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Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a registered charity (number 205395) based in London, governed by 15 trustees. Latest income £7.9m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, Muscular Dystrophy UK (Charity Commission)

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £7.9m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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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.musculardystrophyuk.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.9m£10m
  • 2024£9.5m£8.0m
  • 2023£8.2m£6.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£6.7m£5.6m
  • 2021£5.5m£3.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

41 grants · £2,438,231 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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.

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
205395
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 00705357 · Active
Contact on the register
02078034800 · info@musculardystrophyuk.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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