Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 11
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
    • Overall weighted support: +11
    Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

    BROMLEY MENCAP

    Bromley Mencap seeks to promote, in partnership with those concerned, the well-being and development of people with a disability of all ages in all areas of their lives; and to support their families in supporting them.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has a robust balance sheet
    • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit £k
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£2,010£2,004£5£29£1,933£1,3468.113180
    31/03/22£1,673£1,647£25£21£1,953£1,3771011780
    31/03/21£2,047£1,330£717£28£1,909£1,29611.711380
    31/03/20£1,340£1,321£19£36£1,119£662610380
    31/03/19£1,241£1,224£17£29£1,111£6326.210280
    31/03/18£1,136£1,124£12£30£1,017£5415.81010
    31/03/17£1,000£982£19£28£999£5096.2220
    31/03/16£822£817£5£29£926£3995.9210
    31/03/15£843£808£35£65£919£3755.6210
    31/03/14£719£725£-5£55£884£3626170
    31/03/13£752£756£-4£62£836£2874.6180
    31/03/12£793£761£33£126£796£2323.7180
    31/03/11£1,080£746£334£71£777£2213.5190
    31/03/10£749£688£60£64£443£2063.6190
    31/03/09£612£537£75£59£383£1784140
    31/03/08£481£464£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/07*£598£514£84£97£322£1834.3130
    31/03/06£435£454£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/05£400£381£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/04£456£377£79n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.7%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.7%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
    Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 8%
    Liabilities/Income: 8%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 70%
    Reserves/Spending: 8.1 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
    Quick Ratio: 8.2
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 36 years

    www.bromleymencap.org.uk

    enquiries@bromleymencap.org

    02084660790

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Bromley,
    Who it helps
    • People With Disabilities

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Community Fund£367,914
    City Bridge Trust£153,100
    BBC Children in Need£108,955
    DCMS£66,000
    Mercer's Charitable Foundation£53,950
    The London Community Foundation£34,000
    Masonic Trust£27,646
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £5,000 13/10/2023
    ELMERS END ACTIVITY CENTRE for Disabled People with Complex Needs
    Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £53,950 29/06/2023
    Providing group social and learning activities for carers with a learning disability
    National Lottery Community Fund - INFORMATION ADVICE & GUIDANCE FOR DISABLED PEOPLE WITH COMPLEX NEEDS
    £367,914 16/12/2022
    Funding will be used to provide specialist information advice and guidance around welfare benefits and debt to 2100 disabled people with complex needs in Bromley. A piloted Digital Champions programme will train and support beneficiaries to use the ....more
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £3,267 22/10/2022
    We wish to train and teach horticultural courses to disabled people in order to develop life skills and give them the opportunity to lead to increased independence and/or employment.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £500 20/10/2022
    0
    ‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £9,900 01/07/2022
    refurbishment of a community and training centre for a charity supporting people with disabilities in Bromley
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £103,100 20/02/2022
    36
    £103,100 over two further and final years (£50,800; £52,300) towards the salaries of three part time Trainers and associated costs to deliver training, work experience and volunteering for young disabled people in Bromley.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £105,500 10/08/2021
    The grant will fund organisational costs to support the young people’s services supporting disabled children. Activities will reduce isolation, improve mental and physical health and improve quality of life.
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £50,000 22/02/2021
    £50,000 over one year comprising £33,300 as a contribution towards the salary of the Deputy Chief Executive and £16,700 to cover the full salary of the Administrator (25 hours a week)
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £66,000 23/10/2020
    "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
    The London Community Foundation - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £34,000 17/09/2020
    ...adapting our service delivery model to offer new Covid-19-safe activities to people with disabilities in Bromley and surrounding boroughs.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £2,955 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - This grant will fund online workshop materials for young disabled people who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, workshops will increase self-belief, improve communication and reduce isolation.
    Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
    £27,646 16/03/2020
    A grant to support the Young Disabled People’s Employment Project
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £2,752 15/11/2019
    We would like to add a new counter in our kiosk to help with our catering course, and serving hot and cold drinks and snacks to the public.
    The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £60,000 12/06/2019
    48
    Main Grant unrestricted core costs
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £3,886 19/11/2018
    We want to purchase secure doors and shutters for the bike recycling centre and kitchen entrance at our community hub for disabled people.
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to MENCAP Bromley
    £141,000 07/09/2018
    36
    £141,000 over three years (£45,700; £47,000; £48,300) contributing to the salaries of three part-time Trainers and associated costs to deliver training, work experience and volunteering opportunities for young disabled people in Bromley.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £118,937 02/03/2018
    36
    This grant will provide disabled young people in Bromley with a variety of support sessions, trips and outings. The project will improve emotional wellbeing, improve social skills and empower young people.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £3,729 29/11/2017
    We need to redevelop our property which has been vacant for a number of years and has been vandalised.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Disability In The Community
    £415,242 19/04/2017
    60
    This group will develop a project that aims to support 4,000 people with disabilities and carers to become part of the community, and not separate or isolated from it, over a five year period. This project will run interconnected activities that are ....more
    Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £27,000 08/12/2016
    Classroom in community hub
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £15,000 21/10/2016
    refurbishment of a community hub for a charity which works with disabled people in Bromley
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Lodge Community Hub
    £10,000 03/08/2016
    12
    The group will use the funding to create a community training hub that will support the needs of people with disabilities. This will enhance the way in which this organisation supports its beneficiaries through creating pathways to employment.
    London Catalyst - Bromley Mencap - 1
    £5,000 20/12/2015
    Training and employment opportunities for disabled people including bycyleing recycling, café/kiosk and horticultural projects
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bromley Mencap
    £13,992 16/12/2015
    24
    supporting people with disabilities, their families and carers. The grant will fund the development of a business plan and subsequent launch planning for the social enterprise in a building offered by the local authority and additional staff time.
    True Colours Trust - towards its Activity/Play Group sessions.
    £5,000 16/07/2014
    towards its Activity/Play Group sessions.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Bromley Disability Job Match
    £265,406 02/05/2014
    60
    Not Available
    National Lottery Community Fund - Improved Life Chances for Disabled People and their Families
    £400,003 14/09/2011
    60
    This project aims to provide disabled people (DP) with complex needs and their families with a personal and family-centred, holistic support service. The issues faced by DP and their families are varied and changeable and the project aims to provide ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Bromley Disability Health, Social and Leisure Programme
    £10,000 02/12/2010
    12
    This is a project by a community group in Bromley. They will use funding to run a programme of healthy and social recreational activities for local people with learning disabilities, many of whom are from BME communities. This will help to improve ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees: 55-88
    • ANN KEAN Appointed: 1992, Occupation: Housewife
    • ADRIAN HILDERLY (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
    • BRANWEN AUSTYN - JONES, Occupation: Retired
    • GEOFFREY COLIN GOSTT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
    • JONATHAN POWNALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/01/1989, number: 800685
    • Registered at Companies House on 16/10/1987, number: 02179385
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Event History
    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
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • 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
    20 returns made; AR07: 1 days late,
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from COMMUNITY WAVES on 20/07/2021
    Main office

    BROMLEY MENCAP
    RUTLAND HOUSE
    44 MASONS HILL
    BROMLEY
    BR2 9JG

    Objectives

    THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION, LEADING TO INDEPENDENT LIVING OPPORTUNITIES/IMPROVED LIFE CHANCES AND BY CHALLENGING DISCRIMINATION THROUGH CAMPAIGNING, LOBBYING AND PROMOTING USER PRESENTATION.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    BROMLEY LB

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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