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Latest income

£30.7m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£5.3m

Accounts grants total

£5.2m

Write-backs & cancellations (all years shown): 5 entries, −£25k. These are listed separately below and are not netted off the grant totals or counted as grants.

reconciliation not assessedextracted from its FY2025 accounts

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What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Education/training (3 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (2 grantees)
Disability (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Cardiff (1 grantee)
City Of Swansea (1 grantee)
Ireland (1 grantee)
Northern Ireland (1 grantee)
Scotland (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	University College London	—	£1.9m
new	Oxford University	—	£150k
new	Department of Health	—	£98k
new	University of Manchester	—	£80k
up	Nottingham University Hospitals Trust	£240k	£459k
up	University of Sheffield	£40k	£279k
down	Imperial College London	£808k	£187k
up	University of Liverpool	£86k	£180k
up	CARDIFF UNIVERSITY	£73k	£166k
up	University of Glasgow	£48k	£125k
up	University of Birmingham	£41k	£125k
down	University of Cambridge	£13.0m	£122k
not listed	Other grants awarded and write backs	£2.1m	—
not listed	University College London (UCL)	£1.9m	—
not listed	Other grants awarded	£541k	—
not listed	Write backs and other grants awarded	£240k	—
not listed	University of Oxford	£180k	—
not listed	Prof A Coles, A phase Iia trial of the ability of the combination of metformin and clemastine to promote remyelination in people with	£166k	—
not listed	Northumbria University	£139k	—
not listed	Dr D Chard, Predicting progressive MS: a longitudinal clinical and MRI study	£118k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
University College London	FY2025	£1.9m	Prof J Chataway, Efficient clinical trials programme
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust	FY2025	£459k	Other grants awarded
University of Sheffield	FY2025	£279k	Other grants awarded
International Progressive MS Alliance	FY2025	£234k	Grant to the alliance
Kings College, London	FY2025	£222k	Grant
Imperial College London	FY2025	£187k	Prof R Nicholas, The MS and PD Tissue Bank
University of Liverpool	FY2025	£180k	Other grants awarded
Queen's University, Belfast	FY2025	£170k	Grant
Queen Mary, University of London	FY2025	£169k	Grants awarded
Cardiff University	FY2025	£166k	Grants awarded
Oxford University	FY2025	£150k	Grants awarded and grant write backs
University of Glasgow	FY2025	£125k	Other grants awarded
University of Birmingham	FY2025	£125k	Other grants awarded
University of Cambridge	FY2025	£122k	Prof RJM Franklin, Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair Renewal
Swansea University	FY2025	£117k	Dr. R Middleton, UK MS Register grant
Department of Health	FY2025	£98k	Other grants awarded
University of Salford	FY2025	£90k	Other grants awarded
Cambridge University Hospitals	FY2025	£86k	Other grants awarded
University of Manchester	FY2025	£80k	Other grants awarded
University of Nottingham	FY2025	£74k	Other grants awarded
University of Edinburgh	FY2025	£70k	Prof A Williams, The Edinburgh MS Centre for Translational Research
University of Plymouth	FY2025	£57k	Other grants awarded
Versus Arthritus	FY2025	£40k	Other grants awarded
University of Bristol	FY2025	£39k	Other grants awarded
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	FY2025	£19k	Other grants awarded
University of Portsmouth	FY2025	£15k	Other grants awarded
University of Southampton	FY2025	£2k	Other grants awarded
Brunel University London	FY2025	£1k	Other grants awarded
University of Cambridge	FY2024	£13.0m	Prof RJM Franklin, Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair Renewal
Other grants awarded and write backs	FY2024	£2.1m	Other grants awarded and write backs
University College London (UCL)	FY2024	£1.9m	Prof J Chataway, Efficient clinical trials programme
Imperial College London	FY2024	£808k	Prof R Nicholas, The MS and PD Tissue Bank
Brunel University London	FY2024	£723k	Dr D Bailey, iStep-MS II: a physical activity and sedentary behaviour intervention for reducing fatigue in people living with MS
Other grants awarded	FY2024	£541k	Other grants awarded
Swansea University	FY2024	£451k	Dr. R Middleton, UK MS Register grant
Other grants awarded and write backs	FY2024	£355k	Other grants awarded and write backs
Queen's University, Belfast	FY2024	£279k	Prof D Fitzgerald, Building capacity for a Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Excellence in Northern Ireland
Queen Mary, University of London	FY2024	£247k	Grants awarded and write backs
University of Nottingham	FY2024	£242k	Dr C Gilmartin, Early detection of progression in MS using OPM-MEG
International Progressive MS Alliance	FY2024	£242k	Grant to the alliance
Write backs and other grants awarded	FY2024	£240k	Write backs and other grants awarded
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust	FY2024	£240k	Dr R Abdel-Fahim, GUIDE-MS: lonGitudinal evolUtion of Iron rim and expanDing lEsions in MS using ultra high field imaging at 7Tesla
Other grants awarded and write backs	FY2024	£219k	Other grants awarded and write backs
Kings College London	FY2024	£185k	Other grants awarded and write backs
Other grants awarded and write backs	FY2024	£185k	Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Oxford	FY2024	£180k	Other grants awarded and write backs
Prof A Coles, A phase Iia trial of the ability of the combination of metformin and clemastine to promote remyelination in people with	FY2024	£166k	A phase Iia trial of the ability of the combination of metformin and clemastine to promote remyelination in people with
University of Edinburgh	FY2024	£149k	Prof A Williams, The Edinburgh MS Centre for Translational Research
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	FY2024	£143k	Other grants awarded and write backs
Northumbria University	FY2024	£139k	Other grants awarded and write backs
Other grants awarded and write backs	FY2024	£139k	Other grants awarded and write backs
Dr D Chard, Predicting progressive MS: a longitudinal clinical and MRI study	FY2024	£118k	Predicting progressive MS: a longitudinal clinical and MRI study
Prof J Chataway, Efficient clinical trials programme	FY2024	£110k	Efficient clinical trials programme
Cambridge University Hospitals	FY2024	£102k	Other grants awarded and write backs
Other grants awarded and write backs	FY2024	£94k	Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Liverpool	FY2024	£86k	Other grants awarded and write backs
Cardiff University	FY2024	£73k	Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Southampton	FY2024	£72k	Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Portsmouth	FY2024	£68k	Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Plymouth	FY2024	£57k	Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Bristol	FY2024	£50k	Other grants awarded and write backs
Versus Arthritus	FY2024	£49k	Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Glasgow	FY2024	£48k	Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Birmingham	FY2024	£41k	Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Sheffield	FY2024	£40k	Other grants awarded and write backs
Glasgow Caledonian University	FY2024	£39k	Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Salford	FY2024	£2k	Other grants awarded and write backs
Liverpool John Moores University	FY2024	£1k	Other grants awarded and write backs
University College London (UCL)	FY2023	£13.0m	Prof J Chataway, Efficient clinical trials programme; Prof K Smith, Understanding the haemodynamic consequences of neuroinflammatory oedema for therapeutic gain.
University of Edinburgh	FY2023	£3.6m	Prof S Chandran, The Edinburgh MS Centre for Translational Research.
University of Cambridge	FY2023	£2.0m	Prof RJM Franklin, Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair Renewal; Dr M Grant-Peters, Characterising molecular features of neurodegeneration in progressive MS: an integrative meta-analysis; Prof A Coles, A phase Iia trial of the ability of the combination of metformin and clemastine to promote remyelination in people with relapsing MS.
Other sundry	FY2023	£1.1m	Other grants awarded and write backs.
King's College, London	FY2023	£744k	Prof R Moss-Morris, Digital Health Therapeutics for treating MS Symptoms.
International Progressive MS Alliance	FY2023	£726k	Grant to the alliance.
Glasgow Caledonian University	FY2023	£721k	Prof L Paul, Exercise/Physical Activity for Symptom and Disease Management in people moderately to severely affected with MS.
Queen's University, Belfast	FY2023	£490k	Dr Y Dombrowski, Investigating inflammasomes as targets for MS; Prof D Fitzgerald, Investigating the eye as a window to brain inflammation in MS.
University of Nottingham	FY2023	£348k	Dr B De Dios Perez, Optimising access to vocational rehabilitation services for people with MS through MS charities; Dr K Radford, Preventing job loss for people with MS: implementing vocational rehab in the NHS.
University of Glasgow	FY2023	£330k	Prof J Edgar, Defining the role KIF21B in glia.
Queen Mary, University of London	FY2023	£298k	Prof R Dobson, Pregnancy and Methylation changes in MS (PaMMS).
University of Cardiff	FY2023	£293k	Dr E Tallantyre, DELIVER-MS Long-term Extension.
Imperial College London	FY2023	£204k	Other grants awarded and write backs.
University of Salford	FY2023	£204k	Prof A Brettle, Greater Manchester MS Information Network (GMMSIN): a locally tailored social media hub for MS self-management in newly diagnosed People Living with MS.
University of Plymouth	FY2023	£130k	Other grants awarded and write backs.
University of Southampton	FY2023	£129k	Other grants awarded and write backs.
Liverpool, John Moores University	FY2023	£102k	Other grants awarded and write backs.
National Institute for Health and Care Research	FY2023	£79k	Other grants awarded and write backs.
University of Birmingham	FY2023	£73k	Other grants awarded and write backs.
University of Manchester	FY2023	£68k	Other grants awarded and write backs.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	FY2023	£48k	Other grants awarded and write backs.
Oxford Brookes University	FY2023	£38k	Other grants awarded and write backs.
Versus Arthritus	FY2023	£34k	Other grants awarded and write backs.
University of Portsmouth	FY2023	£27k	Other grants awarded and write backs.
Swansea University	FY2023	£15k	Other grants awarded and write backs.
Oxford University	FY2023	£6k	Other grants awarded and write backs.
International Progressive MS Alliance	FY2022	£13.0m	Grant to the alliance
University College London (UCL)	FY2022	£3.7m	Prof J Chataway, Efficient clinical trials programme; Prof J Chataway, MS-STAT2 MRI; Other grants awarded and write backs
Imperial College London	FY2022	£2.0m	Prof R Nicholas, The MS and Parkinson's Disease Tissue Bank grants; Other grants awarded and write backs
Swansea University	FY2022	£381k	Prof David Ford, UK MS Register grants; Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Cambridge	FY2022	£309k	Prof RJM Franklin, Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair Renewal; Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Glasgow	FY2022	£268k	Dr J Edgar, Novel cellular models to study oligodendrocyte-mediated axonal support; Write backs and other grants awarded
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	FY2022	£255k	Dr C Wicks, Assessing NHS ImplemeNTation of an onlinE Resilience-training Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) programme to prevent job loss in MS (INTER-ACT MS)
University of Oxford	FY2022	£204k	Prof G DeLuca, Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in progressive multiple sclerosis; Other grants
University of Manchester	FY2022	£142k	Dr E Doman, Mathematical models of MS medications in the placenta
Queen Mary, University of London	FY2022	£132k	Dr A Thomson, Participatory Research into Minoritised Patient Experiences of MS; Care; Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Portsmouth	FY2022	£129k	Other grants awarded
University of Southampton	FY2022	£125k	Other grants awarded
King's College, London	FY2022	£99k	Dr J Hudson, Identifying and treating psychological distress in response to MS: Testing COMPASS-MS – a therapist supported digital treatment for anxiety and depression (distress) in MS in routine care; Write backs and other grants awarded
University of Edinburgh	FY2022	£81k	Prof S Chandran, The Edinburgh MS Centre for Translational Research; Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Nottingham	FY2022	£72k	Dr N Evangelou, Determining the Effectiveness of Early Intensive Versus Escalation approaches for the treatment of relapsing-remitting MS; Dr R Dineen, A Feasibility Trial of Neuromodulation with Connectivity-Guided Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation for Cognitive Impairment in MS; Write backs and other grants awarded
Oxford Brookes University	FY2022	£69k	Other grants awarded
National Institute for Health and Care Research	FY2022	£63k	Prof R Moss-Morris, Developing, optimising and implementing a blended digital self-management tReatmEnt for FatigUe in multiplE scLerosis (REFUEL-MS)
Versus Arthritus	FY2022	£60k	Other grants awarded
University of Birmingham	FY2022	£28k	Dr C Shannon-Lowe, Understanding how Epstein Barr virus promotes the development of Multiple Sclerosis
International Progressive MS Alliance	FY2021	£1.2m	Grant to the alliance
University of Cambridge	FY2021	£1.0m	Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair Renewal
University College London (UCL)	FY2021	£1.0m	Efficient clinical trials programme
University College London (UCL)	FY2021	£136k	MS-STAT2 MRI
University of Cambridge	FY2021	£136k	A phase Iia trial of the ability of the combination of metformin and clemastine to promote remyelination in people with relapsing MS
University of Cambridge	FY2021	£126k	Write back of old Myelin Repair Renewal grant
University College London (UCL)	FY2021	£126k	Assessing treatment responses using machine learning
Queen Mary, University of London	FY2021	£100k	GloBody monitoring for effective MS treatment
University College London (UCL)	FY2021	£100k	Understanding the haemodynamic consequences of neuroinflammatory oedema for therapeutic gain
University College London (UCL)	FY2021	£100k	Silent MRI for monitoring MS
University of Cambridge	FY2021	£100k	Imaging remyelination in the central nervous system
University of Edinburgh	FY2021	£100k	The Edinburgh MS Centre for Translational Research
University of Edinburgh	FY2021	£100k	Peripheral monocytes for central nervous system remyelination
Imperial College London	FY2021	£100k	The MS and Parkinson's Disease Tissue Bank grants
Imperial College London	FY2021	£100k	Optimising vascular risk calculators in people with multiple sclerosis as tools to impact disability progression
University of Oxford	FY2021	£100k	Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in progressive multiple sclerosis
University of Oxford	FY2021	£100k	The role of Nurr1 in the interplay of inflammation and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis
Association of British Neurologists	FY2021	£100k	Using MRI and serum biomarkers to understand accumulation of disability in paediatric multiple sclerosis
University of Nottingham	FY2021	£100k	Determining the Effectiveness of Early Intensive Versus Escalation approaches for the treatment of relapsing-remitting MS
University of Nottingham	FY2021	£100k	A Feasibility Trial of Neuromodulation with Connectivity-Guided Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation for Cognitive Impairment in MS
University of Nottingham	FY2021	£100k	Preventing job loss for people with MS: implementing vocational rehab in the NHS
University of Glasgow	FY2021	£100k	Novel cellular models to study oligodendrocyte-mediated axonal support
UKRI Medical Research Council	FY2021	£71k	Genomic determinants of MS susceptibility in an ethnically diverse population
Leeds General Infirmary	FY2021	£64k	MS-PROACTIVE: Preventing job loss using Acceptance & Commitment Therapy in Vocational Rehabilitation- an ext randomised pilot trial
University of Cambridge	FY2021	£56k	ROS signalling and CNS remyelination
University College London (UCL)	FY2021	£56k	Predicting progressive MS: a longitudinal clinical and MRI study
Swansea University	FY2021	£54k	UK MS Register grants

Write-backs & cancellations

5 entries totalling −£25k in this funder’s accounts are negative amounts, such as the write-back of an accrued grant or a cancelled grant. They are shown here on their own and are not netted off the grants total or counted as grants above. They are in the CSV with amount_note “write_back”.

Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Northumbria University	FY2025	−£2k	Other grants awarded
Leeds General infimary	FY2024	−£13k	Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Leeds	FY2024	−£7k	Other grants awarded and write backs
University of Exeter	FY2024	−£2k	Other grants awarded and write backs
Wellcome Trust - Medical Research Council Stem Cell Insitute, Univ of Cambridge	FY2024	−£1k	Other grants awarded and write backs

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals. Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].