Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 4

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -2
Multiple Deficits: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

KENT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE LIMITED

To provide a range of therapies, advice and moral and practical support for persons suffering from Multiple Sclerosis.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £1,457,264 available, equivalent to 25 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 35 years

www.kentmstc.org

info@kentmstc.org

07860359168

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£613	£701	£-88	£0	£1,492	£1,457	25	18	33
31/12/21		£471	£586	£-115	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/12/20		£517	£521	£-4	£0	£1,696	£1,643	37.8	16	23
31/12/19		£617	£599	£18	£0	£1,700	£1,691	33.9	15	70
31/12/18		£533	£569	£-36	£26	£1,682	£1,673	35.3	11	70
31/12/17		£499	£533	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£494	£494	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£384	£413	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£347	£215	£133	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£1,095	£157	£938	£37	£1,678	£172	13.2	3	0
31/12/12		£496	£116	£380	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	*	£159	£100	£59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	*	£138	£94	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	*	£156	£104	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£145	£136	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£171	£115	£55	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£108	£117	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£84	£68	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£83	£57	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 25 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 11.7

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Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

18 employees
33 volunteers

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

DCMS	£23,000
Henry Smith Charity	£22,500
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£3,000
CAF	£2,250

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kent MS Therapy Centre
£10,000	22/09/2022 24	towards two years' running costs of a project providing specialist physiotherapy and physical activity/exercise-based services for people with MS and other health conditions in Kent.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Kent Multpile Sclerosis Therapy Centre - 11/02/22
£1,750	22/02/2022	Core Funding
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kent MS Therapy Centre
£996	23/10/2021	We wish to deliver high-dose oxygen therapy at our Canterbury centre to 360 people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other long-term health conditions from across Kent.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kent MS Therapy Centre
£5,000	18/03/2021	towards one year's running costs of a project providing High Dose Oxygen Therapy for people with Multiple Sclerosis in Kent.
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£500	02/02/2021	Towards the general running costs of Kent Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - The Kent Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre - 18/12/20
£1,250	13/01/2021	Specialist MS Counselling Service
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£13,000	14/08/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	15/06/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
CAF - Grant to Kent MS Therapy Centre
£2,250	16/04/2020	Grant to Kent MS Therapy Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kent MS Therapy Centre
£7,500	31/08/2019 12	towards one year's running costs of a project providing high dose oxygen therapy for people with Multiple Sclerosis from Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Hydrotherapy for people with MS
£10,000	14/06/2018 12	The project will provide hydrotherapy sessions for people suffering from Multiple Sclerosis to help them remain mobile, improve pain, mobility, balance, posture, walking, strengthen muscles and ....more The project will provide hydrotherapy sessions for people suffering from Multiple Sclerosis to help them remain mobile, improve pain, mobility, balance, posture, walking, strengthen muscles and reduce swelling/fatigue.
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000	07/03/2018	Provides massage, exercise, therapies, counselling and social activities for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their carers and families.
National Lottery Community Fund - Saturday opening - pilot project
£10,000	24/08/2016 12	The organisation will run a pilot scheme which includes opening their services for additional hours on a Saturday. This will mean that local people with MS will have access to flexible and additional ....more The organisation will run a pilot scheme which includes opening their services for additional hours on a Saturday. This will mean that local people with MS will have access to flexible and additional services and support at weekends.
National Lottery Community Fund - Physiotherapist for the hydrotherapy pool - pilot project
£10,000	19/08/2014 12	Not Available

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-78

ADAM JAMES CLEUR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Manager In Hr

INGRID NEITSCH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

IQBAL SINGH PADDA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

JAMES TARQUIN LIMMER (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

JILL TOMKINS Appointed: 2020

LEE MARION LOUISE ELLIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Police Officer

PATRICK JOHN CONNOLLY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/04/1989, number: 801382
Registered at Companies House on 26/01/1989, number: 02339750

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR11: 6 days late, AR10: 126 days late, AR09: 1 days late,

Main office

Kent M S Therapy Centre
Bradbury House
Merton Lane North
Canterbury
CT4 7DZ

Objectives

(1) TO AID AND IMPROVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (AS DEFINED IN THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF THE COMPANY) 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:

MAIDSTONE, WHITSTABLE, NEW ROMNEY AND MARGATE

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