Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

BARNET MENCAP

Disability, accommodation/housing, arts/culture, sport/recreation,economic/community development/employment. Children/young people, elderly/old people, people with a disability/special needs, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin.Provision of human resources, care/counselling, advocacy/advice/information.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

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£1,368£1,330£39£16£737£6465.86217
31/03/22£1,500£1,305£195£18£714£6055.65311
31/03/21£1,452£1,278£174£14£507£4354.1680
31/03/20£1,373£1,430£-58£3£316£2672.27620
31/03/19£1,510£1,541£-31£6£397£3562.86713
31/03/18£1,541£1,538£3£5£427£4023.1560
31/03/17£1,400£1,436£-37£2£425£4033.4550
31/03/16*£1,380£1,421£-41£3£451£4333.7540
31/03/15£1,265£1,197£68£68£513£4704.7400
31/03/14£1,173£1,124£50£58£436£4164.4390
31/03/13£1,102£1,049£52£46£377£3604.1410
31/03/12*£1,111£1,113£-2£18£313£2763450
31/03/11*£1,123£1,049£74£14£315£2623450
31/03/10*£1,062£990£72£15£238£2072.5340
31/03/09£927£957£-30£19£143£1221.5320
31/03/08£924£953£-29£41£217£1852.3390
31/03/07£1,012£1,157£-145£52£293£2472.6390
31/03/06£968£994£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£970£907£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£878£842£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 5.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 5.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 23 years

www.barnetmencap.org.uk

projectsupport@barnetmencap.org.uk

020 8349 3842

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet,
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Barnet Mencap
£7,000 27/01/2023
Cost-of-Living Uplift
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Future Plan
£179,908 11/08/2022
Barnet Mencap are requesting £179908.00 over 3 years to deliver a project to support carers of adults with learning disabilities and/or autism to get the support and resources needed to carry out adequate and long-term future planning. The ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Barnet Mencap
£105,000 18/11/2020
36
Open Door
National Lottery Community Fund - Communications
£4,800 29/10/2020
6
The funding will be used to upgrade their IT hardware to facilitate homeworking and provide tablets and digital training to service users living with learning disabilities. The project aims to create support networks and reduce the feeling of ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Barnet Mencap
£2,552 19/11/2018
We want to organise a range of play events and activities over the year for disabled children and young people.
Department for Education - Parent Carer Forum Grants (Paid To Multiple Local Parent Carer Forums)
£7,500 01/04/2018
152 parent carer forums (one per LA)
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Support
£9,500 03/01/2018
12
This project will provide a variety of support and play sessions for children and families with various learning or physical disabilities. This will help reduce isolation and engage children in a range of new experiences.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-80
  • KATE TOKLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Manager
  • MARGARET IRENE KIRK Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired
  • MICHAEL PHILIP FRANCIS WIFFEN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Accountant (Retired)
  • PAPIYA CHATTERJEE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Policy Specialist
  • PRITHMA ATHWAL-SHAH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Financial Services
  • SHEILA ROSEMARY OLIVER Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/11/2001, number: 1089388
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/08/2001, number: 04274621
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late,
Main office

BARNET MENCAP
35 HENDON LANE
LONDON
N3 1RT

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE OBJECTS IN ORDER TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND/OR OTHER DISABILITIES AND/OR OTHER CHARITABLE DISADVANTAGE, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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