Registered charity · Morpeth
The Multiple Sclerosis Research and Relief Fund
- 6 trustees
- Income £377k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, South Tyneside, Durham and more
- Website
- www.msrrf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Multiple Sclerosis Research and Relief Fund
- Registered
- 1969
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£377k£599k
- 2024£595k£597k
- 2023£1.0m£585k
Earlier years
- 2022£309k£438k
- 2021£428k£290k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS FOUNDED ARE:-(A) THE RELIEF FO PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND AIDS, ADVICE AND COUNSELLING IN RESPECT OF THE RELIEF OF THEIR CONDITION;(B) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND RELIEF OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BY THE MAKING OF GRANTS TO SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS ARE ENGAGED IN SUCH RESEARCH;(C) THE PURSUIT OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND THEIR CARERS
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Paul Dennis Atkinson Chair
- Barbara Ellis since 2012
- Kevin Carr since 2011
- Margaret Sharp
- Nicola Young since 2023
- Peter Dawson since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Barbara Ellis since 2012
- Kevin Carr since 2011
- Peter Dawson since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Paul Dennis Atkinson Chair
- Barbara Ellis since 2012
- Kevin Carr since 2011
- Nicola Young since 2023
- Peter Dawson since 2016
Portfolio (1)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 228634
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 11TH MARCH 1964 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 APRIL 1999, 27 MARCH 2003 AND 01 MARCH 2005 AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10 JUNE 1999
- Companies House
- Company number 00795584 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01670505829 · info@msrrf.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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