MRS Independent Living

Registered charity 801419 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MOBILE REPAIR SERVICE

Working in North East London, we support people in need to stay independent, active and connected to their communities. We provide practical help through our home adaptations and therapeutic decluttering services, social and digital inclusion activities, falls prevention services, and advice and advocacy for people from marginalised and excluded communities.

Objects

The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage in the London Boroughs of Islington, Hackney, City of London and other boroughs, through the provision of services and products to promote independence, health and wellbeing and social inclusion.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY AND ISLINGTON

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £9,801 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total expenditure of £487,820 against income of £478,019. Despite the deficit, unrestricted free reserves increased to £117,079, which the trustees confirm is within their stated policy target of maintaining 3 to 6 months' expenditure.

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.

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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Tunks · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr John Miles · trustee of 2 other charities
• JANE TILSTON BSC MSC
• Michelle Cornes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Oyetade Oyebode
• STEPHEN STEPPENS
• Takumba Maria Lawal

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

Operates in: City Of London · Hackney · Islington

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERTON CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING.

• MERTON CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING income £354k
• MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY GROUP OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND income £7.9m
• SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING income £3.5m
• INDEPENDENT LIVES (DISABILITY) income £3.3m
• THE DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTRE income £576k
• MS FOUNDATION LIMITED income £46k

Side by side with its peers

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