Company regtstration number.. 02474506 Clwity registration number: 1046081 Nottingham Mencap (A compaoy limited by gwrantee) Annual Report and Fxnanciai Statements for the Year Ended 31 Mareh 2024 Melvin Bailey FCCA DCbA Newstead House Pelham Road Nottingham NG5 IAP Nottingham Mencap Reference and Administrative Details Trustees Lisa Sbarples. Chair Kate Ball. Vice-chair Matt Sism¢y Andrew Witkir4son Caitlin Skevington Nichol&s Miller Senior Management Team Danny Hewis. Chief EX￿Utive Charity Registration Number 1046081 Company Registration Number 02474506 Registered OITice HaTpenden House 203 Edwar(Ls Iane Edwards Lane Nottinghatn NG5 3JA Independent ExatDintr Melvin Bailey FCCA DChA Newstead House Pelham Road Nottingham NG5 IAP Bankers Lloyds Bank ParliaD]ent Street 12-16 Lower Parliament Street Nottingham NGI 3DA Page I Nottingham Mencap Trustees, Report Structure? govern4nee and ManageD￿llt Nature ofgoyerning docuntsnt charity is a company lin)ited by guarantee and rwteTed charity. It is operated under the ￿leS of its memorandum and articles of association dated 2710211990 and most recently amended 2710612013. It has no shaTe apital and the liability of each member in the ev¢nt of winditig-up is limited to £1. Recruitment and appoinlmenl oftrusts The Council of Management is appointed by the cEwity membern and seTr¢ for no set period and retire in rotation. Thc Articles provide for a m&¥imum of sixteen members. itLcludillg Honorary Members. At the el￿ of each Annual General Meeting all the wetpbFrs of the Council of Management whose period of scrvice is due to end during the calendar year in whicb that Annual General Meeting is to be hel￿ shall retire from office but they may be re-elected or re-appointed. The Chair of the Council of Management is llominated by the Council of Management and elected by the metnbership. The Coullcil olmanagement may delegate any of its poweTS or Ihe imple￿entatiOn of its resolutions to conunittees to facilitate effective operations. InduclEon ￿ndtr￿nIng oftrAstees New members of the CounciI of Management should undergo an induction to brief them on their legal responsibilities under charity comp3ny law, the coutent of tbe Memorandum and Articles of Association, the conunittee and decision n]aking pro￿SSes. and Tecent financial perfoTtnance of the charity. During the in1￿Ction they tneel key employees and other membeTS of the Council of ManagetneDt. Members aT¢ encouraged to undertake appropriate training where these will facilitate Ihe undertaking of their role and inwrovc the g0ven￿nCe of the Charity. Organisotional struclure The Council of Management holds at least four quarterly Ordinary meetings each year at which its menibers agree strdtegy and areas of activity for the ¢I￿rity iucluding consideration of seryice delivery. inves¢meDt. reserves. and risk management policies. The charity tru$t¢¢s work in pa￿]ershiP with and oversee the work of the Chief Executive Officer {CEO) and the Deputy who are responsible for ensuring that the chatity perfoThns as directed by the TNstees. At the beginniag of the year, we employed 4 fv11_time staff and 17 part-time staff equating to 12.5 full time equivalent (fte) staff. At the end of the year, we employed 8 fidl-time and 22 part-time staff equaring to 20 fte staff. In additlOD. 65 zero-hours contract workers were employed througbout tbe year working 20.000 hours (17,000 in 2022-3) in the community or in people's homes equating to an additional 12 fte workers. We are also an accredited training provider for health and socia] care students undertaking placements tbrouJoul their training. These students contribute greatly to the support we provide wbilst gaining experience, knowledge, and supervision througbout theiT lime with us. The ¢barity is grate￿1 for the unstinting efforts of the 22 active volunteers who are involved IJJ all aspects of Nottingham Mencap. adding greatly to the work that the chartty does. Page 3 Nottingham Mellcap Trustees, Report Our Chief Executive for the past 12 year5, Mike Castoffj announced his intention to retire. He leaves the cbarity in good health with the successfid mov¢ to Clarence Street Comple1e￿ 8 sound financial positio￿ and a .tsrowing number of people accessing our seEvices. We advertised the role nationally alld despite strong external competition Danny Hewis, our CU￿ent Deputy CEO. was appointed by the trustees. Danny is an excellent candidate to replace Mike and is well placed to lead the charity through the next ststse of our development. Following a pcriod of handover Mike will retire iu July 2024 with Danny formally taknng over at that point. The smooth tt7nsition and halldover period will ensute stability and no 105s of organisationai metnory. We advertised two 'business support. roles and were able to recruit two very experienced individuals who are making a rapid and positive impact on our ability to get things donc in a professional and efficient manner. We now have a complement of administrdtive. support stsff and a strong management 5trncture. In due course when Danny has settled into bis role a decision regarding recnLitment to a Deputy post will be made. This year our day-8¢r¥iqes provision has exponded. Following a successful tender, we worked closely with Nottinghamsbire County who Collllnissioned a new service from us after a previous servlce failed in Wilford Village. ThAS has proved success￿[ and was much appreciated by the con)nJitted group of carers who fought to keep service based in Rushcliffe. Nottingham Meucap is held in bigh regard by those who have been affected by the change and by the commissioners WILO worked alongside us. We have also Icased 2 large allotmellt plots in Wilford Village which is c¢￿entIng o)Jr presence atnoIigst the local community. We employed a nutDbeT of higb quality support WOrk￿S from the previous provider to provide ¢olltinuity of care and have also increased our staffmg level at Clarence Street to eDsure higb levels of support as our Thumbers increase. OUT Staff CotDp1ern￿t Ilas increascd by 80/0 from the previous year. We are n]apping what ￿tUre day and evening servÈc¢s, and group activities wsll look like as we settle into Clarence StreeL a move which has opened up new opportunities. Our short breaks service and our weekend group provision for cbildren and young people remains vibrant and busy with more individuals accessing the service and utilising more supporL Over thc past year we have provided 17 /. ore support than the previous year. We Temain the commissioned provider of 'Accessible rr. on behalf of Nottinghamshi￿ County and have supported over 300 individuals to access techDology to inwrove their connection with their local Communitie￿ and increase their indcpendence. Our Council of Management (Com) temains strong. We were fortunate to replace our outgoillg Treasurer Paul Thomas with Andrew Wilkinson who has a wealth of Director level experience in the private sector and brings great expcrieJ)¢e and knowledge to the charity. Whilst remaining a small board we continue to possess an excellent balance of skills. knowledtre. and experience across the body of trustees enabling sound oversight of the managern¢nt of the charity. The Com and the staff group retnain coh&sive and mutually supportive. Working togetbeT we continue to improve ateas of govemanc¢. Throughout 20234 The Com continued to review the progress with our new premises. We have approved a balanced annual budget for 2024-25 and instigated a Finance Sub-Group chaired by Andrew. Public benefit The tnLStees cOnf￿M tbat they bave complied with the requirements of section 17 of tbe Charities Act 201 I to have due regard to the public benefLt guidance published by the Charity Commission for Engla￿d arLd Wales. Page 5 Nottingham Melleap Trustees, Report During the next five years we will continue to monitor our financial position and the outlook. We will be proactive and responsive to ensure we r￿nalTh solvent and able to address emerging threats and opportunities. We aim io secure more diverse sources of inc0￿e to enable us to Sllp￿rt more It￿1VidualS who are not in receipt of fiuLdin8. By the end of 2025 we aim to have incrementally grown our 'day Opporti￿tieS. and our Short Breaks Service and found 5UStainable sources of altetnative fi￿dIng for our campaiglling WOTk and IT accessibility role. We hope that our new Wilford service becomes an integrated and successfid long-terni offer for those who chose to access this venue. We will also remain fillly engaged with commissioners to ensute we are aware of other opportunities as they arise. We will eontinue to merge our servic¢s to create a more holistic offer aj￿ move away from the concept of tradttionai daycare. Our services for youtLg people and children will expand by over IOO/o by the end of 2025 by the PTOVISIOII ofevening and weekday opportunities so that more families call b￿rit from support and respite. We will continue to seek funding to collllnence tlew servÈces and trial new ways of wotking to ensure we COlltirLually improve the standard and choice. By continuing to listen to service users. their families. and our staff we try to improve what we do welL clwige what we do badly and learn from our mistakes. Thank you Nottingham Mencap is extremely grdteful for the vital and welcome support it receives. We would particularly like to thank thc following for their major coutn￿UttOD to our work during the year ended 31 March 2024: NottiDJam Mencap members Nottsngbarn Mencap volunteers Steve Wrigbt and colleagues at Beech Restordtion Leigh GUI￿¢11 alld colleagues at Trent ElectrAeal Willowbank Contracts Ltd (Floori￿) Matt and Adam from Fitness Marketplace Safeguard PH￿￿ Ltd Mike Tuck Alan Buck at CCE CateTing GB Air Conditioning Services Ltd Michael Huzzard at MH Roofing Ltd Community Accounting Plus J Greenwood Rothera Family Tn￿t Youth Investrn¢nt Fuud This list is in no way exhaustive. and the Society is also extremely gra*￿] for the support of llum¢rous individuals and many other donations and contributions of support r¢¢¢ived during this perio Nottingbam Mencap Trnstees, Report Principol risks and uncertainiies Risk managemeni al￿ inlernal control As members of the Council of Management we have an overall responsibility for ensuTtng tbat the charity has appropriate system of controls, financial and otherwise. We are also responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accurncy at any time the financial position of the charity aud enable us to erLsure that the financial statements comply with the Companics Act 2006. We are also responsible for safeguarding dke assets of the charity and hence for tsking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and otheT irregularities and to provide reasonable &wrdnce that: the charity is operating efficiently atMI effectively" its assets are safeguardcd against unauthorised use or dispositson" proper records are maintained and financial iDforniation use.d witbin the clwtty or for publicatiorA is reliable. the charity complies wÈth relevant laws and regulations. The systems of internal control are designed to provide reasonable. but not absolute, assutance agaill5t mateTial mis-statcment or loss. They include: the developmcnt of a strdtegic plau and an annual budget approved by Trustees" regular consideTation by the Tn]5tees of the fu￿￿la1 results. variatLCC from bud.vets. non-financial performance indicators and benclllnarkng reviews" delegation of autbority and segregatioll of duties. identification and management oftisks and external scrntiny. Page 9 Nottingham Mencap Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Nottingbam Mencap Oplnio We have audited the fiDancial stateinents of Nottingbam Menw (the 'charity) for the year ended 31 March 2024, which comprise the Statetnent of Fitwicial Activities. Balance She¢( Statemellt of Casb Flows, and Notes to the Financial StaleLnenls, includi￿g a sumn)ary of significant aecounttn ty policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their prcpardtion is United Kingdom AccoulltiThg StaTLdaTds, comprisi￿￿ Clwities SORP - FRS 102 The FinancÈal Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and applicable law (United Kingdotu Generally Accept¢d Accounting Practice). tn our opinion the financial statements: give a trne and fair vÈew of the state of the chariW5 affairs as at 31 March 2024 and of its incomillu resour¢es axd application of resources. including its income and expenditure, for the yw then ended. have been properly Prepared in accordance with United Killgdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. and have been prepared in accordance wtth the requitements of the Compallies Act 2006. Basis for opinion We conducted our audit in accordaoce with International Standards on Auditino (UK) (ISAS (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described ID the auditor responsibilities for the audit of the fiDancial statements section of our report. We are independcnt of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK including the FRC'S Ethical Standard, and tbe provisions available for small entities. in the circumstances set out in note to the financial statements. and we have fillfilled out other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. CooclDSiOllS relating to going concern In auditing the fmancial statements, we have concluded tllat the tntstees use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed. we have not identificd any material uncertainties relating to events or con(titions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt OD the charity's ability to eontinue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve mottths from when the original fitwicial statements were authorised for issuc. OUT Tesponsibilities and the responsibilities of the ttustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. Opinion on other matter prestribed by the Companies Act 2006 In our opillion, based on the work undertaken in the cOu￿e of the audit: Ibe inforn)atioll given in the T￿￿tee$, Report for t￿ financial year for which the fmancial stalenients are prepared is consistent with the financial statements. and the Ttustees, Report bas been prepared ill accordance with applicable legal requiretnents. Matters on Ivhich we are requlred to report by exception In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the charity and its ¢nviroDment obtaiaed in the course of the audiL we have not identified Mat￿la1 mi&8tat¢ments in tbe TnLStees' Report. W¢ have nothing to report in respect of th¢ following rnatte￿ where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report lo you if, in our opinion.. Pagell Nottingham Mencap Independent Auditorls Report to the Members of Nottingham Meneap Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit ill order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the CirCun￿tance$, but not far the purpose of eXpr￿Ing an opinion on the effectiveness of the internal control. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosure￿ made by tbe truste&%. . Conclude on the appropriateness of the I￿￿tee8, of the going concern basis of accounting an(t based on the audit evidence obtaine(L whether a n]aterial uncertainty exists Telated to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the charitys ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaioty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditoes report to the related disclosures ID the fI￿ancial statements or. if such disclosures are inadequate. to modify our Opinio￿ Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the dats of our auditor's report. Howevtr.-futs￿e events or conditions tnay cause the cbarity to cease to continue as a going concern. . Evaluate the overall Presentation, stnlcture and content of the [￿￿}cIal statements. includiThg the disclosures, and whether the fllwwial statements represent the undetlying transactiolls and ev¢nts in a manner that achieves fair presentation. We assessed the susceptibility of the charity's financial statements to material misstatemenL including obtaining an und¢rstunding of how fraud might occur, by . Making enquiries of manL¢Tement as to where they coJ)sidered there was susceptibility to frall￿ their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged frdud. . Considcring the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud atkd noll-compliance with laws atLd regulations" . UnderstatLding the desi￿ of the charity's remuneration policies To addTess the risk of fraud through managetnent bi&8 and oveThide of controls. we." . Perfonned analytical pmcedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships" . Tested journa] entries to identify unusual traDsactions: . Invest&02ted the rationale behind siqvnificant or unusual tra￿SactIo￿￿. We communicate with those Charged with aovernance regarding, atnong other matters. the planned scope and timing of tbe audit and significant audit finding& including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during OUT audiL Page 13 Nottingham Mencap Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 (Ineluding Income and Expenditure Aecount and Stydtsment of Total Recognised Gains and Losses) Total 2024 Total 2023 Unrtstricted Restricted Note ITheome and Endoivments from: Donations and legacies ch￿itable aetivities Investment income 17.530 982.310 17.530 1,459.981 25.375 34,921 860,397 6,898 477.671 Total Income 1,025.215 477.671 1.502.886 902.216 Expenditure on: CILaritable activities (901,091) (77.114) (978.205) (725.766) Total Expeuditure Net income Transfers between fiulds (901.091) {77,114) (978.205) (725,766) 124.124 467.174 400,557 (467,174) 524,681 176.450 et movement in fillkds 591.298 (66.617) 524.681 176,450 Reconciliation of fund5 Total fun(Ls brought fotwaTd Total funds carried forward 1.259,867 115.600 1.375.467 1.199,017 15 1.851.165: 1 48,983 1.900,148 1.375,467 All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operatioD5 duting the above two periods. The funds breakdowll for the period is shown in Dote 15. The notes on pag&$ 19 to 31 forn] an inte￿1 part of these financial statements. Page 15 Nottingham Mellcap (Registration number: 02474506) Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024 2024 2023 Iyote Fixed assets Tangible assets 1,197.070 597,849 Current assets Debtors Cash at bank and in hand io 89.395 794,956 32.179 845,853 884.351 878,032 Creditors: Amounts falling due wtthin one year Net current assets 12 (181,273) (100,414) 703.078 777.618 Net assets 1,900,148 1.375,467 Fund5 of the charity: Restricted income funds Restricted funds 15 48.983 115.600 Unrestricted illeoD]e funds Unrestricted fijnds 1.851.165 1.259,867 Total funds 15 1.900,148 1,375.467 For the financial ycar en(h"ng 31 March 2024 th¢ cFJarity w&5 rntitled to exemptioll from audit under sectioTL 477 of th¢ Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. Directors, responsibilities". The mmlKT5 bave not required the charity ￿ obtsin an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476. and The directors acknowledge their responsli )ih"ties for complying with the tequirements of the Act with respect to acci)unting records and the p¥eparation of affounts. These fllwicial statements have been prepared in accordallc¢ with the special provisions relating to compankes subject to the small conwanies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements on page5 15 to 31 were approved by the tftLste￿ and &uthorised for issue on.................... th¢iT behalf by: d sign¢d on Lisa Shatples Truste¢ The notes on paoes 19 to 31 forn) an integral part of these financial statements. Page 17 Nottingham Mencap Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 l Accounting poli¢ies Summary of slgnificant accoulltlng policies and key Aecounting estimates The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these fi]Jancial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the y¢ats presente￿ ￿￿eSS otherwise state StatenLellt of compliance The financial statements have b¢en prepared in aeeordattce WTth Accounting and Reporting by Chartties.. Statement of Recommended Practic¢ (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reportin(F Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)) (issued in October 2019) - (Charitics SORP (FRS 102)), the FiThanciai ReEK>rtillg Standard applicable ill the UK and Republic of treland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006. Ba515 of preparation Nottingham Mencap meets the definition of a public bencfit entity under FRS 102. A￿ets and liabilities are initially reco.uDised at historical cost or ttaDsaction value Unl￿ otherwise ststed in the relevant accounting policy notes. Going concern The flliancial statements have been prepared on a goillg concern basis. The tn￿teeS asse&% whether the use of goiug concern is appropriate i.e. whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt oll the ability of the charKty to continue as a going concern. The trustees make this assessmeJJt in respect of a period of one year from the date of approval of the f￿anCIal statements. Income and endowments Voluntary income includitig donations, gifts. legacies and grants that provide core fi￿dIng or are of a general nature is recogtiised when the ch￿lty has entitlement to the incon￿. it is probable tbat the income will be received and the amount can be measuTed with sufficieol reliability. Donations andlegacies Donatiolls are recognised when the cbarity has beeo notified in writing of both the amount atLd settlement date. Jn the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of perfornwice by the clkarity before the charity is entitled to the fimds, the income is deferred and Dot reCO￿lSed utLtiI either those conditions arc fully met. or the lfilment of those CODditions is wholly within the control of the charity and il is probable that these conditions w be ￿lfilled in the reportio(F period. Grants receivable Grants are recognised wben the charity has an entitlement to the funds and any conditions linked to the grants have been met Where perforn]ance conditions ar¢ attached to the wt and are yet to be meL the income is recognised as a liability and included on the balan¢¢ sheet as