IILACKPOOL MENCAP
NNUAL RF.PORT AND ACCOUNTS
i O￿o[lER 2023 TO 30 SEPTE￿IBER 2024
Charity Commission Referen¢¢ Number 249596

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Trustees Rep
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Exarninerfs Reprrt
atement of Finan¢ial Activities
Notes w th¢
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RU5TEES' RF.PORT
lknc I'ru*¢¢s prLWrti Ihtir iiwahcf wilh Ihc nnon¢lo1 %thlcmcnls of Ihc ch?rliy ftsr th¢ y¢ar cnd¢d 3f
5¢pl{￿l￿r 2024.lThi finonLittI SIthLYI1L￿1% h#vc br¢n In bccor(IHncc with lh¢ i*¢{b￿￿tIng ￿1•¢1￿$ oul on
PlbL 11 thiid ixiiiipl!. iiiih the Lwmxii M411Ulut)' rtqultrmcni& the Sta￿￿1¢ ofRecpmffj¢ndcd Pfacticc- Accollniing
ncl R¢p)rtinB b}. Lthtiriiits. I%OKP I.'FiS1021.
Ixyails of l ran ￿ SL'cn i)n pagc 5. Ap￿intMen1 ofTNstCCs is govemcd by Ihc Tryst D¢¢d ofthe Ch3Tiry.
lThc IhiJTrl Ilt. 1'rn51L*5 is auihorised 10 grTriinl nt* TrnA¢¢s lo fill vac•n¢i¢s arising through the rtSiBnaiion or
dcaih of an ¢xi51in8 ITUStee.
t Poll¢
The Tru￿ lknj auil*Nis¢d th¢ Tntstets ￿ m*ke xrtd knld inv¢slm¢nts usingthc g¢ty¢rnl fundsof the Chtirity.
Athd
The Si)ci¢i> ¢slabli5hryJ uThJ¢T •TnL4 Dted in ord¢r lo ￿ork ahd womotc ih¢ uKiil Q￿renC$S thnd Iniegrniion
Inio ￿¢iffj fDr 5Kopl¢ iiiih IcarninB disabilili
rhc poli￿ ofih¢ So¢i¢iy ¢Onlirtu¢s w be K* s¢¢k a￿1110￿￿1 rimr￿ 5wrrt to cmiinuc 10 prnvide carc and 10
mak¢ ai'ailabl¢ funhcr prow¢i¢5 Miihin the Icrtaliiy a5 fund5
dPtr
I"hc I fU%lL%S ¢on%ider Ihat the tkrfomiante of Iht Charity ihis yrtr otrernll his t*en Satlsfae￿ry. th¢ ¢h•rity h
had ay¢ar ofiDv¢s¢m¢ni with m(￿tY b¢in8 sp¢nion ¢h¢ T￿bUIld of th¢ ¢enwt on WhiieKai¢ Driv¢.
Th¢ Chariiy 4%ould able to pM¥￿e yxh a Mid¢ 5¢ryitc 10 b¢neficbw¢5 wiihoui the coniimJ¢d support of
4 l#rye nymb¢Tofwillin8 SllPPOrt sth[fwhogi￿their volunthrily.
In¢omin8 Resources h•Ye falkn ￿ £34.5w fT¢m £39.03? I￿ye￿.
RuOU￿L￿ ¢xrKnded ha￿ ¥¢du￿j lo £42.406 from Ufj.￿ 1this hts resulityj in o*¢rnll incoming rewur¢e5 thts
year of£4.262 thk'ing inio xrouni ihe increase in the inw¢simtnt& wmpaT¢d 19 £14.649 ofnrf oul80in8 expeiis¢s
in the previous y¢ar.
T￿&1 unresttlctrd fur¥Jsofth¢ ¢lwity h•ve irfft*sed to £1,474295 from £1.470.032 In 2023.
Tothl unr¢Ari¢td fuN15 Are sutri¢ie#i lo pcmii th¢ Ch¥ity to in (yrntion in th¢ mtdlum io term
given Ihc wniinu¢d $4)rth of voluht
Rlsk Assesxm
lThe main risk 10 funds ofthe Charii) is th¢ inv¢stm¢nt hcld.
The trus*cs id¢ntlfitsJ this Ti5k ￿ MOV￿ the fuN15 to hjwer rlsk with Fidelity Fuhds Nelwork ffi
piembcT 2(K)8.
"Ihe Iw51CCS ofih¢ Soeid). havL approY¢d th¢ ￿￿131(￿. 1101 tod¢wttia* land and buildin8$ 45 p4e 13
vfib¢ fin￿¢1¥1 51•1¢m¢ni& as thi5 Thould nm 5ho%b th¢ So¢ieLy In i und fwirsiluali(th.

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TEES. REPORT
Si*temtnt of Trusltes.
onslbllltles
LIIRriti. laKI' rcquirL'S ihc frusie¢s io P￿p17r¢ statemenl5 or￿O￿nI for each finan¢ial year which giv¢ a
trne and fair view of ihe slate of atTair5 ofihc Charity and of its incoming resouwes and application of
resources for thai pttiod. In preparing Ihose fEn#ncial siatement& the TNsiees are required io:
select suitable accounting ￿liCi¢S and apply them ¢onsi51ently.
make judg¢m¢nts esiimeies that are re&sonable and prudent.
prepare the fknancÉal slaiements ott the 80ing ¢onc¢rn b&sTrs unless 1¢ is iDappr<ypriate to prtsume th
Ihe charity will conlinue in 0￿ratIon.
to valuc asseis and liabililies in a¢cLYdantt with the Swement of Recommended Prnctic¢
Accountirtg by Chariiies.
The TNsiees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records whtch are suifi¢ient 10 show and
explain the Charity's trarisa¢iions and io dis¢lose with rcasonable accuracy at any lime the fjnancial
PJ51tion of ihe So¢irfy, and ￿ enable them io ensuff that any St￿eThe￿ts of ac¢ount comply with the
requircments of the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 1995. They are ¥150 responsible for
safeouarding lh¢ &s5¢15 of Ihe Charity and hente for thking reasonable steps for the prevention and
delection of fraud and other irye8ularities.
Approved by the Tnjslees on 30 July 2025 signed on their behalf by Ms L. Hinds (TThste¢l.
Ms L.Hinds

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IIARITY INFORMATION
Ch•rft}' Comml**lon Numb¢r- 249596
offi
Chairyerson:
Mr5 S S¢holey
Gtner#l Se¢rel*ry:
Mr. S Ilind5
Tre#sur¢r:
Ms L Hinds
Trn$t￿.
Mr. R Sha￿ks
Ms. K Dodgson
Miss E Hinds
Mr. P Cryjper
Mr. M CLWW
Mr. D. kgev
Miss O Gnnt
Ms. Halo'.K¢ti
Ms. A Timms
BAnkers:
HSBC Bank
l Neyhous¢ Ro&1
Oxford Squwe
Blackpool
FY4 4YH
A¢eounl*n¢S:
Gw & Co. Ch￿tred Certified Accoyntants
15 01)'mpic Court
Boardmzns Way
Blatkpool
FY4 5GU
Sollcllon:
Barker Booth & Ea5tswix)d, Blackw￿1
Property V•lu¢n:
Bentley Hiw & Co.
49 WThiteg* Drive. Blackwl
FY3 9DG
Rt%isi¢nd offlct:
86 Whiiegate Drive
Blackwl

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INI)F.PF.NDb.NT EXAhllNER'S REPORT
OR TIIE YEAR ENDF.D30SEPTE
lJ24
Ind¢pendenl tiamlner's report lo the Truslert of
BIAfkpMI Soeict). for Ment*ll)' IIAndic*pptd Clblldr¢n Adultj
I rew)rf on the acwunts of the T￿L￿ for the year eth 30 Scptcmber 2024. which Are set out On PAgts
7t0 13.
Res￿(17￿* r¢sp)nsibilili¢s of tiu51rts and examiner
The charity's ITusiees are re4K)nsible for the preparaiion orth¢ ¥¢¢wits. The charity's trus￿e$
Consider that an audit 15 not required for this year under seciion 144 of the Charilies Act 2011 {the
-Ch2riiies Acl") and ihal an indcpendcnt examination is needed. l am qualified 10 undertake ihe
examination by being a qualified member of the Asswiation of Chartered Certifi¢d Accounththts.
It is my Ttsponsibility to=
examine Ihe acc(wJnts under seciion 145 of the Charilcs Aa:
to follow the procedures laid ¢kn¥'n in ihc gcn¢Tal DirectlOn5 given by th¢ Chariry Commission
urtdcr seciion 145{5Xb) ofthe Clwiiies A¢i.' and
to Slaie wheiher particular maiws have come ￿ my **niion.
My examinatign w85 carried w in ¥cwdan¢¢ with th¢8enml Directions Kiven by the Charity
Commission. An examination includes a review ofihe accountin8 records kew by th¢ ¢harity and a
comparison of the a¢￿Unts prcsiiiied *iih Ihose records. li elso in¢lud¢s consideration of any unusu41
iiems or disclosures in ihe accounts and sttkin8 cxplathaiions from you as iw51C¢5 con¢¢min8 any such
maners. The procedures undertaken do nol Provide 011 the eviderbce thai woukl be required in an audi¢
and ￿n$t9￿C￿llY no opinion is given as to whdher ihe nccounts preseni a'mie and fair view, 8nd the
repon is limited io ihose matters sd out in th¢ stst¢m¢ni below.
In connection wilh My examinatithL no m¥tter has Come 10 rny aNenlion:
{1) which gives me reasonable cause io believe ihat i) any maieriol respett the ￿qUireMents.
to keep a¢￿1n1]ng recLvds in ￿t{￿an¢t wilh seciion IJO of ihe Charites Acl: and
prepare accounts whi¢h ac¢ord with the a¢¢ounling rewds and eomply with the a¢¢ountin8
rcquircments of the charl￿ Ad hav¢ not be¢n mei: or
(2) to which, in my ￿l￿•0m. attention should be drnwn in or&r to enabk a proper ￿derstanding
of the accounts w be rcKhed
F. CDOSY F
I ftrtifiNI A¢¢ount4wts
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BLACKPOOL MENCAP
YEAR ENDED JOTH SEPTEMBER 2024
vl
2024
2023
915
3,535
30.355
4,232
4.850
28.910
420
39.037
32.108
46.805
10,298
9.695
42.4C6
12.088
2,814
NET IMCOMINIYOUTGOINGI
AESOURCES BEFORE OTHER
RECOGNISED GIJNSAND LOSSES
114,649)
Totsl
ETMOVEMEMT IM FUNDS
114,6491
1.470.033
1,484,682
Tiansleroliealmd
1474 295
1470 033

LACKPOOL MENCAP
YEAR ENDED 30TH SEPTeMBeR 2024
lan
h•
301h Se tember 2024
2024
2023
A•sets •nd Il•blllll••
HXED ASSETS
Fixed assets for charity
F￿*d assel inv•5tmEnls
10
9&12
839,855
505,318
604,854
496.460
1,345.171
1.101.314
CURRENT ASSETS
Prepayments
Cash ai bank and in hand
131.094
370.6
131,094
370,
CURRENT UA81LYfES
Creditor5
AcK4ued expenses
470
470
1.970
1,970
NET CURRENT ASSETS
129,124
IOTAL ￿sET?> LESS
CURRENT UABIUTES
1.474.295
1.470,034
THE FUNDS OFTHE
CHARITY..
UNRESTRICTEO INCOME
FUNDS
UnTesirtt•d incAxne funds
12C6,354
1.202.1)93
Revaluation rew¥
11
287,941
267.941
Total UnreslTh￿ed funds
1.474.29S
1.470,034
APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES ON 30 JULY 202
AHD SIGNED ON THEIR BEHALF BY: L tr￿ndS
..TRUSTEE

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KPOOL MF.NCAP
()IINTS frOR TII
Jlb.SF'PI'I.IIIIF-112024
511 of ,It¢oMnllth%. lkne liii&iiiifjl smtmthts w¢ PTtpBrYd lh¢ hi.s¢orital cost tonv¢ntion
mThlifiLxI In Ihc inelusiuth of Ini'esimen15 and l.-ixed A55et% ai ￿lUall0￿) and ith accordanec wilh Ihc Finantial
RcrM)rttng Slan%11* rd f(>T Sm#ll¢T l-.nlilics: IhL Chariiics Aer 20118nd follow Ihc rce(>mrrK￿dal1on$ ofihe
fjieni¢M ofReLThMnendcd Prxl1￿.A¢C0VnlIng WKI I1¢W￿1N8 ty Charilics, ISORP FR$1021.
Chir'llbl
•nd FM
Inromt. IMn&iion5 awj leg￿ll￿ xcOun￿l for rttcivcd by th¢ Socidy. ￿her incom¢ is xcounled
for on an aLYNu15 ba5i3M far it 1$ pnthni lo th 30. In¢ow ithtlude5 income ia¥ r¢toverablc.
Gifts in klnd. Thccharity T￿¢1¥¥ th¢ kn*filof wwk ryri￿ out by volum¢¢F5 I￿1 rc¢civ¢s Ihc us¢ or
filclliiits and ¢quipmeni wiiknji chHr8c. No value 15 placed on Ih¢s¢ il¢ms. Wh¢r¢ Ihc berKfJt exlcnds OVCT
se%enl wriod& th¢%. *e %allled at￿ incluthd in tht balanc¢ 5h¢d M • T¢&50nabl& vulvlim.
Re%¢nue granlsu¢ ￿ed1*d ￿ thc in¢om¢ond¢xwditurt xcowil a5 rettiv¢d.
DtprttlitloTh. I￿￿*110n OTT￿lIb￿ Fixttt Assets iswvided ￿ ¢IL¢ following wtnulll rni¢s in ordcrio
T1kOtr¢￿h &8Sd 0¥￿ its estim￿￿ useful lif¢:.
Fixwfes filling5- 15%0n nrtwTilI￿ dmvn ￿1
ImprovtyneM$ 10 property- 1S%on4 5Thi8hl-li￿ bBsi5
No d¢prrfi•iion Ispmvided M fyeehold woperti¢s as th¢ So¢iay feli &5 th¢ Hom¢s 4Te kepi lo a v¢ry
hi8h sxandard Orrt￿l1that nothprt¢iotion nc¢¢ssDr)'. Il•J dcprtcialiott bc¢n ¢knaryed ￿ 4% ono strni8hi
lin¥ basik d￿r￿laIl0rt of £44.357 ¥ffjuld hove bten tharB¢d in the acuvni
The irusle¢5 trKlie¥ethat not providin8 ford¢pr￿l￿1m is forth¢ *cwunts 10 8ive airnc fail
Rtv*lu#ilott of lind bulldon￿ Lwd thj lyJildiTryar¢ th¢ir rec￿1 Y￿UatIOn ihe
bal8nte shed d￿¢. Revalua120n olIlK ljryj 4nd buildin85 is undcriakcn *then thert has tttn a maierial
¢han8e in Iht property m•vk¢t. dllring Ihe K¢ouniin8perioJ. A yah￿10n WAS wfonned on 14 Janw. 2014.
Fund-raisin8 *hd Ch*rltsbltObjt¢tlves Costs. l.-uthi5Én8 cxsKndiluTC Comprises coms in¢lutsl in
in¢Jucin8 rthple and orgahis81ions th t(￿1rIbu￿ finan¢ially 10 th¢Ch￿ty s ￿0￿-.
fxn#2ement #nd AdmSnlstr*15on. ￿K￿lI￿re0￿ mBnggemeni 8nd adMini￿rni10￿ of th¢ Charity inLlud
all ¢.xrrtndiiur¢ n(d dirtcil). relaitd ￿ Ih¢ ch￿￿ble ￿1vity. of fyndryrntsins vtniuT¢5. Thi5 in¢luded cos1S or
running the otric¢ arkl taoutharty ¢hoTg
TA%•tlon. A5 a r¢8t5tu¢d Charity. the b¢n¢fits from Rates rtlief ond is 8¢ncrallv ￿eMPt Ikom
Incom¢ and Clpilal GalttsTa¥ bui from VAT. INeeoY¢r•bl¢ VAT 15 inclwJe4 in ihe wsr ofthos¢
i*ms to whtch 1¢ ￿1￿¢&
Invotm¢ntk Re￿Ised gain5 arNJ105¢$8tt tsken th thc IrL¢ome and A¢wuni. All investh￿nIS
have bcen ¥￿U¢d * mth¢i Val￿ ai lh¢ Iyalan￿ Sl*et dd¢ All ItK¥t￿ and dtsr¢a5¢5 in i4iu¢ the
w¢ shown on the StsiLmLnl of Financial Ac¢ivili¢

BLACKPOOL MENCAP
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER 2024
2. Donatl¢)ns and l•gacl•8
4 Ros8berry
Av8
Argyll
Court
Totsl
2023 total
Ave
C*Jnalions
Le98¢*S
915
Toi*ls
915
Income fnxn ¢harttabl8 acilvltl•s
4 Rosetffji
Ave
Argyll
Court
2023 totsl
Tot81
Ave
Outings & events IKkets
420
420
4.232
Renl
Total¥
420
420
4,232
4. Othertradlng xtlvlt•8
4 Rosebery
Ave
Argyll
Cwrt
Ave
TeAal
2023 total
Raffles aThJ draws
1,970
1.970
1,205
Men*orshw sub8UiPtion8
2.680
2,330
Totsls
4.850
4.650
3.535
6. 1ftve8tm￿t Incom•
Roseberry Lthlge
Ave
4 RosthNy Argyll
Ave
C(￿rt
2023 tot81
Dewsit account interest
11.141
8,139
4.150
28.910
30,355
Tot¥
11.141
5.480
8,139
4.150
28.910
30.355
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 30th 8EPTEMBER 2024
6. Ch•rft4ble a¢tl¥ltlg8
Soci6ty Rosebwry Th8 Lodge
Ave
4 Roseberry
Ave
Afgyll
Court
2023 totsl
Total
Events and outir•J
Council tax
LwJhi & heal
Sundries
Repairs and reneva
Gardenirrfj, doaning and18undry
Insurnr
Lo(bge nTrnniNJ costs
Srte fees
Depreu*i
7,273
7,273
9,419
414
414
717
5.913
1,058
1,095
4,258
717
359
3,116
318
45
7,750
216
1,734
45
7,750
7.162
1.11))
1,176
248
7.930
20.621
3.930
107
3.122
1.1￿)
Totals
11,920
1.971
9.663
1.000
7.554
32.108
46.805
7. E¥pendllur• on ralBlng lunds
4 Rosebewy Argyll
Court
Ave
T¢Xal
2W23 tot81
Ave
Lkertts
Events and ¢)utings
8. GovemanG• cos1•
4 R05ebefry
Ave
Argyll
court
Ave
21Y23 tt)tal
Afxountaty f
Se¢retary costs
Bookkeeping a￿1 admin
Posta9e. printing and sL*iongry
MENCAP
Insuran￿- rfr
Web5ts
Lyht 8 heat
Watef
2.780
2.760
2,760
837
60
837
60
1.02S
259
259
35
109
2.033
2.365
Ckaning
8ank Charges
91
178
231
2,880
H¢)norafium
269
375
289
375
289
Log81 & profos**al f
10.211
10.298
9.695
11

BLACKPOOL MENCAP
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YÉAR EMDED 30th SEPTEMBER 2024
9. Flxed Ass•1 Inv••tm8nts
Frn•hold LeA•ehold Improv•mont• Flxturn•
Pro￿rtY Property to property
& fll¢lng•
Tot•1
Cost or valuatlon at 1110123
RosebeTry Ave 4
Rosebery 6Ka
AryW Court
135,1NN)
150.tNy)
85,INXI
370.fXX)
11,889
154,549
175.128
119,536
11.849 449211
24.9B8
34.5
67.362
Addlllon61fMsptsJ•l•
Cost orvaluallon at 2fy￿9￿4
370.0
67.362
11.849 449.211
LknprKl¥tltsn
AI 1M012023
Cbarge for ￿ar
Roseb6rry Ave 4
Roseberry Ave 616a
ArgWI Couyi
At 301912024
64.240
iO.(W)3
74.243
107
107
3,122
67,362
3.122
77.475
10.113
67,362
10.113
77,475
N•1 book valu•
At 301V2024
J70,000
1,736 371.738
At 30tstt023
370,C
3.122
1,846 374,
10. Flx¢d AM•t• lor ehallty u
Frn•hold Le••ghold Improvem•￿ FIx￿rn•
Property Prop•fty to proprty & Ilttlng8
Total
Co•1 orv•luatlon •t 111012023
Socth. Whitegate Trive
Lodge
499,984
597,104
1CKI.940
8,652 698,lJ44
236.931
1￿.910
499,984 1W.940
238.931
AddltlonslDhpo••l$
Colt or valuatlon •t 30m9￿024
738,915
1(X),940
6.652 938,975
At 111012023
Charge for ye•r
a4.￿3
93,19)
3.885
45
8.652
97.120
88,468
8.652
97.120
Net tJo¢k VAI
At 2WgR024
738,916
11x1,940
839,855
AI 3019r2023
499.984 11XJ.940
3.885
45 604.854
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