Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

HINCKLEY AND DISTRICT MENCAP SOCIETY 

To provide help & support to people with learning disabilities, and their families. Also provide facilities for recreation & leisure with the object of improving their condition of life.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£28£23£5n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/22£26£20£6n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/21£19£23£-4n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/20*£32£38£-6n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/19*£29£83£-54n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/03/18*£22£54£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£28£57£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£41£45£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£29£45£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£30£35£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£33£29£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£30£1£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£24£12£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£28£27£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£92£52£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£46£10£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£40£30£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£31£25£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£24£25£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£33£35£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 60 years

hinckleymencap@talktalkbusiness.net

01455637312

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leicestershire,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 40 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/03/1964, number: 218274
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/03/1994, number: 02914840
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 246 days late, AR19: 14 days late, AR18: 380 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR04: 24 days late,
Main office

Hinckley Mencap Society
46 Hill Street
HINCKLEY
LE10 1DT

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:

NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE HINCKLEY AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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