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Registered charity · Peterborough

Royal Mencap Society

Royal Mencap Society is a registered charity (number 222377) based in Peterborough, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £247m (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Mencap (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £247m (2026)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland
Website
www.mencap.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Royal Mencap Society
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£247m£246m
  • 2025£244m£235m
  • 2024£228m£226m
Earlier years
  • 2023£216m£222m
  • 2022£239m£234m

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government contracts 88% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

ADVANCING THE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND THE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS (THE BENEFICIARIES) BY PROVIDING, PROCURING OR FACILITATING CARE, SERVICES AND FACILITIES AND TO ADVANCE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY.?

Grants received

109 grants · £21,995,195 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £11,149,797 (27 grants)
  • Sport England · £5,150,143 (10 grants)
  • Pears Foundation · £2,485,628 (11 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,311,406 (6 grants)
  • Department of Health and Social Care · £550,030 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £249,5002026-02-26
  • Pears Foundation £200,0002025-12-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £219,7402025-10-14
  • The Berkeley Foundation £5,1092025-06-30
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £18,6892025-04-28
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.

11 trustees on the board

3.5y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

9
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 11Education/training 11

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 14Retail and trade 7Professional services 6

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£244.4m 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.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.0 in 2021

7394 from 8408 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.
87%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
222377
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 JUNE 1955 AS AMENDED 25/4/64, 27/10/79, 2/1/80, 24/4/82, 14/3/83, 27/4/91, 25/4/92, 19/9/98, 12/12/98, 25/3/00, 24/11/01, 18/10/03, 16/10/04, 16/10/05, 13/10/07 AND 17/10/09. AND 15/10/14 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 SEP 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04 JUN 2019
Companies House
Company number 00550457 · Active
Contact on the register
020 7454 0454 · supportercare@mencap.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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