Multiple Sclerosis Trust

Analysis

Multiple Sclerosis Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Letchworth Garden City. It was registered in September 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04247766). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Multiple Sclerosis Trust reported income of £3.1m and spending of £2.7m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £3.1m to £3.1m (-0.4%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Multiple Sclerosis Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Over the Wall Camp (£3.1m), Teshuvoh Tefilloh Tzedokoh (£3.1m) and European Society of Endocrinology (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 52%, charitable activities 11%, investments 4.2% and trading 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £311k. Charitable activities took 69% of spending and raising funds 28%. Reserves of £3.2m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.