Grantham and District Mencap Limited

Analysis

Grantham and District Mencap Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02035303). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Grantham and District Mencap Limited reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.6m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.5m (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Grantham and District Mencap Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jigsaw4u Limited (£1.5m), Notre Dame de France – Society of Mary (£1.5m) and Congregation of Notre Dame de Sion Limited (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £650k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 58 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.