BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1142966 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MBS

The object of the Society is to act as a multidisciplinary professional body of experts to promote the clinical practice, education and advancement of knowledge about muscle disease, myasthenia gravis and spinal muscular atrophy in the British Isles.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE CLINICAL PRACTICE, EDUCATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MUSCLE DISEASE, MYASTHENIA GRAVIS AND SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY IN THE BRITISH ISLES.

Area of benefit: THE BRITISH ISLES

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£125k

Latest spending

£65k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £60,092 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £77,209. This actual reserve level is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £80,000, which is intended to cover one year of basic running costs. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming no material matters required attention.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“BMS aims to hold a reserve which would cover or support basic running costs / commitments for 1 year should income unexpectedly fall / expenses unexpectedly rise. Whilst these costs can fluctuate, and basic costs are likely to be lower than typical annual costs, BMS estimates based on recent previous years expenditure that for 2026/2027 the reserve should sit at around £80K” — page 4

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Conflicting interests
Risk management
Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 3

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Rosaline Quinlivanchair
PROFESSOR FRANCESCO MUNTONI FRCPCH
PROFESSOR MICHAEL HANNA · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£125k	£65k
31/03/2025	£96k	£99k
31/03/2024	£78k	£72k
31/03/2023	£54k	£67k
31/03/2022	£48k	£35k

Common questions

Is BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a net income of £60,092 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £77,209. This actual reserve level is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £80,000, which is intended to cover one year of basic running costs. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming no material matters required attention. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BARROW FOUNDATION UK	1	£1.2m
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH SOCIETY OF SKELETAL RADIOLOGISTS.

BRITISH SOCIETY OF SKELETAL RADIOLOGISTS income £210k
British Society for Medical Mycology income £29k
BRITISH SCOLIOSIS SOCIETY income £59k
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY income £5.4m
THE BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY income £1.8m
BRITISH MATERNAL AND FETAL MEDICINE SOCIETY income £362k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY	£125k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF SKELETAL RADIOLOGISTS FY2025	£210k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
British Society for Medical Mycology FY2025	£29k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SCOLIOSIS SOCIETY FY2024	£59k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY FY2025	£5.4m	—	0	above	0.0%	no doubt
THE BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY FY2025	£1.8m	£110,001 - £120,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.