OVERCOMING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Registered charity 1157579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC050752 (OSCR)
Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis promotes a program of diet and lifestyle management that has been shown to improve the health and lives of people with MS. Prof. George Jelinek, who was diagnosed with MS in 1999, developed the rigorously researched OMS Recovery Program more than 15 years ago.Overcoming MS (OMS) was established in the UK in 2012 with the goal of expanding awareness of the program.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income decreased slightly to £1,177,872 from £1,204,378 in the prior year, while total expenditure increased to £1,153,371 from £983,038. The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £469,392, which are above its stated policy target of three months' total costs (£252,568), and the trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Fundraising cost ratio: 25.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“our own fundraising team delivered a highly effective fundraising operation, with £4 raised for every £1 spent on fundraising activities.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of total costs (held: £469k)
“The reserves policy requires that unrestricted reserves of not less than three months’ total costs be maintained to meet the charity’s commitments at any time.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: pro bono legal advice
“In the year pro bono legal advice valued at £30,000 (2024: £20,000) was received from a company in which one of the Trustees is a shareholder.” — page 36
“Aggregate unrestricted donations of £1,200 (2024: £1,200) were received from related parties” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: unrestricted donations
“In the year pro bono legal advice valued at £30,000 (2024: £20,000) was received from a company in which one of the Trustees is a shareholder.” — page 36
“Aggregate unrestricted donations of £1,200 (2024: £1,200) were received from related parties” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£299k
Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 25.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (19/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Miriam Jordan Keanechair
- Dr Mark Andrew Taylor
- Kieran Christopher Bayles
- MARC LOUIS SUGARMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
- Pauline Hanson
- Samantha Marnie Middlemiss
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is OVERCOMING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased slightly to £1,177,872 from £1,204,378 in the prior year, while total expenditure increased to £1,153,371 from £983,038. The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £469,392, which are above its stated policy target of three months' total costs (£252,568), and the trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP.
Who funds OVERCOMING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name OVERCOMING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS as a grant recipient include THE BLOOM FOUNDATION, THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION, DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.
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