Registered charity 219301

Cardiff Mencap Society

What it does

Social, recreational and sporting activities

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

(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; AND(B) 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.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: General charitable purposes
Disability
Arts, culture, heritage and science
Amateur sport
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
Disabled people
Other charities and voluntary bodies
How it works: Provides staff or volunteers
Provides services
Provides advocacy, advice or information

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Cardiff

Area of benefit in its governing document: Cardiff

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £14,283 and spent £263.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£14,283	£263	Not reported	10
31 March 2024	£38	£110	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2023	£2,699	£528	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2022	£0	£968	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2021	£685	£1,920	Not reported	Not reported

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Up 1,985%, from £685 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £14,283 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 2% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 4 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Trustees

3 trustees run the charity.

Norbert Campbell FlynnChair
Denise Anne Frances Pearson
NICHOLAS RICHARD PalmerAppointed 1 March 2011

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 3 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 20 January 2026, 11 days early	Not required
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 7 October 2024, 116 days early	Not required
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 7 October 2024, 250 days late	Not required
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 20 June 2022, 225 days early	Not required
31 March 2021	31 January 2022	Received 20 June 2022, 140 days late	Not required

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 219301
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 5 June 1964
Governing document: MODEL CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED 3 MARCH 1980 AND 14 MARCH 2005.
Council area of its contact address: Cardiff

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£14,283

£263

Not reported

31 March 2024

£38

£110

Not reported

31 March 2023

£2,699

£528

Not reported

31 March 2022

£0

£968

Not reported

31 March 2021

£685

£1,920

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 20 January 2026, 11 days early

Not required

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 7 October 2024, 116 days early

Not required

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 7 October 2024, 250 days late

Not required

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 20 June 2022, 225 days early

Not required

31 March 2021

31 January 2022

Received 20 June 2022, 140 days late

Not required