CHALLENGING MND

Registered charity 1182607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG THOSE SUFFERING WITH MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE, BY IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A FINANCIAL GRANT TO ENABLE THEM TO COMPLETE A PARTICULAR EVENT OR CHALLENGE.

Objects

The promotion and protection of good health among those suffering with Motor Neurone Disease,by improving their quality of life through the provision of a financial grant to either enable themto complete a particular event or challenge, or as a contribution towards the provision ofequipment or services to meet the needs of everyday life.To relieve financial hardship or to enable respite breaks among persons caring for those sufferingwith Motor Neurone Disease, the provision of a financial grant will be awarded.

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 · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Basildon, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £35,311 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £443,631 to £408,320. The trustees note that administrative costs increased due to investment in staffing to support increased beneficiary numbers, which rose from 222 to 400. Despite the deficit, the charity maintains unrestricted funds of £362,821 and notes no post-balance sheet events.

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 3 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
• Safeguarding 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Challenging MND (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (39% 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: 21.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander John Gibsonchair
• Jane Watson
• Jason Gibson
• Shaun Roberts

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR FOUNDATION.

• THE CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR FOUNDATION income £496k
• MAKING MIRACLES income £301k
• IAN PRATT MND FOUNDATION income £25k
• THE CHALLENGE FUND - THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER IN THE EMERGING WORLD income £290k
• MANCHESTER MIND income £2.9m
• THE CHALLENGER TRUST income £50k

Side by side with its peers

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