Bishops Stortford Mencap

Registered charity 1122298 Registered since 2008

Operates: Essex, 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.

9 trustees on the board

7.2y median 8y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Duncan James William Murdoch since 2015
Kevin Davis since 2013
Richard Smith since 2014
Stephen Downing since 2018
Tracy Fisher since 2015

11.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

Tracy Fisher since 2015

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 9Accommodation/housing 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 11Hospitality 3Arts and leisure 2

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£1.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

4.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 16.0 in 2021

37 from 37 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.

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

Safer Places 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Gloucestershire Deaf Association Similar size; both Disability
Wiltshire Music Centre Trust LTD Similar size; both Disability
The Auditory Verbal Centre Similar size; both Disability
Cornwall Mobility Centre Limited Similar size; both Disability
AGE UK Merton Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	http://www.mencapgrovecottage.org
Email	info@mencapgrovecottage.org
Phone	01279656085
Address	GROVE COTTAGE, 151 LONDON ROAD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, CM23 3JX

Finances

£1,228,504 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,876,577	£421,811
2022	£538,285	£555,856
2023	£542,623	£523,185
2024	£948,709	£710,913
2025	£1,228,504	£648,074

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

1) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS.2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF THE EDUCATION, 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 OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 SEPTEMBER 2007. as amended on 23 Dec 2024

Trustees (9)

9trustees

58median age

0aged 70+

Charlotte Anne Simmondsage band 50-54 since 2026
Claire Ruth Arnoldage band 60-64 since 2022
Duncan James William Murdochage band 55-59 since 2015
Kevin Davisage band 65-69 since 2013
Karen Lynn Gilfillan Wallaceage band 60-64 since 2021
Richard Smithage band 60-64 since 2014
Sarah Francesca Hillage band 45-49 since 2025
Stephen Downingage band 50-54 since 2018
Tracy Fisherage band 55-59 since 2015

Linked company (Companies House)

Bishops Stortford Mencap · 06368719 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/09/2007

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Safer Places 1 shared trustee

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