Chilterns Neuro Centre Ltd

Registered charity 800853 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILTERNS FRIENDS OF ARMS LIMITED, CHILTERNS MS CENTRE LTD, CHILTERNS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTRE

The charity provides a range of symptom management therapies and treatments to support people who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's Disease (PD) and Stroke survivors to give them better control over their lives. It also aims to provide direct care, support and counselling for patients, their carers and families, all conducted in a welcoming inclusive environment

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Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered a positive net surplus of £533,572 for the year, driven largely by a £500,000 restricted endowment grant. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £2,459,994, with £2,313,294 held in buildings and equipment, leaving a small liquid unrestricted balance that the trustees confirm positions the charity within its 3-6 months reserves policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 31.12.2025 1” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Trusts & Foundations (19% of income)
“Trusts & Foundations (£336,203 | 19%)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 3-6 months reserves policy (held: £2.5m)
“positioning us within our 3-6 months reserves policy” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Oakwood Wellbeing Limited
“The charity holds 100 shares of £1 each in its wholly owned trading subsidiary company Oakwood Wellbeing Limited” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dux Advisory Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chilterns Neuro Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

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

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£323k
Reserves (reported)
£148k
Employees
29

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 18.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire · Milton Keynes · Oxfordshire · Slough · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.8m£1.3m
31/12/2024£1.4m£1.3m
31/12/2023£1.0m£1.2m
31/12/2022£840k£982k
31/12/2021£969k£783k

Common questions

Is Chilterns Neuro Centre Ltd financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity delivered a positive net surplus of £533,572 for the year, driven largely by a £500,000 restricted endowment grant. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £2,459,994, with £2,313,294 held in buildings and equipment, leaving a small liquid unrestricted balance that the trustees confirm positions the charity within its 3-6 months reserves policy. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dux Advisory Limited.

Who funds Chilterns Neuro Centre Ltd?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Chilterns Neuro Centre Ltd as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE BATCHWORTH TRUST, THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITY, ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2025£200kGrant
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£25k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£25k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£25kGeneral
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2025£10k
THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITYFY2022£8k
THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITYFY2025£5k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kCharitable Donation
THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITYFY2024£5k
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kCharitable Donation
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3kCharitable Donation
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kCharitable Donation
WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITYFY2024£2kRelief in Need
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITYFY2021£2kNote 7
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kSingle payment
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY REDBOURNFY2023£120Collections from funerals paid to charities
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/05/2023£450kTreatment & support for adults with neurological conditions
The National Lottery Community Fund30/05/2019£300kChilterns MS Centre Ltd

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Ryan Neuro Therapy Centre.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Chilterns Neuro Centre Ltd£1.8m—1within—no doubt
Ryan Neuro Therapy Centre FY2025£306k—0unclear—no doubt
Merlin Neuro Therapy Centre Ltd FY2025£655k—0above—no doubt
SWINDON THERAPY CENTRE FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FY2025£211k—0unclear—no doubt
LEICESTERSHIRE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE LIMITED FY2024£450k—0above—no doubt
M S INFORMATION AND THERAPY CENTRE LTD FY2025£148k—0below—no doubt

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