THE BERKSHIRE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 800419 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BMSTC

To aid and improve for the public benefit the condition of those living with multiple sclerosis by any lawful means including the following1. By bringing together persons living with multiple sclerosis 2. By providing guidance and moral and practical support for persons living with multiple sclerosis; 3. By providing therapy including Oxygen Therapy for persons living with multiple sclerosis

Objects

To aid and improve for the public benefit in the area of benefit the condition of those living with multiple sclerosis by any lawful means including any of the following meansa. By bringing together persons living with multiple sclerosis and persons interested in multiple sclerosisb. By providing advice guidance and moral and practical support for persons living with multiplesclerosisc By providing therapy (including oxygen therapy) for persons living with multiple sclerosis

Area of benefit: COUNTIES OF OXFORDSHIRE,BERKSHIRE,SURREY AND HAMPSHIRE

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Reading, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £697,610 to £642,075, while total net assets fell from £1,097,565 to £895,528. Cash reserves dropped significantly from £538,979 to £351,764, resulting in a net cash outflow from operating activities of £179,747. The trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared under the small companies regime with no audit required.

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

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02270807

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DYER, David Norman — director, appointed 28/05/2026on trustee list
• HARRIS, Anna Catherine — director, appointed 18/03/2026on trustee list
• GEORGE, Rachel Grace — director, appointed 07/10/2024on trustee list
• HARRISON, Ashley John — director, appointed 20/01/2024on trustee list
• FLETCHER, Imogen Laura Claire — director, appointed 15/06/2023on trustee list
• HANUSKOVA, Daniela — director, appointed 15/06/2023on trustee list
• BURGESS-SALISBURY, Gregg Jared Paul — director, appointed 15/06/2023on trustee list
• HATT, Rosalind Jeanette — director, appointed 15/06/2023on trustee list
• TILLSON, Penelope Jill — director, appointed 19/12/2019on trustee list
• HARRISON, Ashley John — secretary, appointed 18/02/2024

Official officers record.

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (77% 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: 33.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Catherine Hayley Harris
• Ashley John Harrison
• DANIELA HANUSKOVA
• David Norman Dyer
• Gregg Jared Paul Burgess-Salisbury · trustee of 1 other charity
• IMOGEN LAURA CLAIRE FLETCHER
• PENELOPE JILL TILLSON
• ROSALIND JEANETTE HATT
• Rachel George

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · Surrey · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE (SOUTH YORKSHIRE) LIMITED.

• MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE (SOUTH YORKSHIRE) LIMITED income £150k
• BEDFORDSHIRE AND NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE LIMITED income £568k
• MIDDLESBROUGH M S THERAPY CENTRE LIMITED income £62k
• THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE (NW) LIMITED income £223k
• LEICESTERSHIRE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE LIMITED income £450k
• M K MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY GROUP LIMITED income £46k

Side by side with its peers

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