England Community Foundation	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Birmingham City Council - Parkride
£4,599	16/05/2023	Parkride offers adapted cycling services for all to enjoy.
Birmingham City Council - Midland Mencap
£9,307	01/02/2023	Parkspin: An accessibility cycling scheme.
Sport England - Community Sports Adapted Activity
£4,453	19/07/2021 9	Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Community Sports Adapted Activity. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Midland Mencap
£3,000	23/04/2021	The grant will pay for weekly lunch parcels and information and advice for families with disabilities for two months
Birmingham City Council - Parkride for Carers
£9,445	06/04/2021	Accessible cycling to children, young people and adults with varying needs needs
Sport England - Family wellbeing
£343,465	10/04/2018 47	Funding under Sport England's Families Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Family wellbeing. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Birmingham City Council - Community Hub
£55,634	01/01/2017	COMMUNITY HUB; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice and support
Birmingham City Council - Commuity Hub/You Choose/Our Choice
£111,269	01/07/2016	COMMUITY HUB/YOU CHOOSE/OUR CHOICE; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice and support
Birmingham City Council - Ld Community Hub And Day Services
£55,634	01/04/2016	LD COMMUNITY HUB AND DAY SERVICES; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice and support
Sport England - Midland Mencap - Sport4U
£287,216	05/02/2013	Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Midland Mencap - Sport4U'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - Support Pathways
£500,000	12/01/2010 36	This new project will introduce an outreach support and information service targeting people with learning disabilities and their families throughout Birmingham. The service will be offered in family homes, community centres, schools and faith ....more This new project will introduce an outreach support and information service targeting people with learning disabilities and their families throughout Birmingham. The service will be offered in family homes, community centres, schools and faith centres, and will focus on helping beneficiaries integrate in their community. The project will provide information and guidance as well as support groups and training on topics such as parenting skills, understanding learning disability and health care facilitation.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-81

CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN PROCTOR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Programmes

DR FIONA MCCONNELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Science Writer, Director And Sole Trader

JENNIFER CLEMINSON, Occupation: Housewife

KULDIP SINGH GUJRAL Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Development Manager

MARTIN FRIEL GALLAGHER (Chair) Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Director

NIGEL SMITH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Volunteer Trustee

NICHOLAS PHILIP GREEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/01/1995, number: 1043360
Registered at Companies House on 05/01/1995, number: 03006451

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

03/07/2014 - Asset transfer in from BROMSGROVE, REDDITCH AND DROITWICH MENCAP
20/07/2018 - Asset transfer in from COVENTRY MENCAP AND WAYFARERS CLUB
27/09/2021 - Asset transfer in from FRIENDS OF CASTLE WOOD SCHOOL
03/03/2022 - Asset transfer in from WALSALL OLDER PERSONS PROJECT

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission
Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

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
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR15: 26 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from FRIENDS OF CASTLE WOOD SCHOOL on 27/09/2021
Asset transfer in from WALSALL OLDER PERSONS PROJECT on 03/03/2022

Main office

Unit E
Pinewood
Bell Heath Way
BIRMINGHAM
B32 3BZ

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BIRMINGHAM AND IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREAS

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