The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Registered charity 205395 Registered since 1962

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (1)

15
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 15Education/training 15The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 15

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 18Finance 4Other services 3

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7.9m latest income
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.

4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 16.0 in 2021

73 from 59 in 2021
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.musculardystrophyuk.org
Emailinfo@musculardystrophyuk.org
Phone02078034800
Address32 Ufford Street, LONDON, SE1 8QD

Finances

£7,912,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,544,000£3,574,000
2022£6,669,000£5,609,000
2023£8,221,000£6,856,000
2024£9,508,000£8,042,000
2025£7,912,000£10,091,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND ALLIED NEUROMUSCULAR CONDITIONS; TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF CARE AND TREATMENT AND OTHER RELIEF TO THOSE AFFECTED BY MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND ALLIED NEUROMUSCULAR CONDITIONS; TO ASSIST THOSE WHO CARE FOR PERSONS AFFECTED BY MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND ALLIED NEUROMUSCULAR CONDITIONS; TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO PERSONS AFFECTED BY MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND ALLIED NEURO MUSCULAR CONDITIONS; TO RAISE THE AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC ON ANY MATTERS RELATING TO THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 10 OCT 1961 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS OF 6 APR 1963, 12 APR 1980, 28 MAR 1981, 28 MAR 1981, 27 MAR 1982, 14 NOV 1989, 6 MAY 1995, 8 MAR 2003, 15 SEPTEMBER 2007 AND 24 OCTOBER 2007

Trustees (15)

15trustees
57median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · 00705357 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 10/10/1961

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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