Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 10
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

LEEDS MENCAP

Leeds Mencap aims to improve the the lives of children and young people with learning disabilities and their families through a range of projects.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently

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
30/09/23£1,074£1,058£16£64£2,018£1,99222.66022
30/09/22£1,002£1,031£-28£68£2,002£1,95622.86127
30/09/21£1,028£1,006£23£79£2,030£1,97623.66141
30/09/20£993£1,044£-51£110£2,008£2,00823.16955
30/09/19£1,372£1,564£-192£121£2,059£2,05915.88841
30/09/18?£1,875£2,596£-721£176£2,250£2,25010.4790
31/03/17£1,229£1,290£-61£98£2,616£6526.1720
31/03/16£2,571£1,493£1,079£88£2,677£7766.2600
31/03/15£868£809£59£76£1,184£1,01715.1600
31/03/14£676£740£-64£71£1,126£1,12618.3460
31/03/13£665£650£16£75£1,189£1,13621390
31/03/12£657£642£15£57£974£91417.1440
31/03/11£634£601£33£44£959£90518.1380
31/03/10*£563£556£8£46£926£88719.1250
31/03/09£576£508£68£33£918£87220.6290
31/03/08*£589£561£28£81£850£80517.2210
31/03/07*£474£404£70n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£404£360£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£358£359£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£1,132£422£710n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 22.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 23 years

www.leedsmencap.org.uk

info@leedsmencap.org.uk

01132351331

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Leeds Community Foundation£129,546
DCMS£57,198
Wolfson Foundation£38,000
Comic Relief£25,135
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Sir George Martin Trust£11,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Early Years Family Support
£19,951 04/04/2024
11
Grant to Leeds Mencap
Leeds Community Foundation - Healthy Holidays 2024
£22,000 12/02/2024
10
As an organisation that works primarily with children and young people we prioritise safeguarding. We follow our safer recruitment procedure which includes all staff, volunteers and trustees having references undertaken and enhanced DBS checks prior ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£2,498 21/10/2023
We wish to fund youth club sessions for 18- to 24-year-olds with learning disabilities to allow them to socialise with their peers and develop their skills and confidence in a welcoming environment.
Leeds Community Foundation - Healthy Holidays 2023
£20,000 03/02/2023
Grant to Leeds Mencap
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£38,000 07/12/2022
Installation of solar panels at the charity's premises
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£3,000 07/11/2022
Capital and core costs for Disability Support & Activities
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£3,000 07/11/2022
Capital and core costs for Disability Support & Activities
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£2,192 22/10/2022
We want to run enjoyable and inclusive stay and play sessions so children with learning disabilities, and their families, can get involved with group activities and feel included in their community
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
National Lottery Community Fund - Early Years Family Support
£10,000 23/09/2022
The funding will be used to deliver weekly stay and play coffee mornings and one to one support advice and advocacy for families of young children who are living with learning disabilities or learning difficulties. The project aims to support the ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£19,995 24/02/2022
8
We will deliver 30 full days of activity, with sessions running from 8-4. This will consist of 5 days at Easter, 20 days at Summer and 5 days at Christmas. Children will receive healthy meals whilst participating in meaningful activities. Activities ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£2,477 23/10/2021
We want to run enjoyable and inclusive family fun days so children with learning disabilities and their families can get involved with group activities and feel included in their local community.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£20,000 11/03/2021
We will use the Easter Healthy Holidays scheme to forward plan for 2021.
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£2,500 08/03/2021
Capital costs for Disability Support & Activities
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£2,500 08/03/2021
Capital costs for Disability Support & Activities
Leeds Community Foundation - Specialist early years support project for children with learning disabilities and/or development delay.
£18,100 03/03/2021
Grant to Leeds Mencap
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£36,618 05/08/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Comic Relief - Early years support project
£25,135 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Leeds MENCAP
£3,680 19/06/2020
COVID19 : IT equipment for a charity that supports children and young people with learning disabilities as well as their families in West Yorkshire
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£15,000 12/06/2020
Telephone and virtual support for parents of a child with a learning disability during the pandemic.
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£4,500 28/05/2020
Grant to Leeds Mencap
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£20,580 20/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£5,000 08/04/2020
2
Grant to Leeds Mencap
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Support Service
£10,000 28/02/2020
11
The funding will be used to provide emotional and practical support, advice and guidance to the families and carers of children, young people and adults up to the age of twenty-five, who have a learning disability. The project aims to support ....more
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£2,500 21/11/2019
Capital costs for Disability Support & Activities
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£2,500 21/11/2019
Capital costs for Disability Support & Activities
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£29,250 19/11/2019
36
This project will deliver a group for siblings of learning disabled children in Leeds to increase their happiness and self-belief and build their relationships with their siblings, families and peers.
Comic Relief - Leeds Mencap's Early Years Support Project
£152,439 06/11/2019
36
The Early Years Support Project will offer specialist support, advice and care to families in Leeds who have a young child with a learning disability aged 0-5. Around the time of diagnosis families often suffer anxiety, denial, grief and anger. This ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Jimbo's Nursery Holiday Club
£10,000 28/06/2019
1
The Holiday Club runs over the summer holidays for school aged children mainly from east Leeds, providing them with fun activities and equipment that aid their development as well as three healthy meals and multiple snacks a day. It runs in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Support Service
£10,000 23/08/2018
12
The group will implement a peer led support group for parents and carers of children with disabilities, where they can seek advice and information, and discuss issues pertaining to them with others in similar situations. This will bring people ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Jimbo's Nursery Holiday Club
£5,000 16/03/2018
1
Our project is a club over the summer holidays for school aged children in the East End park area of Leeds, providing them with fun activities and equipment as well as three healthy meals a day over the summer holidays.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£96,030 14/06/2017
36
This project will deliver specialist therapeutic play sessions for children with learning disabilities to reduce isolation, build support networks and help the children and young people to reach milestones.
True Colours Trust - Towards its siblings project
£5,000 07/11/2016
Towards its siblings project
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mencap Leeds
£120,000 11/06/2015
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing support services to families with a child with a learning disability in Leeds
Tudor Trust - Grant to Mencap: Leeds
£120,000 23/03/2015
12
towards the development of a new-build, fully-integrated community building providing services both to people with learning disabilities and their families and the wider community in the East End Park area of Leeds
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Leeds Mencap
£24,000 28/02/2014
36
Leeds Mencap provides support and activities for families with a learning disabled member. They will use a grant to help fund two of their Support Workers who support families with children under the age of three years.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-71
  • ANGUS MARTIN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • DR LESLEY HEWSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • LOUISE GREENWOOD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Accountant
  • WILLIAM MCCARTHY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/04/2002, number: 1091809
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/12/2001, number: 04332965
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR10: 3 days late, AR08: 53 days late, AR07: 174 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 31 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from PUDSEY GATEWAY CLUB on 17/03/2021
  • Asset transfer in from GREENACRE PRESCHOOL RAWDON on 28/09/2022
Main office

The Vinery Centre
20 Vinery Terrace
Leeds
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS9 9LU

Objectives

4. The Objects are specifically restricted to such purposes which are exclusively charitable under the laws of England and Wales as the directors shall in their absolute discretion determine, including (but not limited to):(1) the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, in particular but not exclusively children and young people up to the age of 25 with a learning disability, and their families and carers; (2) providing or assisting in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, ill-health or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life;(3) to advance the education of children by providing learning facilities, in particular but not exclusively through the provision of a nursery and a before and after school and holiday club; and(4) to advance the education of the wider public in relation to learning disabilities.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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