## **SLOUGH MENCAP** **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** ## **ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS** **01 October 2024 to 30 September 2025** **Horsemoor Green Community Centre, Spitfire Close, Common Road, Langley, Slough SL3 8JU** **Tel: 01753 594666 Email: sloughmencap52@gmail.com Charity Number: 1128732 Company Number: 05938855** 1 **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** ## **SLOUGH MENCAP** ## **A WORD FROM OUR CHAIRMAN** ## Dear Friends and Supporters Slough Mencap continues to offer social opportunities to our members. Our Activity Days are run on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, by our creative team of 3 staff, aided by volunteers. This year we have added cooking to our regular activities like crafts, games and dancing. Wednesday Club also continues, but numbers are still declining. Our volunteers in the evening include a group of boys from Eton College, along with girls and boys from local schools. The involvement of these young people brings a lively atmosphere to the club. We opened our doors to nonmembers for a disco at Halloween. Sue and Pauline continue to run our popular tuck shop. In the summer, we held our Party in the Park at Slough Rugby Club. The party this year had a “Back to the 1940’s” theme. The Rugby Club lease has since expired, but we hope we can continue! As part of our Christmas celebrations, we staged a Rapunzel pantomime by Troubadour productions and Chris, one of our members, joined the cast. We made table decorations for our Christmas Party, which was held on our own premises. Members, volunteers and staff were invited. So was Father Christmas, who had a gift for everyone. Our board has continued to improve our systems and procedures. In January, we employed two part-time administrators, Aarqsha and Nusrat, who have settled in well. Eleanor Cryer left Slough Mencap in August after almost 50 years of service. In this time Eleanor made a huge contribution to improving the lives of Learning-Disabled people, their families and carers. Once again, we extend heartfelt thanks to all our dedicated volunteers, without whom we could not provide our services. Jane Cable Chair of Board of Trustees 2 **SLOUGH MENCAP Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** ## **CONTENTS** ## **Page** - **4 Legal and Administrative Information** - **5 - 11 Report of the Directors** - **12 Independent Examiner’s Report** - **13 Statement of Financial Activities (Including Income and Expenditure Account)** - **14 Balance Sheet** ## **15 - 18 Notes to the Financial Statements** 3 ## **SLOUGH MENCAP** ## **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** ## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2024/5** **Charity Registration number** **1128732** **Holding Trustees** **Chief Executive** P Murray and J Pearce Eleanor Cryer MBE (ceased 31.08.2025) **Treasurer** Carmel O’Brien **Executive Committee Elected members** (the Trustees of Slough Mencap) Bernadette Bates Jane Cable (Chairman) Sajidah Chaudhary (Vice Chairman) Steve Clottey Len Jones Paul Nicoll (resigned 10/05/2025) Carmel O’Brien (Treasurer) James Robb Jean Sharman-Golder (removed 10/05/2025) Shin Suri **Registered address** Horsemoor Green Community Centre, Spitfire Close, Common Road, Langley, Slough SL3 8JU. **Bankers** Lloyds, High Street Slough Branch **Independent Examiner** Philip Mount Independent Examiner **Insurers** Royal & Sun Alliance Plc and Zurich 4 ## **SLOUGH MENCAP** ## **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** ## **REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025** The Directors present their report and the independently examined financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2025. ## **Structure, governance and management** Slough Mencap is affiliated to the Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults and is governed by a self-creating Memorandum and Articles of Association. Slough Mencap is a company limited by guarantee and was incorporated on 18[th] September 2006. It is controlled and managed by the elected Board of Directors who are also its trustees. The Board of Directors is elected for a three-year period. Nomination forms are sent out to all members. Potential trustees undergo induction with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chair. The induction comprises the structure and function of Slough Mencap, organisational roles and responsibilities and legal roles and responsibilities of trustees. Potential trustees interested are then nominated, proposed for the membership prior to the Annual General Meeting where they are duly elected for a three-year period. New trustees are encouraged to spend time getting to know staff and members. Should any Director choose he/she may seek re-election for a further period of three years. Our current Chairman is Mrs. Jane Cable. Prior notice of the AGM and Trustees’ election is displayed in Slough Mencap’s premises when appropriate. The day-to-day management of the company is undertaken by the Chief Executive who reports to the Chairman and Board of Directors. For insurance purposes Slough Mencap is affiliated to The Royal Society and a fee is paid. The building is separately insured by Zurich Insurance Company. A review of the risks to which the charity is exposed has been carried out and systems are in place to mitigate those risks. External risks to the sources of funding have led to the diversification of funding. Internal risks are minimised by the implementation of financial controls and procedures. These are reviewed on an annual basis. ## **Objectives and activities** Slough Mencap is set up to - (a) Work for the enhancement of the quality of life for people with learning disabilities - (b) Foster mutual help and co-operation between people with learning disabilities, and all those entrusted with their care - (c) To raise adequate funds for the achievement of the foregoing objects, and to invite and receive contributions from any person or persons whomsoever, by way of subscription, donation and otherwise. From a brief look at our Accounts the reader will note that our figures show the money we receive is to be spent on our members with learning disabilities. 5 ## **SLOUGH MENCAP** ## **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** ## _**Horsemoor Green Community Centre and School House**_ The School House has remained tenanted throughout the year and was a regular source of Letting Income. The caretaker who is the tenant of the building is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the site. We have developed a process whereby this happens: - Staff member will log issues in a maintenance book and notify the caretaker - The caretaker will mark the task as done when completed. - Staff/committee member will verify the work has been completed. In the year various issues have arisen including a broken camera in the car park; a leak in the school hall; dripping gutters, car park lights and signage. Some work has yet to be completed but progress is being made. The new lines in the car park are a big improvement. This year the car park has been a focus of attention as Slough Mencap has new neighbours who would like to use our car park. Permission has not been granted as the car park is small and is used exclusively by those who use our building. Much discussion has ensued over the possible need for replacement gates but as, yet no decision has been reached. However, a major piece of work undertaken this year is an extensive review of our Fire and Emergency Evacuation Procedures and equipment and a thorough examination of all fire related matters. A company was chosen to undertake this large and expensive piece of work overseen by James Robb a Slough Mencap committee member. We are grateful to James for all his endeavours. What remains to be done is replacing the Fire Door in the Main Hall and the annual safety checks for the Community Centre and the house at 26 Common Road. ## _**Lettings**_ In the light of the extensive review of Fire Safety Procedures, Equipment and Training it was decided to update our Hall Hire processes. All hiring contracts need amendment to include more details on health and safety and fire regulations and need to be reviewed by the Board. After many years the Malayalam Church has outgrown us and moved on to larger premises. We wish them well. On the other hand, many of our regular users have signed new agreements. From a purely financial point of view we need to increase the number of lettings and do this by marketing our space more widely than we have done in the past. ## **Achievements and performance** ## _**Activity Days**_ The Activity Days go from strength to strength. The Manager of the Day Services likes to ensure that our members undertake some exercise rather than remain sedentary for the day. The members walk to local shops and around the boundary of our local park as well as participating in the occasional obstacle race. Members really enjoy cooking/baking including making their own lunch. Drama, bingo and board games and puzzles are all popular activities. The members love the occasional trips and spending time working on specific activities. The VE day themed activities were very popular for example. 6 ## **SLOUGH MENCAP** ## **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** Both the staff and volunteers undertake training as necessary with this year an emphasis being put on Fire Evacuation Procedures and Health and Safety as our building is upgraded in this respect. A final point worth noting in respect of the Activity Days is that the service was closed from 17[th] to 24th June due to Covid-19 infections together with various other ailments among staff, volunteers and members. ## _**Wednesday Club**_ The evening social club which has been running since the 1960s continues to decline in numbers. Efforts have been made to vary the activities with arts and crafts run by the either the Day Services Manager and/or a regular Wednesday evening volunteer are very popular as is the karaoke and dancing. We also hold a regular Halloween Party which the members are very pleased about. To those who use the service Wednesday evenings are very important and work on addressing the decline in numbers is being undertaken. ## **Health & Safety** As mentioned on Page 6 much work has been done in this respect during the year. Specifically in respect of fire. A survey of the building and equipment was undertaken and recommendations to make us legally compliant were produced. Surrey Fire & Safety provided a scheme of work and a cost estimate of £5,000 for a fully managed service. All our procedures needed a complete overall e.g. in respect of wheelchairs in fire evacuation, Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) for relevant members, fire drills, emergency exit lighting. The revised cost estimate was £10,000. There was a lot of testing, checking and replacement of outdated equipment. Annual checks need to be documented and where necessary certified. Regular PAT testing was undertaken, and Paul Nicoll began working on the PEEPS. When the PEEPs are complete, they are sent to families and carers for their scrutiny. We may need a central alarm system for insurance purposes. As previously mentioned, the Fire Door in the Main Hall is a work in progress and the CCTV needs improvement by extending the storage facility and having an app so as to access from other devices. ## **Record Keeping and Training** 18 DBS applications were processed with the good offices of Slough Refugee Support. GDPR – progress has been made on developing a policy and procedures in this respect. Two Staff Training days were organised for 02 and 03 January. Paul Nicoll conducted PEEPs training with the staff. These are to be generated for clients in order of priority. Staff were also tasked to identify any fire hazards around the building as a Health and Safety exercise. Fire drills to be organised. Training on using and testing the new fire alarm system was carried out. A copy of the Action Plan 2024/25 was circulated. 7 ## **SLOUGH MENCAP** ## **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** ## **Staffing** Following on from last year Slough Mencap advertised for an Administrative Assistant to support our CEO. The work involved in the recruitment and selection was undertaken by our Chairman and Vice-Chairman. It was decided to appoint two part-time members of staff from an initial response of 50 applicants. The process involved the completion of an application, an interview and an IT test. Nusrat Islam is employed for 7 hours a week covering Tuesday daytime and Wednesday evening. Aarqsha Junaid is employed for 10 hours a week covering Thursday and Friday daytime. Due to the increase in staff numbers it was decided that the organisation needed expert assistance in respect of HR and Legal issues. It was decided to appoint Peninsula HR to assist our HR function. Slough Mencap has 7 employees to manage and we have been having issues around records and confidentiality. Peninsula’s Bright HR portal provides for all our HR needs. In addition, we have access to legal advice and training which is available for volunteers as well as staff. At our committee meeting on 05 July 2025 the CEO’s performance was discussed in detail in a Part 2 meeting. For some time now she has not been performing her job adequately and has evaded all attempts at assistance. The CEO delegates complex tasks and does very little effective work. In addition, the organisation is losing the respect of the voluntary sector community. It was decided to take legal advice in managing our CEO out. As a result of due process our CEO’s contract was terminated on 31 August 2025. Our Vice-Chairman is to introduce a management plan to provide structure and clarity on task delegation and responsibilities. ## **Events** The 2024 Christmas Party was in house again this year. Slough Mencap engaged a catering company for the event. As usual there were a Christmas Dinner, games, music and Father Christmas came bearing a gift for each member. Prior to the event our members made the Christmas decorations which decorated the Main Hall. The members really enjoyed themselves. A mobile pantomime, Rapunzel, was booked for the first time and the members really seemed to enjoy it. On 18 January 2025 a Volunteer Workshop and Lunch took place. It was very enjoyable and successful generating many ideas and suggestions from our volunteers. For the first time in many years Slough Mencap booked a stall at the Langley Carnival. Slough Mencap sold products that our members had made e.g. key rings and coasters. The day was very warm, but all present had a really good time and as an initial attempt to reintegrate into the community it was a success. On 16 August 2025 Slough Mencap held our usual Party in The Park for our members at Slough Rugby Club. Cardo very kindly continues to support us with games and prizes. The theme was loosely described as ‘retro’ and we all enjoyed the pineapple and cheese on cocktail sticks! Slough Mencap are grateful to Debbie for donating her amazing catering services and to all staff and volunteers who assisted in making it a great day for the members. ## **Partnership Working** This year Slough Mencap was represented by our chairman at two events meeting organisations from the Learning Disability community. She also attended a conference on employment law. In addition our chairman attended the Carers Steering Group – part of the Leaning Disabilities 8 ## **SLOUGH MENCAP** ## **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** Partnership Board. Our chairman and CEO attended a meeting with the Autism Group. Slough Mencap are to give a talk to this group later in the year. Finally Slough Mencap’s CEO, some staff and volunteers attended Slough Borough Council’s Carer’s Week events. ## **Computers & IT** Upgrades are necessary so that all PCs are connected to the network. New equipment will need to be purchased. In the interim Slough Mencap’s needs to consider exactly what we require in respect of IT e.g. separate accounts and emails? Work is continuing on the website. A new router has been installed but it is not without its problems. It may be that a business router is required. ## **Financial Review** ## _Investments_ The Board of Directors has considered the most appropriate policy for investing funds in the current financial climate. In ordinary circumstances and since the greatest proportion of the funds are required to meet long-term commitments the funds have been invested on the equities market and remain so. At present Slough Mencap has the original deposit account which has easy access but gives a very poor return on our funds. We also have £25,000 invested in a Ninety (90) days’ Notice Deposit Account. The yearlong investment in the Long-Term Deposit Account has expired and the funds restored to the original deposit account. ## _Fundraising_ Slough Mencap continues fundraising in the shape of the 49 Club but as reported last year numbers are continuing to decline. Please look at the financial statement for more details. Bernadette Bates continues to run the 49 Club. ## _Donations_ Whilst overall donations were down, we did receive another donation in excess of £3,000 from Eton College as a result of a non-uniform day. For this, as always, we are very grateful. We also received £235 from the friends and family of Robert Auckland, a former member who died. ## _Premises_ The site on which we stand is substantial and this year in particular required a lot of investment to maintain it and keep us up to standard with our legal requirements. We have spent in excess of £11,000 upgrading all aspects of our Fire Evacuation procedures including new equipment, lighting etc. Money has also been spent on the heating and various other issues. The revaluation of the building (a Company House requirement) was due and cost us £900. ## _Reserves Policy_ The Board of Directors has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds, not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (‘the free reserves’) held by the charity, should be sufficient that they would be able to continue the core activities of the charity in the event of a significant drop in funding for enough time to identify replacement funds. At present the free reserves which amount to £873,720 are more than sufficient to meet this policy **.** 9 ## **SLOUGH MENCAP** ## **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** ## _Salaries_ Staff salaries were revised in line with inflation. Accordingly, all our staff received a 4.5% pay rise as from April 2024. ## _Budget_ Having spent a good deal of money on maintaining our building Slough Mencap is having to create a budget to manage future capital expenditure some of which will occur sooner rather than later. Slough Mencap will need a Financial Planning meeting going forward. ## _Petty Cash_ Slough Mencap did not use Petty Cash during the year. ## _Daytime Activities_ Slough Mencap increased very slightly the amount it charges for the daytime service. Slough Borough Council, who fund the majority of our members would only agree to pay the increase if we demonstrated that our fees were fair in relation to our expenses. They took some time to reach a decision. However, the increase was approved and backdated to 01 April 2024. It was decided that in future charges will be increased annually. As ever our treasurer presents the requisite quarterly accounts throughout the year, and the Chairman produces her overview of transactions through the bank at every meeting. This year Slough Mencap’s deficit was larger than normal due to a number of factors some of which have already been mentioned. In addition, we now have two extra part-time staff, continued increases in utility bills and a reduction in interest rates. We now have to pay bank charges. On the plus side in addition to the increase in Daytime Activity charges our chairman together with help from one of the new administrative assistants has been successful in getting non-payers using our Wednesday Club to pay up. Slough Mencap also received the residue of an Estate previously held over in the event of a tax liability together with an increase in charges to our events which still remain heavily subsidised. As in previous years the Balance Sheet shows a very healthy bottom line due to our capital funds. ## **Plans for future periods** - Continue to run Wednesday Club and encourage greater participation from a larger proportion of our members when permitted. - Continue to run the 49 Club and increase its membership. - Continue to run our Daytime Activities - Source new directors for the company. - Increase the number of LD members - Organise a Volunteer Lunch - Provide a Christmas Lunch for our members. - Ongoing review policies and procedures so that the organisation is both legal and fit for purpose. - Organise staff and volunteers training - Produce a budget and improve financial planning in relation to larger items of expenditure as well as reduce expenditure and manage costs effectively. - Formal Welfare protocol to be agreed and established. - Be complaint with all Health & Safety and Fire regulations - Assess the building’s ventilation system. - Increase in Partnership Working - Complete PEEPs 10 ## **SLOUGH MENCAP** ## **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** - Deal with car park lighting, camera and signage - Provide new fire safety doors in Main Hall - Provide new employment contracts and staff handbook including policies - Provide trustee training Approved by the Board of Directors on ……………………………… and signed on its behalf by _________ Jane Cable 11 ## **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** ## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Twelve Months ended 30 September 2025** |See|Notes|Notes||||Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Total|Twelve| |||Unrestricted|Restricted|Designated|Twelve|Months| |||Funds|Funds|Funds|Months|2024| |**INCOMING RESOURCES**||||||| |Donations & similar incoming resources|3|**5,323**|||**5,323**|**11,688**| |Daytime Activities||**109,038**|||**109,038**|**108,453**| |Income from activities in furtherance of||||||| |charitable objects|3|**8,623**|||**8,623**|**5,860**| |Income from activities for generating funds|3|**30,833**|||**30,833**|**16,937**| |Interest received|**3**|**1,246**|||**1,246**|**1,339**| |**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**||**_155,062_**|**_0_**|**_0_**|**_155,062_**|**_144,277_**| |**RESOURCES EXPENDED**||||||| |Cost of generating funds|4|**19,482**|||**19,482**|**15,159**| |Daytime Activities||**88,480**|||**88,480**|**80,989**| |Costs of activities from charitable|4|||||| |objectives||**98,936**|||**98,936**|**69,229**| |Support costs||**27,084**|||**27,084**|**7,519**| |Capital Expenditure||**0**|||**0**|**0**| |**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**||**_233,982_**|**_0_**||**_233,982_**|**_172,896_**| |||||||| |**NET INCOMING RESOURCES**||**-78,920**|**0**||**-78,920**|**-28,619**| |**P/Y VALUES**||**496,259**|**0**||**496,259**|**451,069**| |**GAIN/LOSS ON INVESTMENTS**||**79,151**|||**79,151**|**73,809**| |**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**||**496,490**|**0**||**496,490**|**496,259**| 13 ## **SLOUGH MENCAP** ## **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** ## **Balance Sheet as at 30 September 2025** |**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets (Revaluation 09 April 2025)
**9**
Capital Improvements
**Current assets**
Debtors
Cash at bank
Total Current Assets
**Creditors: amounts due within one year**
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less liabilities**
**Capital Funds**
Charifund units
COIF Investment Fund
**Total Designated Funds**
Capital Assets
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds
8
Investment Funds
7
**Total funds**|**2025**
725000
0
725000
0
124,497
849,497
0
849,497
**849,497**
837,049
36,671
**873,720**
725,000
124,497
0
849,497
873,720
**1,723,218**|**2025**
725000
0
725000
0
124,497
849,497
0
849,497
**849,497**
837,049
36,671
**873,720**
725,000
124,497
0
849,497
873,720
**1,723,218**|**2024**
735000
0
735000
0
177,927
912,927
0
912,927
**912,927**
736,832
57,736
**794,568**
735,000
177,927
0
912,927
794,569| |---|---|---|---| |||**1,723,218**|**1,707,496**| For the year ended 30 September 2025, the company was entitled to exemption under section 249a(1) of the Companies Act 1985. No members have required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 249b(2). The directors acknowledge their responsibility for: i) Ensuring the company keeps accounting records which comply with section 221; and ii) Preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of its financial year in accordance with section 226, and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act relating to accounts so far as applicable to the company. Approved by the Board of Directors and signed on their behalf by: Mrs C M O'Brien - Director 14 ## **SLOUGH MENCAP** ## **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2025** ## **1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **Basis of Accounting** These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost (except that investments are shown at market value) in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities - Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005), the Companies Act 1985, the Charities Act 1993 and applicable accounting standards ## **2 ACCOUNTING POLICIES Incoming Resources** |**Recognition of incoming resources**|These are included in the Statement of Financial| |---|---| ||Activities (SoFA) when:| ||the chairty becomes entitled to the resources| ||the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources &| ||the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability| |**Grants and Donations**|Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the| ||charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.| |**Tax reclaims on donations and gifts**|Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA| ||at the same time as the gift to which they relate.| |**Volunteer help**|The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the| ||accounts but is described in the trustees' annual report.| |**Investment income**|This is included in the accounts when receivable.| |**Liability recognition**|Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or| ||constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources.| |**Governance costs**|Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory| ||accounts, the cost of trustee meetings and cost of any legal| ||advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.| |**Support costs**|Support costs include central functions and have been allocated| ||to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of| ||resources, e.g. staff costs by the time spent and other costs| ||by their usage| 15 ## **SLOUGH MENCAP** ## **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2025** ## **3 ANALYSIS OF INCOMING RESOURCES** |**Analysis**|**This Year**|**Last year**| |---|---|---| |**Voluntary Income**|£|£| |Miscellaneous donations|1,505|1,288| |Local Giving|304|205| |Eton College|3,278|5,594| |Co-op|0|262| |In memory of Ted Dutton|0|263| |Robert Auckland|235|0| |Private Donor|0|4,076| ||**5,323**|**11,688**| |**Activities for generating funds**||| |Rent from Halls|6,780|8,923| |Rent from School House|12,000|6,922| |Forty-Nine Club|975|1,092| ||**19,755**|**16,937**| |**Interest Received**||| |Bank interest|1,246|1,339| ||**1,246**|**1,339**| |**Incoming resources from charitable activities**||| |Wednesday Club|8,623|5,860| |Daytime Activities|109,038|108,453| |Summer Activity|0|220| |Christmas Party|0|20| ||**117,660**|**114,553**| 16 ## **SLOUGH MENCAP** ## **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2025** ## **4 ANALYSIS OF RESOURCES EXPENDED** |||**Analysis**||**This Year**|||**Last year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Costs of generating voluntary income**|||£|||£| |||49 Club||250|||375| |||School House Expenses||927|||0| |||Halls Expenses||18,125|||14,604| |||Local Giving||180|||180| |||||**19,482**|||**15,159**| ||**Charitable Activities**||||||| |||Salaries||88,088 **|||58,878 **| |||Volunteer expenses||89|||192| |||Club Running Expenses||8,359|||7,635| |||Welfare||0|||0| |||Social Expenses||2,400|||2,524| |||Daytime Activities|||||| |||Employment Costs|67,133||57754||| |||Transport|20,860||20860||| |||Resources & Activities|487||2375||| |||||88,480|||80,989| ||**|(Excludes Daytime Activity Staff)|||||| |||||**187,416**|||**150,218**| ||**Governance Costs**||||||| |||Insurance/Affiliation||2,053|||1,966| |||HR & Legal Expenses (Peninsula)||4,048|||0| |||AGM Expenses/Companies House||73|||43| |||||**6,174**|||**2,009**| |**5 **|**DETAILS OF CERTAIN ITEMS OF EXPENDITURE**||||||| ||**Trustee expenses**||||||| |||||**This Year**|||**Last Year**| |||Number of trustees who were paid expenses||None||None|| |||Total amount paid||**None**||**None**|| ||**Fees**|**for examination of the accounts**|||||| |||||**This Year**|||**Last Year**| |||Independent examiner's or auditor's fees for||£|||£| |||reporting on the accounts||350|||300| |||Other fees||None||None|| 17 ## **SLOUGH MENCAP** ## **Slough Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2025** |**6 **|**PAID EMPLOYEES**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Staff costs**||**This Year**|**Last Year**| ||||£|£| ||Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind||88,088|58,878| ||& Tax/NIC (Excludes Daytime Activity Staff)|||| ||Pension costs||0|0| ||Total staff costs||**88,088**|**58,878**| ||**Average number of full-time equivalent employees in the year**|||| ||||**This Year**|**Last Year**| ||The parts of the charity in which|Fundraising|0|0| ||the employees work|Charitable|1.5|1.0| |||Governance|0.0|0.0| |||Maintainance|0.2|0.2| ||Daytime Activities|Other|1.8|1.8| |||Total|**4**|**3**| |**7 **|**INVESTMENT ASSETS**|||| ||Fixed assets investments||0|0| ||Carrying (market) value at beginning of year||**779,005**|**705,195**| ||Add: additions to investments at cost||0|0| ||Less: disposals at carrying value||0|0| ||Add: net/loss gain on revaluation||-10,000|73,810| ||Carrying (market) value at end of year||**769,005**|**779,005**| ||Charifund units||837,049|736,832| ||COIF Investment Fund||36,671|57,737| ||||**873,720**|**794,569**| 18 Inde ndent Examiner's Re rt to the Trustees of Slou J report (m the accounts of the COmP4Dy fw theyo etthd 30 Sqrtthnber2025. Respeelive rtspollslbilitks oftrll8¢ee8 •lld txawiwr h Menca The trustees (who are also the d￿e¢r0[$ of the cwany for the of cOmp￿Y law) are resw15ibl¢ for the preparntion of the accounts. The charity's trustees ￿lder that an audit is not required for this yw under section 144 of the Charities Ad 2011 (th¢ Charili&s Act) and that att ex*niiiatirn IS Deed> It is my w51￿lIty to: examine th¢ accounts under s¢¢tion 145 ofthe CJJariti¥ Act 2011, to follow the loid down in the gett￿31 DAre£t1￿ givth by the c￿￿lty COMMI￿lon (under section 145(5Xb) of the Charities ACL and B03is ofilldepe4deDt ¢xamlner's report My examinatic*) W&8 carried Ixrt ID &xordantt with the Directi(w given by the Charity Commisslon. An examination includes a review of the acc(Nmiing kept by the charity and a comFwison of the accounts presented with those records. It a150 includes CODsideration of any ￿n￿waI items or disclosurES in the accounts, and seektng explanations fr(rfn y(W as trustses c￿cernIng any s￿h mattern The wjures unkn do provide all the evidence that W(NJld be requirrd in #D audit and cort5yenty Opini￿ is given &8 to whether th¢ accounts present a rue and fair view, and the re￿￿ i% limited to thos¢ mat￿$ set ID the ststaDeDt b¢low. Independent ex*miDer'$ staleahMI In conn¢ction with my examI￿￿On. no m¥tyeT h&8 come to my attention: which givefj me retyM)able couse ￿ believe that in any Material r¢5pect the r¢quirem¢nts tr) PTepKe ¥wJnts whi£h aec(xd with the rt¢ords atKI comply with the accounting requirema)ts of the Charities ACL have been meL' or to which, in niy (ViDI(Al Ollenti￿ sh(wJd b¢ thavm in Ixik¥ to enabk a und#5tanding of the a¢￿￿ts to be reacheiL Philip Mount TD AFA MIPA ACIE 54 Dedworth tioad Windsor SL4 SAY Date: 5 January 2￿20 li