Bishops Stortford Mencap

Analysis

Bishops Stortford Mencap is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop's Stortford. It was registered in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06368719). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bishops Stortford Mencap reported income of £1.2m and spending of £648k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £1.9m to £1.2m (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bishops Stortford Mencap 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amber Valley Council for Voluntary Service (£1.2m), Victa Children Ltd (£1.2m) and Tayyab Trust UK (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74%, donations and legacies 14%, investments 6.2% and trading 5.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £15k. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £244k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 37 people.