Overall GiG Score: 4 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

MERCIA MS THERAPY CENTRE LTD 

It provides a variety of therapies for people with multiple sclerosis & other ailments, children with Autism and cerebral palsy, all within the centre for the people of Coventry & surrounding areas.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Established: 35 years

www.merciamstherapy.org.uk

info@merciamstherapy.org.uk

02476611088

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
31/03/23?*£154£159£-6n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/21£115£105£10n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/20£101£114£-13n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/12/19£139£148£-8n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/18£174£140£34£0£0£0n/a015
31/12/17£128£147£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£159£174£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£195£154£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£158£153£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£146£141£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12*£147£142£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£136£148£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£114£167£-53£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£196£159£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£190£151£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£141£147£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£167£138£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£124£134£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£146£140£6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
Who works here?
  • 5 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£6,000
CAF£3,000
Heart Of England Community Foundation£650
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Yoga for people with multiple sclerosis
£650 17/06/2021
To fund yoga classes for members.
CAF - Grant to Mercia MS Therapy Centre
£3,000 02/06/2020
3
Grant to Mercia MS Therapy Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Outreach
£6,000 07/05/2020
4
The funding will be used to provide online and telephone advice support and therapies for people living with multiple sclerosis cancer and other long-term conditions. This will enable those at risk ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Mercia MS Therapy Centre
£10,000 30/06/2016
refurbishment of internal building for a charity which works with disabled people in Coventry

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 45-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/05/1989, number: 701561
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/03/1989, number: 02366441
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR23: 8 days late, AR12: 34 days late,
Main office

Mrs Mary McDermott
8 MACEFIELD CLOSE
ALDERMANS GREEN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
COVENTRY
CV2 2PJ

Objectives

(1) TO AID AND IMPROVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THE CONDITION OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BY ANY LAWFUL MEANS. (2) TO ASSIST ARMS (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH) LIMITED IN PROMOTING (WHETHER OR NOT WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT) ALL OR ANY OF ITS OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF WARWICKSHIRE AND CITY OF COVENTRY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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