OXYGEN & WELLNESS THERAPY CENTRE

Registered charity 701924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEREFORDSHIRE FRIENDS OF ARMS LIMITED, HEREFORDSHIRE MS THERAPY CENTRE, Oxygen Wellness Therapy Centre, Oxygen and Wellness Therapy Centre

WE offer oxygen therapy treatment to sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis and other conditions We also offer a range of Alternative complimentary therapies i.e Physiotherapy, Yoga, Massage, Reflexology etc

Objects

(1) TO AID AND IMPROVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROCIS BY ANY LAWFUL MEANS. (2) TO ASSIST ARMS (MULTIPLE SCLEROCIS RESEARCH) LIMITED IN PROMOTING (WHETHER OR NOT WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT) ALL OR ANY OF ITS OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF HEREFORD AND WORCESTER

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£82k

Latest spending

£76k

Registered

1989

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £5,828 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant turnaround from the previous year's deficit. Free reserves stood at £37,747, which is above the trustees' stated target of £33,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: eight months budgeted operating costs (reserves figure: £38k)

“The directors consider it prudent to hold a minimum of £33,000 contingency reserve to cover eight months budgeted operating costs for the year to 31 March 2025 representing target reserves.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Chair received £3,128 for reflexology services

“In the current financial year the Chair of the Charity was paid £3,128 for her reflexology services.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
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
Volunteer management

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

Volunteers: 13

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

Volunteers: 10

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

Volunteers: 10

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Lisa Dawn Shawchair
ANGELA KITCHEN
BRENDAN HILTON
BRIAN JOHN FREEMAN
Deborah Jane Hicks
Richard Alexander Neil Shimmin
Richard Jones
Susan Gabrielle Leeuwangh

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

Operates in: Herefordshire · Monmouthshire · Powys · Shropshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£82k	£76k
31/03/2024	£54k	£64k
31/03/2023	£54k	£48k
31/03/2022	£32k	£50k
31/03/2021	£45k	£41k

Common questions

Is OXYGEN & WELLNESS THERAPY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £5,828 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant turnaround from the previous year's deficit. Free reserves stood at £37,747, which is above the trustees' stated target of £33,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON	1	£25k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE M.S. THERAPY CENTRE (OXFORD) LTD.

THE M.S. THERAPY CENTRE (OXFORD) LTD income £92k
LINCOLNSHIRE MS THERAPY CENTRE LTD income £119k
THE SOUTH WALES MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE LTD income £126k
Chedgrave Oxygen Therapy Centre income £94k
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE SOUTH WEST LIMITED income £325k
WEST YORKSHIRE MS THERAPY CENTRE LIMITED income £261k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OXYGEN & WELLNESS THERAPY CENTRE	£82k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE M.S. THERAPY CENTRE (OXFORD) LTD FY2025	£92k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LINCOLNSHIRE MS THERAPY CENTRE LTD FY2025	£119k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SOUTH WALES MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE LTD FY2025	£126k	—	above	—	no doubt
Chedgrave Oxygen Therapy Centre FY2025	£94k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE SOUTH WEST LIMITED FY2025	£325k	—	above	—	no doubt

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