MENCAP TRUST COMPANY LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£257,282
Balance sheet as at 2023-03-31
What it does
The Mencap Trust Company Limited (MTC) was formed in 1975 by Royal Mencap Society (RMS) and is a wholly owned subsidiary of RMS.MTC was set up to provide a trustee who would always be there for loved ones. In particular, to help parents, families and friends to set up a trust where there was no one to undertake this role or it was difficult for siblings, or others, to take on the burden of being a trustee and the liability such as investment responsibilities that this entails.MTC is a professional trust company with its own independent board of directors. Board independence ensures that decisions are taken in the interests of beneficiaries and without regard to whether or not RMS may be named as a residuary beneficiary.MTC acts as sole trustee of trust funds held for people with a learning disability, autism and other vulnerabilities. MTC is operated as a not-for-profit organisation; it generated a surplus before tax of £133,195 in 2022-2023 (2021-2022 surplus of £53,726). This surplus
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Incorporated
- 1975-11-11
- Employees
- 0 (2023 accounts)
- Registered office
- East One, 20-22 Commercial Street, London, England, E1 6LP
- Postcode
- E1 6LP
- Accounts category
- Small
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-11
- Next due by
- 2026-11-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 88990 Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified
Officers 13 current · 38 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ROYAL MENCAP SOCIETY — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z8460233 (Tier 1), registered since 2004.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- mencap.org
- Phone
- 01733 873700, 0181274598, 020 7454 0454
Mencap is a UK charity that supports people with a learning disability. We also support their families and carers. Our goal is to make the UK the best place for people with learning disabilities to live happy and healthy lives.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| NATIONAL TRUSTEES FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED LIMITED | 2002-03-21 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1 SERJEANTS' INN, LONDON, EC4Y 1LL | 1989-08-16 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 324 similar companies in E
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1975.
Competitors London
This company ranks 21 among other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified in London.
The class of 1975
52%
of the 5,874 companies incorporated in 1975 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 8 titles
- Freehold
- 6
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2026-07-31
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,298,500
- Where
- Kent (2), Greater London (2), Norfolk (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NK554269 | Norfolk | Freehold | 2026-07-31 | — |
| HD641399 | Hertfordshire | Freehold | 2026-07-16 | — |
| TES27761 | Redcar And Cleveland | Freehold | 2026-05-12 | — |
| K124408 | Kent | Freehold | 2023-05-19 | £145,000 |
| WSX209320 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2023-02-08 | £216,500 |
| MX387282 | Greater London | Freehold | 2019-03-07 | £760,000 |
| K295914 | Kent | Freehold | 2018-01-25 | — |
| EGL196158 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2016-01-04 | £177,000 |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
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