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East Kent Mencap

Registered charity 1188118 Registered since 2020

Operates: Kent

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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.

5 trustees on the board

8.6y median 8y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Arts and leisure 1Other services 1

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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£3.4m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.4 in 2021

105 from 121 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.
60%
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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.eastkentmencap.co.uk
Emailinfo@eastkentmencap.co.uk
Phone01843 808964
AddressForesters Hall, Meeting Street, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 9RT

Finances

£3,350,998 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,233,930£2,384,744
2022£3,045,763£3,050,276
2023£3,017,203£3,038,662
2024£3,290,021£3,080,881
2025£3,350,998£3,085,519

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALY, IN EACH CASE ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:(A) PROVIDE RELIEF FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION TRAINING FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND TO PROMOTE LEARNING DISABILITIES, CHOICE, OPPORTUNITY, INDEPENDENCE, INCLUSION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY; AND(B) 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 15 OCT 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12 DEC 2019

Trustees (5)

5trustees
72median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

East Kent Mencap · 12263702 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 15/10/2019

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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