Ealing Mencap

Analysis

Ealing Mencap is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Greenford. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03039319). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ealing Mencap reported income of £1.8m and spending of £2.0m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.2m to £1.8m (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Ealing Mencap sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South West Action for Learning and Living Our Way Limited (£1.8m), The Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education (£1.8m) and Cardiff City FC Community Foundation (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and donations and legacies 2.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £340k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 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.