Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 0

Good reserves management: +3
Multiple Deficits: -2

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 5

OVERCOMING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis promotes a program of diet and lifestyle management that has been shown to improve the health and lives of people with MS. Prof. George Jelinek, who was diagnosed with MS in 1999, developed the rigorously researched OMS Recovery Program more than 15 years ago.Overcoming MS (OMS) was established in the UK in 2012 with the goal of expanding awareness of the program.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£848	£1,007	£-159	£136	£317	£297	3.5	10	108
31/12/21	£757	£716	£42	£73	£476	£463	7.8	9	54
31/12/20	£581	£828	£-247	£73	£435	£421	6.1	6	186
31/12/19	£1,378	£1,051	£327	£105	£682	£662	7.6	9	30
31/12/18	£819	£790	£29	£26	£355	£352	5.3	7	30
31/12/17	£764	£553	£211	£46	£326	£325	7.1	5	0
31/12/16	£630	£557	£73	£58	£115	£115	2.5	5	0
31/12/15	£542	£523	£18	£55	£42	£42	1	3	0
31/12/14	£274	£250	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 16%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4

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Established: 10 years

http://www.overcomingms.org

contact@overcomingms.org

01844318778

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

10 employees
108 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-53

AHAMED DOWSHAN HUMZAH (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Independent Board Director And Strategic Adviser

SURUCHI SARAF Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Accountant

KIERAN CHRISTOPHER BAYLES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: It Consultant

OLUWASEUN ARIYIBI ILENDA Appointed: 2024, Occupation: N/A, Other trusteeship: GLOBAL GENERATION,

PAULINE HANSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Barrister

SAMANTHA MARNIE MIDDLEMISS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Fundraising

LINDA MICHELLE BLOOM Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chairman, Other trusteeship: THE BLOOM FOUNDATION,

MARC LOUIS SUGARMAN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: THE BLOOM FOUNDATION,

TONY BLOOM Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chairman, Other trusteeship: THE BLOOM FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/06/2014, number: 1157579
Registered at Companies House on 16/05/2014, number: 09044459

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis
c/o Critchleys LLP
Beaver House
23-28 Hythe Bridge Street
Oxford
OX1 2EP

Objectives

4.1 The only objects for which the Charity is established are to relieve people with multiple sclerosis and to promote public health in relation to multiple sclerosis in particular but not exclusively by:4.1.1 Providing information and advice for people with multiple sclerosis to take control of their health;4.1.2 Fostering a community of support for people with multiple sclerosis and their families;4.1.3 Promoting a holistic approach to multiple sclerosis taking account of people's psychological, physical and social needs and utilising the best available treatments;4.1.4 Promoting and undertaking research into self-help techniques for the management of multiple sclerosis insofar as these are not incompatible with advice received from people's doctor or consultant physician; 4.1.5 Supporting and promoting charities funding multiple sclerosis research; and4.1.6 Advocating with and on behalf of people with multiple sclerosis for healthcare services that enable those individuals to control and improve their health.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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