SHIFT.MS
Registered charity 1117194 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FLICKER MS, FLICKER.MS
Shift.ms is a user-led social network - www.shift.ms - for people with Multiple Sclerosis (known as MSers), particularly the recently diagnosed. Shift.ms aims to create a positive, enabling community for MSers which empowers them to acknowledge their MS, rethink how to achieve their ambitions and get on with their lives.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £267,566, excluding the designated intangible asset fund. The charity reported a net income surplus of £246,621 for the year, supported by total income of £1,201,728 against total expenditure of £955,107. Per the trustees' report, the organization has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Shift.ms recharged running costs to its wholly-owned subsidiary, Realworld MS Ltd.
“During the year, Shift.ms recharged running costs (comprising salary, service and support costs) totalling £121,856 to realworld ms. At year end, a balance of £nil was owed by realworld ms. Profits of realworld ms for the year to 30 April 2025 were donated to Shift.ms within 9 months of the year end.” — page 44
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Realworld MS Ltd
“These financial statements consolidate the results of the charitable company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Realworld MS Ltd (” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited. Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shift.ms (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£132k
Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (43% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Peter Malcolm Crookschair
- Carole Ann Huntsman
- Dr Alan Fayaz
- Francesca Arese Lucini
- Isaac David Joseph Batley
- Kevin Jon Asher
- Mary Rose Ropner
- Praveen Premkumar
- Seema Sangar
- Thomas James Tyler · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Australia · Canada · Guernsey · Ireland · Isle Of Man · New Zealand · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · United States
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SHIFT.MS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £267,566, excluding the designated intangible asset fund. The charity reported a net income surplus of £246,621 for the year, supported by total income of £1,201,728 against total expenditure of £955,107. Per the trustees' report, the organization has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.
Who funds SHIFT.MS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SHIFT.MS as a grant recipient include H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE CHARIS TRUST, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY, THE INGRAM TRUST.
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