Greenwich Mencap

Registered charity 802103 Registered since 1989

Operates: Greenwich

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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

Alonso Balestrini since 2025
Jonathan Sellars since 2020
Laura Smyth since 2023
Sharon Hutton since 2024
Timothy Symth since 2023

3y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Jonathan Sellars since 2020

3.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Alonso Balestrini since 2025
Jonathan Sellars since 2020
Laura Smyth since 2023
Timothy Symth since 2023

Portfolio (1)

Sharon Hutton since 2024

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5Education/training 4Recreation 4General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 4Health and social care 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£690k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

19.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 27.4 in 2021

22 from 24 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.

81%

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Bexley Crossroads Care Limited 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Living Paintings Trust Similar size; both Recreation
Shenley Leisure Centre Trust Limited Similar size; both Recreation
Northern Academy of Performing Arts Educational Trust Similar size; both Recreation
Rainbow Services (Harlow) Similar size; both Recreation
Spiral Sussex Similar size; both Recreation

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.greenwichmencap.org.uk
Email	info@greenwichmencap.org.uk
Phone	02083052245
Address	Unit 7, Woolwich Common Enterprise Centre, Peace Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 4HX

Finances

£690,347 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,264,896	£475,900
2022	£555,107	£521,148
2023	£522,068	£557,047
2024	£554,887	£620,632
2025	£690,347	£693,364

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityRecreation

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

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 ANDTO 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 OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 28TH JULY 1989 AS AMENDED 21 MARCH 1996 AND 22 OCTOBER 2005.NOW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 18 JANUARY 2011 as amended on 15 Nov 2025

Trustees (5)

5trustees

39median age

0aged 70+

Alonso Balestriniage band 35-39 since 2025
Jonathan Sellarsage band 40-44 since 2020
Laura Smythage band 35-39 since 2023
Sharon Huttonage band 55-59 since 2024
Timothy Symth since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Greenwich Mencap · 02408836 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 28/07/1989

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Bexley Crossroads Care Limited 1 shared trustee

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