Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

MENCAP HILLINGDON SOUTH 

Holding club nights for members/holidays/riding horses/beach holidays/theatre visits/Sunday club/hydrotherapy pool.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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 and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 53 years

07939692834

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
01/07/22*£11£14£-3n/an/an/an/an/a20
01/07/21*£59£8£51n/an/an/an/an/a20
01/07/20£29£31£-2n/an/an/an/an/a25
01/07/19£130£34£96n/an/an/an/an/a15
01/07/18£37£6£31£0£0£0n/a08
01/07/17£57£49£8£0£0£0n/a00
01/07/16?£108£43£65£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£146£132£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£89£109£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£61£45£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£68£68£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£78£63£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£65£46£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£69£73£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£43£31£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07£28£35£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06£30£34£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£40£42£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£35£50£-14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Hillingdon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hillingdon South Society for Mentally Handicapped Children
£100,000 13/05/2015
£100,000 towards stage two refurbishment on condition that all required funds are raised and planning consent is secured.
National Lottery Community Fund - Installation of Solar/Thermal panelling
£10,000 19/11/2014
12
Not Available
Sport England - Replacement of Pool Enclosure
£50,000 21/08/2013
Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Replacement of Pool Enclosure'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Poolside Tiling
£10,000 02/12/2010
12
This is a project by a charity in Hillingdon. The group will use funding to re-tile the hydrotherapy pool, which is used by people with disabilities for exercise and physiotherapy sessions.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/05/1971, number: 262437
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 63 days late, AR21: 4 days late,
Main office

80 ADELPHI CRESCENT
HAYES
UB4 8NA

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 AND TO ADVANCE RELIGION AMONGST PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY; ANDB) 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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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