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Registered charity · Blackpool

Blackpool Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults

Blackpool Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults is a registered charity (number 249596) based in Blackpool, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Susan Scholey since 2019. Latest income £39k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Blackpool Mencap (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £39k (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Blackpool
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£39k£35k
  • 2024£35k£42k
  • 2023£39k£57k
Earlier years
  • 2022£35k£67k
  • 2021£92k£87k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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.

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.

12 trustees on the board

5.5y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 12General Charitable Purposes 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£35k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
249596
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES ADOPTED FEBRUARY 1977 AMENDED 28 JANUARY 1980, 29 MARCH 1999 AND 22 MARCH 2004.
Contact on the register
01253 399484 · BLACKPOOLMENCAP@GMAIL.COM
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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