Hastings and Bexhill Mencap Society

Analysis

Hastings and Bexhill Mencap Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, accommodation/housing and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04392494). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hastings and Bexhill Mencap Society reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.4m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.7m (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Hastings and Bexhill Mencap Society 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 Rural Media Charity (£1.7m), Raw Workshop (£1.7m) and Libertas Charity CIO (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, donations and legacies 11% and trading 4.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £15k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 4.0%. Reserves of £2.1m would cover about 18 months of spending at that rate. It employed 48 people.