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Registered charity · Colchester

Multiple Sclerosis-UK Limited

Multiple Sclerosis-UK Limited is a registered charity (number 1033731) based in Colchester, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £1.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Msrc, New Pathways, MS-UK (Charity Commission)

1)The relief of people affected by multiple sclerosis and other similar conditions. 2) To promote and protect the physical and mental health of those affected by multiple sclerosis through the provision of information, support, engagement and...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £1.6m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.ms-uk.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Multiple Sclerosis-UK Limited
Registered
1994

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.6m£1.1m
  • 2024£969k£1.0m
  • 2023£707k£941k
Earlier years
  • 2022£758k£1.0m
  • 2021£937k£869k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1)The relief of people affected by multiple sclerosis and other similar conditions. 2) To promote and protect the physical and mental health of those affected by multiple sclerosis through the provision of information, support, engagement and awareness, including the provision of recreational activities. 3) The advancement of education of those affected by multiple sclerosis in any treatment, therapy or subject relating to multiple sclerosis, including the promotion of research.

Grants received

8 grants · £803,021 total

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Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5.3y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 8Education/training 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 8Arts and leisure 4Other services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£969k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 5.3 in 2020

19 from 22 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1033731
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/08/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/01/1994AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21/12/2012 as amended on 18 Sep 2019 as amended on 23 Aug 2019
Companies House
Company number 02842023 · Active
Contact on the register
01206226500 · info@ms-uk.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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