Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 7

SAMSON CENTRE FOR MS

(Previously charity 1040956) we are a small charity providing practical and emotional support to people with Multiple Sclerosis and their carers who are living in Surrey, West Sussex, S London and Hampshire

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23	£389	£372	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/22	£487	£328	£159	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21	£295	£292	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/20	£366	£250	£116	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19	£290	£580	£-291	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18	£447	£633	£-185	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/17	£300	£266	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/16	£507	£261	£247	£42	£450	£60	2.8	4	0
31/08/15	£116	£86	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.samsoncentre.org.uk

info@samsoncentre.org.uk

01483459120

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Hampshire, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, West Sussex,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£18,250
Community Foundation for Surrey	£14,000
Sport England	£9,990

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Living with Multiple Sclerosis and benefiting from interactive physiotherapy
£9,450	25/02/2022	The funding will be used to continue delivering a remote online physiotherapy service to enable people living with Multiple Sclerosis to remain as active as possible. The project aims to improve physiological health ensuring muscle movement and ....more The funding will be used to continue delivering a remote online physiotherapy service to enable people living with Multiple Sclerosis to remain as active as possible. The project aims to improve physiological health ensuring muscle movement and combating atrophy and combat mental health issues a result of social isolation.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Adapting Neuro Physiotherapy to support people living with Multiple Sclerosis
£4,500	02/02/2022 2	Funding towards the salary costs of a physiotherapy department for a charity, based in Guildford, that supports those suffering with Multiple Sclerosis.
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£9,990	21/01/2022	Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	15/10/2021	Securing Physiotherapy Services for people with Multiple Sclerosis
Community Foundation for Surrey - Oxygen Therapy for People Living With Multiple Sclerosis
£4,500	04/11/2020 5	Six months salary for Coordinator to reopen and manage the Oxygen Therapy Unit at the Samson Centre for MS.
National Lottery Community Fund - Emergency Services to support those living with Multiple Sclerosis
£8,800	22/05/2020 4	The funding will be used to deliver online physiotherapy sessions for people living with the effects of Multiple Sclerosis. The project aims to maintain physical fitness and support mental well-being.
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - People with Disabilities
£5,000	29/04/2020	Online physiotherapy for sufferers of MS, during the Coronavirus pandemic
National Lottery Community Fund - Brabury Annexe -
£6,500	15/08/2019 12	Brabury Annexe -
Community Foundation for Surrey - Bradbury Annexe - Education, Arts & Crafts Programme
£3,000	31/05/2019 11	Education, Arts & Crafts Programme for people with Multiple Sclerosis.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£70,000	21/11/2017	Making Samson Stronger

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID GRANVILLE KITCHING Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Sales Manager

DUNCAN RICHARD ADAM HOWE Appointed: 2023

GAVIN ANTHONY CROCKER (Chair) Appointed: 2021

HILARY JANE BIRKINSHAW Appointed: 2014

JOHN NORMAN HAMBLY OBE Appointed: 2014

LIZ DARKE Appointed: 2014

TIMOTHY LODGE Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/07/2014, number: 1157827

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

24/04/2017 - Asset transfer in from MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY GROUP (GUILDFORD)
24/04/2017 - Asset transfer in from MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY GROUP (GUILDFORD)

Policies in force

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Guildford Waterside Centre
Riverside
GUILDFORD
Surrey
GU1 1LW

Objectives

The objects of the CIO areTo relieve the needs of persons living with Multiple Sclerosis for the public benefit, in particular but not exclusively through:a) the establishment and operation of a therapy centre providing therapies including physiotherapy and oxygen treatment;b) providing advice to persons caring for or nursing persons living with MSc) advancing public education in Multiple SclerosisAdditionally, to the extent that the charity trustees consider that the Samson Centre for MS has spare capacity, to provide oxygen therapy to persons suffering from other illnesses and/or injuries.

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