SOLENT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPIES LTD

Registered charity 299545 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PORTSMOUTH FRIENDS OF ARMS LIMITED

WE PROVIDE THERAPIES- HIGH DOSAGE OXYGEN THERAPY, PHYSIOTHERAPY, OSTEOPATHY, SHIATSU, REFLEXOLOGY AND APS PAIN RELIEF THERAPY TO PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN OUR TARGET GEOGRAPHIC AREA. WE OFFER ADVICE AND SUPPORT AND A COMMUNITY BUILDING FOR OUR SERVICE USERS.

Objects

(1) TO AID AND IMPROVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THE CONDITION OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BY ANY LAWFUL MEANS. (2) BY BRINGING TOGETHER PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND PERSONS INTERESTED IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 34 OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES.

Area of benefit: HAMPSHIRE, EAST SUSSEX AND WEST SUSSEX

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 · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £11,387 for the period ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus of £135 in the prior year. Total incoming resources were £156,311, while total resources expended were £167,698. The net assets decreased from £362,373 to £350,986, with unrestricted reserves (Operating Reserve Account) remaining at £15,888.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Solent MS Therapy Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (25/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (26/02/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Hayterchair
• Amy Sandford
• Angie Alexander
• Catriona Alexander
• Karen Silman
• Kenneth William Ebbens
• Linda Rickman
• PAUL CHRISTOPHER LEE
• Ruth Moorhen

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire · Isle Of Wight · Portsmouth City · West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).