The Multiple Sclerosis Research and Relief Fund

Analysis

The Multiple Sclerosis Research and Relief Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Morpeth. It was registered in June 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00795584). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Multiple Sclerosis Research and Relief Fund reported income of £377k and spending of £599k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £428k to £377k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 225%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Multiple Sclerosis Research and Relief Fund sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Platform for Life (£377k), May Measurement Month (£377k) and Chester FC Community Trust Limited (£376k).