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Description
The MS Society (formerly charity no.207495) funds and promotes research to develop new treatments and services for people with MS and to understand the causes of MS. We provide support to people affected by MS, and seek to raise awareness, understanding, and improve care and support for all people living with MS. We operate across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Also known as
- Bury St Edmunds Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Castlederg Multiple Sclerosis Branch
- Castlederg Multiple Sclerosis Group
- Chorley & District MS Society
- Gosport & Fareham Branch of the Ms Society
- Gosport And Fareham MS
- Life and Multiple Sclerosis Day Service
- Ms Society
- MS Society
- MS Society - Basingstoke and District Branch
- MS Society - Orkney Branch
- MS Society Northern Ireland
- MS Society Rugby and district
- MS Society Sutton Coldfield
- MS Society Taunton and District
- MS Society West Hertford
- MS Society York & District Drop In Group
- MS Society, Eastbourne and South Wealden Branch
- Multiple Sclerosis Society
- The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Macclesfield MS Society
- Multiple Sclerosis Group for Bury St Edmunds
- Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Multiple Sclerosis Society - Gosport and Fareham
- Multiple Sclerosis Society Conwy CountyBranch
- Multiple Sclerosis Society Flintshire Branch
- Multiple Sclerosis Society Greenwich
- Multiple Sclerosis Society Huntingdon & District
- Multiple Sclerosis Society Huntingdon & District Group
- Multiple Sclerosis Society Northern Ireland
- Multiple Sclerosis Society Southampton and District Branch
- Multiple Sclerosis Society UK
- Mutual Support
- North Hertfordshire Multiple Sclerosis Group
- Plymouth & Liskeard Branch of MS Society
- South Central and East Suffolk MS Society Group
- Sutton Coldfield MS Society
- Trafford and South West Manchester Multiple Sclerosis Society
...and 28 other names
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
N4 3FU
Website
Domain
mssociety.org.uk
Latest income
£26,931,000 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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- mssociety.org.uk
- Charity Commission England and Wales
- CharityBase
- Giving is Great
- Companies House
- Opencorporates
- Wikipedia: Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain
Twitter, Facebook and Wikipedia links from Wikidata
Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.
Areas of operation in the UK
Area of operation outside the UK
- Guernsey
- Isle of Man
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 4 active records and 1 inactive record, from 4 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
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Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1139257 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Multiple Sclerosis Society (this record)
Speakeasier (inactive)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Services for people with disabilities
D13
UK Charity Activity Tags
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Health
HE» Health conditionHE200» Multiple SclerosisHE212 -
Research
RS
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101 -
Education/training
102 -
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Disability
104
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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People With Disabilities
203 -
Other Defined Groups
206
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Individuals
301 -
Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307 -
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
308
Scale of operation
- National and Overseas
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-12-02 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2011-12-31 | 28,919,000 | 32,740,000 |
| 2012-12-31 | 25,414,000 | 27,687,000 |
| 2013-12-31 | 24,093,000 | 28,036,000 |
| 2014-12-31 | 26,132,000 | 26,340,000 |
| 2015-12-31 | 27,743,000 | 27,925,000 |
| 2016-12-31 | 29,023,000 | 29,531,000 |
| 2017-12-31 | 28,852,000 | 28,802,000 |
| 2018-12-31 | 28,775,000 | 29,056,000 |
| 2019-12-31 | 28,600,000 | 31,136,000 |
| 2020-12-31 | 20,487,000 | 23,460,000 |
| 2021-12-31 | 29,431,000 | 24,755,000 |
| 2022-12-31 | 26,931,000 | 27,724,000 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 277 | 272 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 16 | 18 |
| Volunteers | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| Trustees | 11 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 10.2 | 11.2 |
| Legacies | 13.9 | 12.8 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 24.1 | 24.0 |
| Income from charitable activities | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Income from other trading activities | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| Income from investments | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Other income | - | 2.5 |
| Total | 26.9 | 29.4 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 8.1 | 7.3 |
| Spending on raising funds | 8.1 | 7.3 |
| Grants to institutions | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| Other charitable activities | 13.8 | 12.0 |
| Charitable activities | 19.6 | 17.5 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 27.7 | 24.8 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (0.8) | 4.7 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| Investment assets | 15.7 | 18.0 |
| 17.6 | 20.2 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Cash | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| Other current assets | 10.4 | 7.8 |
| 12.4 | 11.2 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (12.1) | (10.1) |
| Net current assets | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 17.9 | 21.3 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | (0.2) |
| Net assets | 17.9 | 21.1 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Restricted funds | (7.2) | (7.9) |
| Unrestricted funds | 24.8 | 28.7 |
| 17.9 | 21.1 | |
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 21,287 | 22,886 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Number of government contracts | 2 | 2 |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 288,378 | 612,276 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 1.1% | 2.1% |
| Number of government grants | 6 | 16 |
Received 104 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
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Data source
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- Birmingham City Council (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- CAF (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Cambridgeshire Community Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Cheshire Community Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- City Bridge Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Clothworkers Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Co-operative Group (17 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The David & Elaine Potter Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Devon Community Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Foundation Scotland (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Grocers' Charity (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Garfield Weston Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Henry Smith Charity (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Hertfordshire Community Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Masonic Charitable Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Quartet Community Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- R S Macdonald Charitable Trust (5 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Sport England (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Somerset Community Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Suffolk Community Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Seafarers' Charity (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (47 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.
- The National Lottery (4 grants) | Licence
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