STAND AGAINST MND

Registered charity 1187436 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raising funds and awareness in the stand against motor neurone disease.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: 3.1 FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE (“THE CONDITION”), THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, IN PARTICULAR BY: 3.1.1 THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, GRANTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION TO PEOPLE AFFECTED (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY) BY THE CONDITION THROUGH CLINICAL, HOSPICE OR OTHER FORMS OF PALLIATIVE CARE; AND 3.1.2 THE PROMOTION AND FUNDING OF RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF THE CONDITION, THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rushcliffe, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£121k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £108,015.32 at the end of the financial year, significantly exceeding its stated policy target of holding about £10,000. The charity reported total income of £121,063 against expenses of £4,828, resulting in a substantial surplus and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: private fundraising
“The Charity’s principal sources of funds are from private fundraising.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: about £10,000 (reserves figure: £108k)
“The Charity’s policy is to hold about £10,000 in reserve.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Rebecca Clark received £1,482 for services via Aloha Creative Limited.
“Through the business, Aloha Creative Limited, Rebecca Clark (trustee and director of Aloha Creative Limited) received payment of £1,482 for graphic design, merchandise and printing services provided to the Charity.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rebecca Clark, a trustee, received £1,482 for services from Aloha Creative Limited, a company of which she is a director.
“Through the business, Aloha Creative Limited, Rebecca Clark (trustee and director of Aloha Creative Limited) received payment of £1,482 for graphic design, merchandise and printing services provided to the Charity.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 12/02/2024, 12 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 30/03/2022 (received 31/01/2023, 1 day after the 30/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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£121k£40k
31/03/2024£93k£76k
31/03/2023£76k£110k
30/03/2022£38k£2k
30/03/2021£43k£17k

Common questions

Is STAND AGAINST MND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £108,015.32 at the end of the financial year, significantly exceeding its stated policy target of holding about £10,000. The charity reported total income of £121,063 against expenses of £4,828, resulting in a substantial surplus and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IAN PRATT MND FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STAND AGAINST MND£121k—0unclear—no doubt
IAN PRATT MND FOUNDATION FY2025£25k——unclear—no doubt
MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE ASSOCIATION FY2024£48.0m£140,000 - £149,999—unclear14.8%no doubt
THE NEUROSURGICAL FOUNDATION FY2025£95k—0above—no doubt
THE MACULAR DISEASE SOCIETY FY2025£8.9m——above—no doubt
GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£52k—0unclear0.0%no doubt

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