MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE SOUTH WEST LIMITED

Registered charity 900083 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEVON FRIENDS OF ARMS LIMITED, THE SOUTH WEST MS CENTRE

Provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy together with physiotherapy and other therapies and services

Objects

(A)(1)TO AID AND IMPROVE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THE CONDITION OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BY ANY LAWFUL MEANS.(A)(1)(A) BY BRINGING TOGETHER PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND PERSONS INTERESTED IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS(A)(1)(B) BY PROVIDING ADVICE GUIDANCE AND MORAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT FOR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS(A)(1)(C) BY PROVIDING THERAPY (INCLUDING HYPERBARIC THERAPY) FOR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS(A)(2) TO AID AND IMPROVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THE CONDITION OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM OTHER ILLNESSES WHICH MAY BE BENEFITED BY THERAPIES PROVIDED FOR THOSE WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO SUCH THERAPIES WHERE IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO SO WITHOUT PREJUDICING THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY TO THOSE SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Area of benefit: DEVON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£325k
Latest spending
£313k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £13,219 to £909,888, while total free unrestricted reserves decreased to £258,551. The charity reports a surplus for the year and confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability 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: 9 months’ expenditure (held: £259k)
“The target level of free reserves is 9 months’ expenditure, which is £240,000.”
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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£325k£313k
31/03/2024£230k£295k
31/03/2023£167k£266k
31/03/2022£166k£194k
31/03/2021£170k£182k

Common questions

Is MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE SOUTH WEST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £13,219 to £909,888, while total free unrestricted reserves decreased to £258,551. The charity reports a surplus for the year and confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery30/06/2025£15kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund09/01/2006£4kInformation and promotion
The National Lottery Community Fund27/10/2004£13kVE Day Celebration/Party
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2004£5kYogo classes.