Nottingham Mencap

Analysis

Nottingham Mencap is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in April 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02474506). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Nottingham Mencap reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.3m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £627k to £1.5m (+144%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Nottingham Mencap 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 Citizens Advice Braintree & South Essex Limited (£1.5m), The McPin Foundation (£1.5m) and Dreamflight (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, donations and legacies 9.6% and investments 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £74k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £529k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 78 people.