Chepstow and District Mencap Society

Analysis

Chepstow and District Mencap Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chepstow. It was registered in January 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03009141). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chepstow and District Mencap Society reported income of £707k and spending of £496k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £866k to £707k (-18%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chepstow and District Mencap Society sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bagri Foundation (£707k), National Kidney Federation (£707k) and Kapella (£707k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 65%, donations and legacies 28%, trading 3.4% and investments 2.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £188k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £371k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.