Sutton Mencap Charity Company

Analysis

Sutton Mencap Charity Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wallington. It was registered in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03915936). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sutton Mencap Charity Company reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £640k to £1.1m (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sutton Mencap Charity Company sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northdale Horticulture (£1.1m), Lorica Trust Limited (£1.1m) and Caudwell Youth (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, investments 2.2% and donations and legacies 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £549k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.