Scarborough and District Mencap

Analysis

Scarborough and District Mencap is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Scarborough. It was registered in May 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Scarborough and District Mencap reported income of £909k and spending of £979k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £797k to £909k (+14%), an average of +4.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Scarborough and District Mencap sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Autism Assistance Dogs Charity (£905k), Be Human Kind Ltd (£911k) and The Ramp (£904k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and trading 6.1%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 3.7%. Reserves of £64k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 46 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.