# MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1088353
- **Other names:** MS RESEARCH TRUST, MS TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 7, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1088353


## Contact

- **Address:** MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TRUST, SPIRELLA BUILDING, BRIDGE ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY
- **Postcode:** SG6 4ET
- **Phone:** 01462536007
- **Email:** info@mstrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.mstrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** The Trust’s objects are to support people with multiple sclerosis, including by:• advancing the education of persons by co-operating with the medical profession to encourage scientific research into the causes of and cure of multiple sclerosis (MS) and to aid and ameliorate the conditions of those suffering from it; and• promoting and funding research that can be expected to further the understanding of MS and lead to more effective clinical treatment to develop or test therapeutic equipment and investigate methods of social management of the disease and to publish the useful results thereof.

**Activities:** The Multiple Sclerosis Trust is a UK charity for people with MS, their friends, families and carers and for the health and social care professionals who work with them.  Our activities include the provision of information and professional education, funding for practical research and campaigning for the improvement of MS services.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | £3063846 | £2741159 | £3199220 | 35 |
| July 31, 2024 | £2426192 | £2532869 | £2876533 | 31 |
| July 31, 2023 | £2301326 | £2410857 | £2983210 | 34 |
| July 31, 2022 | £1840979 | £2488204 | £3092741 | 34 |
| July 31, 2021 | £3077057 | £1936371 | £3739966 | 29 |



## Trustees

- **Dr Caitlin Sorrell** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 16, 2015
- Ben Clacy — appointed Dec. 12, 2024
- Christine Singleton — appointed Dec. 16, 2015
- David Philpot — appointed Dec. 16, 2015
- Dr Declan Tarn Chard — appointed Dec. 6, 2018
- Joanne Hudson — appointed April 7, 2020
- Michael William Harrison Penny — appointed Dec. 6, 2018
- PROFESSOR DAWN LANGDON
- Rachel Clare Hall — appointed Dec. 6, 2018
- Rebecca Jane Law — appointed June 13, 2022
- Sally-anne Owen — appointed June 13, 2022
- Sarah Benita White — appointed April 7, 2020