The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Harpenden Mencap

Registered charity 1035252 Registered since 1994

Operates: Hertfordshire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

11 trustees on the board

2y median 0y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 11Disability 11Economic/community Development/employment 10Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 4Arts and leisure 1Construction 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.9m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

13.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.2 in 2021

51 from 61 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
76%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.harpendenmencap.org.uk
Emailoffice@harpendenmencap.co.uk
Phone01582460055
AddressUnit 7D, Thrales End Farm Business Centre, Thrales End Lane, HARPENDEN, Hertfordshire, AL5 3NS

Finances

£2,890,859 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,330,755£2,261,426
2022£2,770,013£2,433,831
2023£2,510,055£2,699,807
2024£2,463,387£2,506,066
2025£2,890,859£2,701,847

What it does

What

DisabilityAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

People With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

A) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND TO PREVENT LEARNING DISABILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO ADVANCE RELIGION AMONGST PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY; ANDB) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/03/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/09/2002AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20/10/2011

Trustees (11)

11trustees
66median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Harpenden Mencap · 02903642 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 02/03/1994

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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