Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

CARLISLE MENCAP LIMITED 

supports people with learning disabilities and their families in Cumbria
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 18 years

www.carlislemencap.co.uk

enquiries@carlislemencap.co.uk

01228674393

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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
30/09/22£2,034£2,139£-105£0£933£9285.21010
30/09/21£2,881£3,040£-159£0£-1,067£-1,160-4.61330
30/09/20£2,996£3,058£-61£6£-1,218£1200.51450
30/09/19£2,935£3,445£-510£19£-1,588£-1,681-5.915025
30/09/18£2,988£3,213£-225£19£-124£-310-1.214630
30/09/17£2,483£2,646£-162£47£-217£-356-1.61500
30/09/16£1,519£1,565£-46£54£1,280£1,1909.11010
30/09/15£1,411£1,469£-59£51£1,327£1,24610.2720
30/09/14£1,286£1,323£-37£52£1,385£1,30611.8700
30/09/13£1,372£1,283£89£52£1,423£1,33012.4700
30/09/12£1,358£1,149£209£49£1,334£1,28713.4610
30/09/11£1,570£1,103£466£50£1,125£6957.6610
30/09/10£1,326£1,129£196£92£659£6326.7560
30/09/09£971£920£51£159£463£4315.6400
30/09/08£849£770£79£213£407£3805.9400
30/09/07£612£594£18£135£328£3026.1230

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 5.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 101 employees

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
National Lottery Community Fund£310,250
BBC Children in Need£74,440
Cumbria Community Foundation£30,596
National Lottery Heritage Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carlisle Mencap
£1,448 23/10/2021
We'd like to support our members who have been isolated and mentally distressed by Covid-19, to be confident enough to get back into the community and see their friends.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Carlisle Mencap
£10,000 06/05/2021
Hearing our Voice
Cumbria Community Foundation - Recovering together
£5,000 05/11/2020
Recovering together
Cumbria Community Foundation - Recovering together
£15,000 05/11/2020
Recovering together
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Carlisle Mencap Limited
£2,518 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund staffing costs and training to support disabled children and young people who are currently isolated due to Covid-19, to help improve their physical health and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19 together again healing together
£73,500 11/06/2020
6
The funding will provide support and activities for people with learning difficulties and/or autism who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and more specifically the lockdown. The aim is ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,518 01/06/2020
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 ....more
Cumbria Community Foundation - Suicide and self-harm prevention
£6,556 06/05/2020
8
Suicide and self-harm prevention
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff and online communication costs
£4,040 09/04/2020
2
Staff and online communication costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Active Lives
£236,750 18/03/2020
61
The funding will provide activities for members of the community, including those with disabilities. The aim is to reduce loneliness, increase activity and bring people together who may have shared ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Carlisle Mencap
£4,360 10/12/2019
To purchase sensory equipment at a charity working for people with learning difficulties.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Carlisle Mencap Limited
£71,922 26/06/2019
36
This project will deliver weekend residentials for severely disabled children from Cumbria, supporting them to develop their independence, confidence and social skills.
Cumbria Community Foundation - Sports Development : Activate
£7,000 11/04/2018
Sports Development : Activate
Cumbria Community Foundation - Sports Development : Activate
£3,000 11/04/2018
Sports Development : Activate
Cumbria Community Foundation - Sports Development : Activate
£7,000 11/04/2018
Sports Development : Activate
Cumbria Community Foundation - Sports Development : Activate
£3,000 11/04/2018
Sports Development : Activate
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 15/01/2018
Remodeling of California House
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Carlisle Mencap
£54,100 28/09/2017
Our lives now and then
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Carlisle Mencap
£34,000 16/06/2017
Refurbishment of life skills kitchen in respite facility
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Carlisle Mencap
£25,000 28/04/2017
Extension and refurbishment of a building for a charity supporting people with disabilities in Carlisle
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Carlisle Mencap
£30,700 23/10/2015
Our story - the history and heritage of learning disability in North Cumbria
National Lottery Community Fund - Carlisle Active
£306,840 14/11/2014
60
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - BORDER - The Independence Studio
£50,000 05/12/2013
12
The project will enable the organisation to run a pilot project making animated films and other computer generated artwork. The project would develop the skills of a team of disabled artists who ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-79
  • NEIL BRAIDEN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Biomedical Scientist
  • NIGEL STEEL Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Car Hire Delivery/Collection Driver
  • TIM BATY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Volunteer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/07/2006, number: 1115348
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/10/2005, number: 05595628
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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
Filing Record
16 returns made; all on time
Main office

Carlisle Mencap Ltd, Unit J3
Duchess Avenue
Kingmoor Park North
Kingmoor Park East
CARLISLE
CA6 4SN

Objectives

(3.1) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND TO PREVENT LEARNING DISABILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO ADVANCE RELIGION AMONGST PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY; AND (3.2) 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. LEARNING DISABILITY MEANS ANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OF THE MIND AND ANY ASSOCIATED CONDITION HOWSOEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER MILD, MODERATE OR SEVERE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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