MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION

Charity number: 1105321
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The MS International Federation is a global network of organisations. We collaborate to improve the quality of life of people affected by MS and work for: better scientific understanding and development of treatments; improved access to treatment and to trustworthy information; better policies and practices; a strong MS movement, including in countries with challenging socio-economic conditions.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£1,906,004

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Donations and legacies £1.48m
Charitable activities £384.99k
Other trading activities £0
Investments £23.25k
Other £15.03k

Total expenditure:
£2,131,503

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Raising funds £347.93k
Charitable activities £1.78m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £347.93k
Charitable expenditure £1.78m

People

19 Employee(s)

18 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 2
£70k to £80k 2
£100k to £110k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Algeria
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia And Herzegovina
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kosovo
  • Kuwait
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macedonia
  • Malta
  • Mexico
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Northern Ireland
  • Norway
  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Pakistan
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Qatar
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Scotland
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sudan
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syria
  • Taiwan
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Yemen
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 05 August 2004: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • MSIF (Working name)
Company number:
05088553 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

18 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rohan Greenland Trustee 04 April 2025
None on record
Dana Foote Trustee 10 December 2024
None on record
Jan van Amstel Trustee 10 October 2024
None on record
Rami Ayach Trustee 10 October 2024
None on record
Dr Magd Zakaria Trustee 10 October 2024
None on record
Hemant Nerurkar Trustee 10 October 2024
None on record
Jean Frederic Marie Jacques de Leusse Trustee 10 October 2024
None on record
Martinus Desmet Trustee 20 October 2021
None on record
Ava Battles Trustee 20 October 2021
None on record
Dr Pamela Valentine Trustee 18 October 2019
None on record
Andrea Sofia Prato Chichiraldi Trustee 18 October 2019
None on record
Herbert Temmes Trustee 18 October 2019
None on record
Victoria Annis Trustee 16 September 2017
None on record
Klaus Hom Trustee 15 April 2016
None on record
Ana Torredemer Trustee 05 October 2015
None on record
Dimitra Kalogianni Trustee 02 December 2013
None on record
ALAN MARTIN STEVENS Trustee 06 March 2012
None on record
Dr MARIO ALBERTO BATTAGLIA Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £1.81m £2.82m £2.28m £1.97m £1.91m
Total expenditure £2.02m £2.30m £2.16m £2.44m £2.13m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £1.47m £2.48m £1.92m £1.58m £1.48m
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £327.99k £338.88k £354.12k £367.82k £384.99k
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £4.15k £1.66k £198 £5.80k £23.25k
Income - Other £10.12k £0 £0 £22.45k £15.03k
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £18.99k £22.35k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £1.89m £2.09m £1.86m £1.96m £1.78m
Expenditure - Raising funds £135.45k £215.65k £292.07k £486.11k £347.93k
Expenditure - Governance £24.45k £13.63k £9.09k £46.26k £76.90k
Expenditure - Grants institution £435.98k £817.92k £482.60k £285.85k £164.23k
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £3.33k £2.52k £3.68k £1.21k £0
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £1.40m £2.45m £2.58m £2.00m £1.34m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £359.22k £887.32k £903.24k £786.48k £351.89k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 25 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 25 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 25 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 25 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 20 February 2023 112 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 20 February 2023 112 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 29 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 29 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 30 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 30 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 MARCH 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 3 AUGUST 2004. as amended on 11 Apr 2019 as amended on 21 Jul 2021 as amended on 10 Oct 2024

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO SUPPORT AND RELIEVE PERSONS AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND ALLIED CONDITIONS WORLDWIDE BY:- 1) PROMOTING, STIMULATING AND ENCOURAGING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WORLDWIDE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE INTO THE CAUSES OF AND CURE AND TREATMENT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND ALLIED CONDITIONS WITH THE AIM OF ELIMINATING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; 2) AIDING, SUPPORTING AND RELIEVING PERSONS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND ALLIED CONDITIONS, TO ENCOURAGE THEM IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BY IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE; PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT AND WORK AND PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF VOLUNTARY NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ORGANISATIONS OR THE FORMATION OF SUCH ORGANISATIONS; 3) EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BY, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, COLLECTING AND DISSEMINATING SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; 5) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

WORLDWIDE

Contact information

Address:
Canopi
Unit A
Arc House
82 Tanner Street
LONDON
SE1 3GN
Phone:
02076201911
Email:
No information available
Website:

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