Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker 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
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£12,30417.738330
31/03/22£9,085£8,154£931£0£11,974£11,08116.33860
31/03/21£8,921£8,000£921£0£11,077£10,16515.23870
31/03/20£8,563£8,044£519£9£10,156£9,21113.7397120
31/03/19£8,233£7,791£442£9£9,637£8,66813.3388120
31/03/18£6,892£6,197£695£9£8,065£8,06515.63130
31/03/17£7,474£6,600£874£8£7,371£7,37113.42790
31/03/16£6,892£6,391£501£13£6,497£6,47712.22780
31/03/15*£6,738£6,059£680£95£5,604£5,45610.81970
31/03/14£5,121£4,715£406£97£4,924£4,60611.71750
31/03/13£5,292£4,576£716£100£4,518£4,04110.62050
31/03/12£4,671£4,299£372£90£3,802£3,3879.51940
31/03/11£4,752£3,779£973£84£3,431£3,0059.52200
31/03/10£3,853£3,086£767£69£2,458£1,03341780
31/03/09£2,975£2,716£259£53£1,691£8133.61480
31/03/08£2,819£2,236£583£46£1,432£7103.81090
31/03/07£1,496£1,421£75£47£603£2712.3700
31/03/06£1,261£1,272£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,036£909£127£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£853£755£97£0£0£0n/a00

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
Asset Split ?
Established: 29 years

www.midlandmencap.org.uk

info@midlandmencap.org.uk

01214422944

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
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 works here?
  • 383 employees
  • 30 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Birmingham City Council£9,445
Sport England£4,453
Heart Of England Community Foundation£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
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 ....more
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 ....more
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 ....more
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 ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-80
  • NIGEL SMITH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Volunteer 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
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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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