Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 10

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 6

HERTSMERE MENCAP

The support for individuals with a learning disability, their parents and carers, whether through the provision of care, advocacy, treatment or education; campaigning for greater awareness and better provision of services; service delivery in a range of areas including leisure, respite care, residential care, education and employment

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£127	£116	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/22		£180	£118	£62	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/21		£93	£88	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/20		£125	£108	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/03/19		£107	£99	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/18		£81	£89	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£74	£82	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£78	£68	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£70	£71	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£61	£54	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£5	£12	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£6	£11	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£10	£17	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£10	£17	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£15	£17	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£16	£22	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£11	£23	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£115	£122	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£11	£18	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£10	£16	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 59 years

www.hertsmeremencap.org.uk

info@hertsmeremencap.org.uk

07785772600

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Hertfordshire Community Foundation	£42,701
The Clothworkers Foundation	£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
DCMS	£9,994

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Hertsmere Mencap Youth Club
£10,000	14/07/2023	The funding will be used to run a weekly youth club for young people aged 16-26 living with learning disabilities and autism. The project aims to improve their quality of life by building their ....more The funding will be used to run a weekly youth club for young people aged 16-26 living with learning disabilities and autism. The project aims to improve their quality of life by building their confidence independence friendships and learning new skills whilst reducing the risk of loneliness and isolation.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Providing daily activities for learning disabled people
£32,726	12/01/2022	Grant to Hertsmere Mencap
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,994	21/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Pilot IT project - Providing tablets to help members stay connected with others and improve their wellbeing during lockdown.
£4,975	03/08/2020	Grant to Hertsmere Mencap
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Hertsmere Mencap
£15,000	05/11/2019	purchase of a minibus and refurbishment of a garage for a charity which works with people with disabilities in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Staffing costs for the daily adult activity programme
£5,000	20/09/2019	Grant to Hertsmere Mencap

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID DIAMOND Appointed: 2023

EDMUND GROWER Appointed: 2018

KRISHNA CHANDAK Appointed: 2020

PAUL MOSER (Chair) Appointed: 2011

TONY WALTON Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/09/1965, number: 243871

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR15: 1 days late, AR14: 0 days late, AR13: 155 days late, AR07: 308 days late,

Main office

27 HARTFIELD AVENUE
ELSTREE
BOREHAMWOOD
WD6 3JB

Objectives

(A) TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDENTS AND CARERS; AND(B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR DAY OR LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES. LEARNING DISABILITY MEANS ANY INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND ANY ASSOCIATED CONDITION HOWEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER MILD, MODERATE OR SEVERE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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