Bexley Mencap

Analysis

Bexley Mencap is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bexleyheath. It was registered in September 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02869571). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bexley Mencap reported income of £442k and spending of £456k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £276k to £442k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bexley Mencap sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Recyke Y'bike (£442k), New Covenant Church (£442k) and Netherton Feelgood Factory (£442k).

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.