FIBROMYALGIA ACTION UK

Registered charity 1042582 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIBROMYALGIA ASSOCIATION UK, FMA UK

THE CHARITY PROVIDES INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM FIBROMYALGIA IN THE UK. IT ALSO RAISES AWARENESS OF THE CONDITION AMONGST MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND PROMOTES RESEARCH.

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF PEOPLE WITH FIBROMYALGIA (2) TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO THE CAUSE, CURE, PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF FIBROMYALGIA

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Renfrewshire, Scotland (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £797,064 at the end of the financial year, representing a significant increase from the previous year's £709,379. The filing confirms the company is entitled to exemption from audit under the small companies regime and does not disclose any specific reserves policy target. The financial position is described as giving a true and fair view with no material uncertainties noted regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Fibromyalgia Action UK (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/08/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/06/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DES QUINNchair
• Helen Margaret Watts
• JANET HORTON BSC-HON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Saidabanu Ebrahim
• Tracy Wheeler
• Victoria Frances Buxton-Helyer

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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