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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.

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Latest income
£503k
Latest spending
£538k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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

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

Total income
£503k
Total spending
£538k
Cost of raising funds
£108k
Reserves (reported)
£363k
Employees
2

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

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£503k£538k
31/03/2024£414k£405k
31/03/2023£592k£306k
31/03/2022£162k£66k
31/03/2021£111k£143k

Common questions

Is CHALLENGING MND financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHALLENGING MND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHALLENGING MND as a grant recipient include THE TOLKIEN TRUST, ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUST, THE TUDWICK FOUNDATION, CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GRACE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2024£120k
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2023£50k
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2022£35k
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2022£15kHealthcare-adult
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2024£5kHealthcare-adult
THE TUDWICK FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE GRACE TRUSTFY2021£2k
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALEFY2023£1kPupil Donations
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2025£313
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2024£0

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST2£40k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST2£30k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY2£27k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST2£25k
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION2£22k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation2£21k
THE INMAN CHARITY2£18k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND2£16k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STAND AGAINST MND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHALLENGING MND£503k—0unclear—no doubt
STAND AGAINST MND FY2025£121k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DARBY RIMMER MND FOUNDATION FY2025£709k—0above—no doubt
MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE ASSOCIATION FY2024£40.8m£140,000 - £149,999—unclear14.8%no doubt
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY GROUP OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND FY2025£7.9m——unclear40.4%no doubt
THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF ALS / MND ASSOCIATIONS FY2025£700k£60,001 - £70,0000unclear—no doubt

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