Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

SUTTON MENCAP CHARITY COMPANY 

We provide leisure services for people with a learning disability in Sutton.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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

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£1,308£801£507£7£625£6079.1232
31/03/22£592£648£-56£12£118£1031.9191
31/03/21£640£679£-38£12£175£1622.9171
31/03/20£764£767£-3£25£213£1973.1186
31/03/19£777£743£35£21£216£1732.8228
31/03/18£677£706£-29£23£181£1482.5190
31/03/17£653£654£-1£14£210£1663.1200
31/03/16£615£611£3£21£211£1653.2250
31/03/15£605£631£-26£30£208£1252.4240
31/03/14£545£538£7£24£248£1272.8210
31/03/13£497£518£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£518£540£-23£10£262£1353260
31/03/11£585£592£-7£10£287£1663.490
31/03/10£565£556£9£11£284£1743.780
31/03/09£464£506£-42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£472£519£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£536£529£7£12£368£2265.1640
31/03/06£485£432£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£389£397£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£374£438£-64£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 9.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 4.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 24 years

www.suttonmencap.org.uk

info@suttonmencap.org.uk

02086478600

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sutton,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 23 employees
  • 2 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sutton Mencap
£116,000 30/05/2023
£116,000 (£57,143, £58,857) over two years to cover project manager (p/t), and learning disabled support worker (p/t) salaries, project and management costs.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,900 25/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sutton Mencap
£6,600 11/06/2020
£6600.00 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sutton Mencap
£156,400 30/01/2020
36
£156,400 over 3 years towards a Digital Paths to Inclusion programme which combines the use of digital technology with increasing the voice of people with a learning disability in their local ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sutton Mencap
£8,782 19/11/2018
We want to provide outings and fun activities for children and young people with a learning disability.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 30/01/2018
Sustainable services for the future
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sutton Mencap
£102,000 12/03/2015
36
£102,000 over three years (£33,000, £33,000, £36,000) for the salary of a Community Activities Project Manager and related project costs.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Sutton Mencap
£49,600 11/09/2014
36
towards three years' salary of the Transition and Community Services Manager at a project providing activities and support to people with learning disabilities in the London Borough of Sutton
London Catalyst - Sutton Mencap - 1
£4,000 21/05/2014
Support for Zest healthy eating and dance workshops
National Lottery Community Fund - Connect 2
£115,245 14/02/2012
48
This project aims to improve the social networks and life skills of adults with learning disabilities through activities in small groups such as bowling or lunch clubs. The groups will be run by ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sutton Mencap Lunch Club
£10,000 08/01/2010
12
This group will use funding to run a weekly lunch club for adults with learning disabilities. The project will involve taking the beneficiaries out shopping for food, involving them in food ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 28-78
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/05/2000, number: 1080514
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/01/2000, number: 03915936
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

SUTTON MENCAP
8 STANLEY PARK ROAD
WALLINGTON
SM6 0EU

Objectives

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO DISABLED PEOPLE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND ITS ENVIRONS, IN PARTICULAR PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY AND/ OR AUTISM, AND THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDENTS AND CARERS TO ENABLE THEM TO EXPERIENCE FULFILLING LIVES IN WAYS WHICH MAXIMISE THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATION AS CITIZENS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND ITS ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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