Challenging MND

Analysis

Challenging MND is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in March 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Challenging MND reported income of £503k and spending of £538k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £111k to £503k (+355%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 265%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Challenging MND sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Carole and Geoffrey Lawson Foundation (£503k), NMC Midlands Ltd (£503k) and North East Wales Mind (£503k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 39%, trading 33% and charitable activities 27%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £10k. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 20%. Reserves of £363k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.