Eastbourne and District Mencap Limited

Analysis

Eastbourne and District Mencap Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06182982). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Eastbourne and District Mencap Limited reported income of £2.9m and spending of £3.1m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £2.9m (+22%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Eastbourne and District Mencap Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spadework Limited (£2.9m), Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin (£2.9m) and Seren Ffestiniog Cyf. (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £386k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 92 people.