THE MATT GALLAGHER FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1207541 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As a Charity we pledge: To provide financial support for those in need affected by Motor Neurone Disease;To provide emotional and practical support, guidance and assistance for the care of those affected by Motor Neurone Disease; To fund research, equipment and studies associated with with Motor Neurone Disease of which the results would be shared with the wider field.

Objects

OBJECTS4. THE CHARITY?S OBJECTS (?OBJECTS?) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1 TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THOSE IN NEED AFFECTED BY MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE;4.2 TO PROVIDE EMOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT, GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE FOR THE CARE OF THOSE AFFECTED BY MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE; 4.3 TO FUND RESEARCH, EQUIPMENT AND STUDIES ASSOCIATED WITH WIT MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE OF WHICH THE RESULTS WOULD BE SHARED WITH THE WIDER FIELD.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £366,387 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted funds of the same amount. The document confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. The charity is entitled to exemption from audit under small company provisions.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~14.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 23.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MATTHEW GALLAGHERchair
• ANDREW FOOTE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Charlotte Jones
• LISA GALLAGHER

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 MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE ASSOCIATION.

• MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE ASSOCIATION income £40.8m
• STAND AGAINST MND income £121k
• CHALLENGING MND income £503k
• THE DARBY RIMMER MND FOUNDATION income £709k
• MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY TRUST income £1.3m
• MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY GROUP OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND income £7.9m

Side by side with its peers

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