Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 11

CITY OF CHELMSFORD MENCAP

City of Chelmsford Mencap provides life long learning, social and respite services for people with learning disability or additional needs, as well as their families and carers. We operate in Chelmsford, Essex and provide services information and support to people across mid-Essex.

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 well diversified in terms of gender 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
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 58 years

www.cityofchelmsfordmencap.org.uk

info@cityofchelmsfordmencap.org.uk

01245 268303

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£139	£133	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/12/21		£158	£130	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/12/20		£169	£163	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/12/19		£204	£196	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/12/18		£179	£173	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	35
31/12/17		£153	£152	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£161	£155	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£153	£143	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£146	£154	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£162	£138	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£149	£168	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£171	£190	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£124	£164	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£223	£252	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	*	£180	£188	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£100	£113	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£76	£78	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£97	£53	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£55	£48	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
35 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
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to City of Chelmsford Mencap
£5,000	18/04/2023	towards the salary cost of a new senior support lead at an organisation supporting adults with learning disabilities in Chelmsford
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to City of Chelmsford Mencap
£10,000	07/04/2022	towards staff salaries at an organisation supporting adults with learning disabilities in Chelmsford
Essex Community Foundation - Platinum City: A Jubilee Celebration
£4,963	23/03/2022	to engage people with a learning disability in creating a Jubilee art exhibition to share with the local community
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to City of Chelmsford Mencap
£19,930	09/09/2021	to support the additional costs of providing a Covid adapted lifelong learning academy service for those with a learning disability from across mid-Essex
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to City of Chelmsford Mencap
£10,000	26/05/2021	to support a virtual academy of lifelong learning for young people with a learning disability
National Lottery Community Fund - Learning enabled in 2021
£56,815	01/03/2021 6	The funding will provide people with learning disabilities their families and carers to take part in a wide range of activities and courses from functional skills to yoga. The aim is to help improve ....more The funding will provide people with learning disabilities their families and carers to take part in a wide range of activities and courses from functional skills to yoga. The aim is to help improve skills for those with learning difficulties while offering respite for parents and/or carers.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to City of Chelmsford Mencap
£11,588	16/04/2020	towards the operational costs of running an online education academy and welfare support for those with a learning disability in Chelmsford during COVID19
Essex Community Foundation - Specialist Support Worker
£5,000	20/12/2019 11	Towards a Specialist Support worker to meet the needs of lifelong learning students with a learning disability and complex needs across mid-Essex
Essex Community Foundation - InterACT!
£5,000	12/10/2018 6	To run a community memory project for local elderly groups led by young people who have additional needs
Essex Community Foundation - The Great British Break Away!
£10,821	07/06/2018 12	To provide a range of activities and respite opportunities for members of an organisation which supports people with learning disabilities
Essex Community Foundation - Family Support Worker Project - Mid Essex
£8,250	02/02/2018 13	to provide a family support working covering West and Mid-Essex for families that have a child/ren with a Learning Disability, after the Essex Mencap Society funding has ended
Essex Community Foundation - Working Out
£4,410	06/12/2016 12	To fund a Working Out project to help people with a learning disability into work
Essex Community Foundation - Cooking for Life
£4,000	07/09/2016 9	To help run a healthy eating and cookery course for those with a learning disability

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/11 persons

ABIGAIL KRONE Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: CITY OF CHELMSFORD MENCAP,

ALAN STOPPARD Appointed: 2012

ANTHONY NORTH (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: CITY OF CHELMSFORD MENCAP,

BRYAN POWELL

CHRIS NEWSON Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: CITY OF CHELMSFORD MENCAP, THE KALEIDOSCOPE FOUNDATION,

ELLIOT JOHNSTONE Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: CITY OF CHELMSFORD MENCAP,

NEIL BARNES Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: CITY OF CHELMSFORD MENCAP,

PHILIP PRESTON Appointed: 2021

RACHEL SCOTT Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: CITY OF CHELMSFORD MENCAP,

SANDRA MORTON-NANCE Appointed: 2013

SARAH SADLER Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: CITY OF CHELMSFORD MENCAP,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/12/1965, number: 245421

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR08: 17 days late,

Main office

City Of Chelmsford Mencap
56 Mildmay Road
CHELMSFORD
CM2 0DZ

Objectives

1) 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 AND TO ADVANCE RELIGION AMONGST PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY.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 REASONS 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 BUT IN PRACTICE CHELMSFORD AND DISTRICT

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