Registered charity (CIO) · Stokesley
MDS UK Patient Support Group
- 8 trustees
- Income £254k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Linda Patricia HolderChair · since 2021
- Atashia Maria Winnie GonsalvesTrustee · since 2024
- Claudia RichardsTrustee · since 2017
- Kes GrantTrustee · since 2024
- Lynda Elizabeth HarrisTrustee · since 2025
- Melissa SmellieTrustee · since 2026
- Pauline Maeve MacroryTrustee · since 2024
- Russell CookTrustee · since 2015
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.mdspatientsupport.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£254k£308k
- 2024£133k£226k
- 2023£402k£204k
Earlier years
- 2022£421k£107k
- 2021£181k£156k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE, PROMOTE AND PROTECT HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME (MDS) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC 0001IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN ALL AREAS IN RELATION TO MDS.3) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO MDS, FOR THE TREATMENT OF MDS AND THE CARE OF SUFFERERS OF MDS, AND THOSE DISPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUFFERING MDS.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Linda Patricia Holder Chair since 2021
- Atashia Maria Winnie Gonsalves since 2024
- Claudia Richards since 2017
- Kes Grant since 2024
- Lynda Elizabeth Harris since 2025
- Melissa Smellie since 2026
- Pauline Maeve Macrory since 2024
- Russell Cook since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Claudia Richards since 2017
- Russell Cook since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Linda Patricia Holder Chair since 2021
- Atashia Maria Winnie Gonsalves since 2024
- Claudia Richards since 2017
- Kes Grant since 2024
- Lynda Elizabeth Harris since 2025
- Melissa Smellie since 2026
- Pauline Maeve Macrory since 2024
- Russell Cook since 2015
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1145214
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION CONVERSIONCONVERSION 05 JAN 2021 as amended on 12 Dec 2022 as amended on 12 Dec 2022 as amended on 17 Dec 2024
- Contact on the register
- 02077337558 · info@mdspatientsupport.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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