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Registered charity · Buckingham

The Myalgic Encephalopathy Association Limited

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £1.1m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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.meassociation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Myalgic Encephalopathy Association Limited
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£1.1m£865k
  • 2023£1.0m£754k
  • 2022£861k£631k
Earlier years
  • 2021£1.3m£486k
  • 2020£1.1m£493k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE A) TO OFFER RELIEF TO PERSONS OF ALL AGES WITH MYALGIC ENCEPHALOPATHY (ME) / CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (CFS) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION ANDB) TO FURTHER EDUCATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE ILLNESS AND C) TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

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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.

6y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5Disability 4Other Charitable Purposes 1

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

Other services 4Professional services 1Tech and media 1

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£1.1m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

16.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 50.0 in 2020

15 from 8 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
801279
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16TH MARCH 1989 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 15TH JUNE 1991, 14TH JULY 2001 AND 3RD SEPTEMBER 2005.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/11/2014
Companies House
Company number 02361986 · Active
Contact on the register
01280818963 · vicky.smith@meassociation.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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