Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

PENNINE MENCAP 

Provision of activities and services for the benefit of adults with learning disabilities, autism and other related disabilities in the Oldham, Tameside and Rochdale areas of Greater Manchester.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 11 years

www.penninemencap.org

enquiries@penninemencap.org

01616271025

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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
31/12/22£444£399£45n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/21£200£149£52n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/20£141£45£96n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/19£151£140£12n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/18£49£44£5£0£0£0n/a014
31/12/17£40£45£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£64£68£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£56£57£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£30£26£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£3£19£-15£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 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
National Lottery Community Fund£155,000
DCMS£45,687
Forever Manchester£26,614
National Lottery Heritage Fund£9,974
Sport England£9,845
The MSE Charity£7,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Great Things In Store
£10,000 07/07/2023
The funding will renovate the store room within their drop-in centre for adults with learning disabilities autism and other complex needs which will support their activities including a inhouse ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Pennine Mencap
£9,974 12/01/2023
Taking Steps to Establish Ada's Community and Heritage Cafe
National Lottery Community Fund - Long Covid Peer and Family Support Lancashire
£95,000 14/10/2022
This funding will support Brain Health Breakthrough CIC to deliver outreach support to people affected by Long Covid in Hyndburn Ribble Valley and Blackburn with Darwen through virtual and group ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Communities
£10,000 22/07/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a mentoring circle for people with neuro divergent issues finding it difficult to get into work. The project aims to use counselling placement students as mentors ....more
The MSE Charity - Grant to Pennine Mencap
£7,000 15/11/2021
Budgeting and Beyond, a programme of training and practical support around budgeting and money management skills to service users
Forever Manchester - Remove support
£4,970 18/03/2021
Cost for remove delivery of welfare checks
Forever Manchester - COVID-19 Support for Learning Disabled Adults
£16,644 21/09/2020
Mental health support service expansion
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£16,644 21/09/2020
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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£29,043 15/09/2020
"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
CAF - Grant to Pennine Mencap
£2,500 18/05/2020
3
Grant to Pennine Mencap to support the organisation through COVID19
Forever Manchester - COVID-19 Support for Learning Disabled Adults
£5,000 30/03/2020
Food delivery and telephone support for adults with learning disabilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lift Installation - Preparation, Design & Tender Works (Development Grant)
£40,000 27/02/2020
1
The organisation supports isolated adults with learning difficulties, autism and complex needs through activities to increase their skills, confidence and wellbeing. Funding for the group will go ....more
Sport England - Safe Space - A Gym For Life
£9,845 27/06/2019
24
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Safe Space - A Gym For Life. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SAKOON (PEACE)
£10,000 06/02/2019
12
The organisation will run outreach programmes to further engage the South Asian communities, which they have traditionally struggled to reach out to.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Pennine Mencap
£9,400 11/04/2018
refurbishment of a roof for a charity which works with disabled people in Greater Manchester
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-70
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/12/2012, number: 1150285
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/05/2012, number: 08055950
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR15: 228 days late,
Main office

Pennine Mencap
184-188 Union Street
OLDHAM
OL1 1EN

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;(B) 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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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