MS CENTRE DORSET

Registered charity 1182285 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOURNEMOUTH & DISTRICT MS COMMUNITY HUB

(a) To support and relieve people affected by multiple sclerosis in the Bournemouth and East Dorset area;(b) To encourage people affected by multiple sclerosis to attain their full potential as members of society by improving their conditions of life.We operate a centre in West Parley where people with multiple sclerosis can meet, exercise & socialise with each other.

Objects

(A) TO SUPPORT AND RELIEVE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, (B) TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TO ATTAIN THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BY IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit, with expenditure of £185,494 exceeding income of £164,675. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were held at £160,870, which is below the stated policy target of six to nine months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity has one staff member and relies on approximately 40 volunteers to deliver its services.

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 5 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — MS CENTRE DORSET (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Cerameed Neal
• Keith Patrick Hunt
• Louise Fazakarley
• Robert Irvine Osborough
• Sara Victoria Walker

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Hampshire · Poole

Income and spending

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