Harrogate and District Mencap

Analysis

Harrogate and District Mencap is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrogate. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Harrogate and District Mencap reported income of £33k and spending of £48k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £4,028 to £33k (+724%), an average of +69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 287%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Harrogate and District Mencap sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Living Life (Eastbourne) (£33k), The Retreat Cottages (£33k) and Grace Community Church, Pensnett (£33k).

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.