Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

DACORUM MENCAP 

Help and support people with learning disabilities and their families,dependants and carers and promote their health and wellbeing.Respond to local needs when planning and delivering our services to ensure their presence in our wider community.'Learning Disability' means any developmental or intellectual disability and any associated conditions, whether mild, moderate or severe.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

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

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£91£78£13n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/22£67£69£-2n/an/an/an/an/a19
31/03/21£69£71£-2n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/20£89£83£6n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/19£77£76£1n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/18£76£72£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£67£71£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£75£82£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£59£78£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£65£73£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£72£73£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£74£76£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11?£127£94£33£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£61£69£-8£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£74£78£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£77£72£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£78£72£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£50£61£-11£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£55£50£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 61 years

www.dacorummencap.org.uk

admin@dacorummencap.org.uk

01442 247675

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 24 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
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Dacorum Mencap
£96,000 12/01/2022
Grant to Mencap Dacorum
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 11/08/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/02/1963, number: 212549
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • 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
19 returns made; AR17: 24 days late,
Main office

Dacorum Mencap
48 High Street
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
Hertfordshire
HP1 3AF

Objectives

a) The charities objectives are specifically restricted to advancing health, education and the wellbeing of people with a learning disability and their families and carers (the beneficiaries) by providing, procuring or facilitating care, services and facilities and to advance equality and diversity for people with a learning disability. 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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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