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The Bolton Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults

RegisteredRegistered charity number 221499BoltonDisability
Income£42k2025-04-01
Spending£44ksame year
Spent / received102%5-year average
Size in its cause52nd pctDisability
Registered1964Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Bolton Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Bolton Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults reported income of £42k and spending of £44k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £32k to £42k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Bolton Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cefn Golau Together Association (£42k), Children Achieving Lifelong Movement (£42k) and Say It with a Smile (£41k).

Income and spending

£0£11k£22k£33k£44k2021 Income: £31,5212021 Spending: £30,65120212022 Income: £35,5192022 Spending: £37,25620222023 Income: £42,8292023 Spending: £42,09420232024 Income: £39,8652024 Spending: £41,47120242025 Income: £41,5832025 Spending: £43,9412025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

TO W0RK WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LEARNING DISABILITY. TO PROMOTE BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENES FOR OUR MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.TO CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER SERVICE PROVISION.RUN PROJECTS WITHIN A SAFE ENVIOROMENT,A CHARITY SHOP, WHICH ENABLES OUR MEMEBERS TO HAVE WORK EXPERIANCE, WITH RENUMERATION.ENABLE SOCIALISEATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THEY WORK, LIFE SKILLS, EDUCATION SESSIONS WITH QUALIFIED STAFF

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Cefn Golau Together AssociationTredegar£42k
Children Achieving Lifelong MovementCheltenham£42k
Say It with a SmileLeavesden£41k
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