WORLD MUSCLE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1126862 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of WMS are open to all professionals working in the neuromuscular field. It is a multidisciplinary Society reflecting in particular the different disciplines involved in the study of neuromuscular disorders and the management of patients with these disorders.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE FIELD OF NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS.2 TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS AND TODISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. ON PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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: Teignbridge, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £18,492 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £645,879 and total expenditure of £627,387. Unrestricted reserves stood at £954,078, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £1,000,000. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the trustees.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 07/11/2022, 7 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~18.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• A/ Professor Gianina Ravenscroft
• Dr GISELE BONNE
• Dr Giorgia Coratti
• Dr Lindsay Alfano
• Dr Tamara Dangouloff
• Dr Teresinha Evangelista
• Dr Werner Stenzel
• PROFESSOR ICHIZO NISHINO
• PROFESSOR Laurent Servais
• PROFESSOR VOLKER STRAUB
• Professor Carsten Bonnemann
• Professor Edoardo Malfatti
• Professor Giovanni Baranello
• Professor Jordi Diaz-Manera
• Professor Nicol Voermans
• Professor, Dr Jorge Alfredo Bevilacqua

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• WORLD MEDICAL FUND income £154k
• THE MACULAR DISEASE SOCIETY income £8.9m

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