Registered charity · County Durham
Haswell and District Mencap
- 5 trustees
- Income £231k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
- Where
- Durham
- Website
- www.thelisadixoncentre.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Haswell and District Mencap
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£231k£334k
- 2024£564k£387k
- 2023£321k£345k
Earlier years
- 2022£208k£289k
- 2021£443k£268k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 76% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A. THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH 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;B. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHO NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.
Grants received
16 grants · £217,798 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £69,989 (2 grants)
- Northern Rock Foundation · £55,390
- BBC Children in Need · £32,500 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £16,000
- Point North · £15,000 (5 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Cheryl Overton since 2021
- David Jackson since 2018
- Karen Buck since 2023
- Sophie Brown since 2018
- William Robert Mccafferty since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- David Jackson since 2018
- Sophie Brown since 2018
- William Robert Mccafferty since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Cheryl Overton since 2021
- Karen Buck since 2023
- Sophie Brown since 2018
- William Robert Mccafferty since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- David Jackson since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1113417
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 JUNE 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 12 DECEMBER 2006
- Companies House
- Company number 05484495 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01915260987 · enquiries@haswellmencap.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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