MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY GROUP OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

Registered charity 205395 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY CAMPAIGN, MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY UK · also registered in Scotland as SC039445 (OSCR)

We support research with the aim of finding treatments and effective cures and we drive improvements in health care. We provide information and advice, campaign to raise awareness, provide care and support. Further, we enable people to lead as full and rich a life as possible through the provision of advocacy support and equipment grants as well as campaigns to remove barriers to independence.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a planned deficit of £2.1m, having spent £10.1m on charitable activities against £7.9m in income. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were maintained at £4m, representing approximately six months of operating costs, which the Board considers sufficient to manage strategic risks and the anticipated deficit for the following year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 40.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brigid Sutcliffe
• Carole Michelle Anthony
• Chloe Jasmine Hazel Docker
• Claire Louise O'Hanlon
• Dr Rosaline Christina Mary Quinlivan
• Gerard McMenemy
• JAMES HANYUNG LEE
• Jennifer Christine Howells
• Joseph Eoin Gordon
• Lord John Kevin Sharkey
• Marian Clare Ridley
• PROFESSOR MICHAEL HANNA · trustee of 2 other charities
• Prof Deirdre Kelly CBE
• Prof Simon Guy Ray
• Thomas William Sara

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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