Lewisham Mencap

Analysis

Lewisham Mencap is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in August 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03562439). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lewisham Mencap reported income of £64k and spending of £60k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £36k to £64k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Lewisham Mencap sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Barnabas, Mitcham (£64k), The Woodcock Trust (£64k) and Portsmouth Association for the Blind (£64k).