Charlty Nome: Hered1* Spasti¢ Paraple9la Sypwt Group
Re9lstered Charlty No: 1181539
18 Lodmcor Avenue, Weymouth. DT3 SAF
Heredm sP￿F¥ry
SuwtGrw
Trustees:
Mlke Cain, Dave Harts, Adam Lawreno,
EsLelle Marshall, John Mo59n, Mlte5h Patel,
Pdyiie. Midwel PiJytIe,
knn Vasquez Ruli
Trustees, Repo￿ Year Endlng 30th Aprll 2025
IA
The ¢harfty Is govtrnell and admlnlstÈrad by a commlttee cl9 vdurteer tr[￿e¢s. The trustees consider that
all actlons taken the year were In acconIar￿ wrth the consb"tutlon. The trustees meet several times
y••r or corr•spoThJ by •m•ll to discuss thé aetiwties of th@ grryjp m¥JkLA t4*rl#long on
actlvltles Jrrfl expenditur•. Flv• m•etirAJs durlng th• y￿r w•r• all h•kJ ty Zoom.
Durlng tre year three rth people arxl one frrnier trustee v{4Unteer￿ to becomes trustees. The trustees
agreed they should be apptyrted, ar￿ they we stsndln9 fty elects.on at the AGM. Shanake Amaraslnghe
rytcod down 4) tre05urer and John Mason was re-oppobnted treasurer. h•vlrg ￿ off¢red hls suYlcc¥. Thr
drrlvdl vf tru>lY¥> lid> dlluwt%b Llie Iroi￿re¥ (rf Seo-etary and Treasurer rde3, wlth much of the
year spent In tran5itlon for a smty)th ha￿11?￿er (rf wsUJllltle5. Forn￿1 hJThlo¥er af rdes wlll ocoJr at the
2025 AGM. subject to member voting.
Th• orrAip'¢ rn1￿￿n stxt•m•nt 1$.. wlth H•v•dltsry Sp••lle P•v•pl•pl• {HSP), thdr f•mlll•#
and e•v•rn arn •t th• h••rt of •wrythlng w• do.
Our Inlornutityj and S￿￿L￿t helps in¥Jmve th• of IM• tho¢• hy H.fP.
Otsr lrtendly support communlty he*s wlt*¥ sharln¢ Ide•s and redudno feeliffjs d lsolatlon.
We support rns•4rth Into HSP. Includlnq dev*ilng treatments and Imwovlnq Lwderstandlw.
The mlvvlon
tatoment artlcul•tes how the Gr￿P fulfik Its th￿r￿•ble obJeLts whlth Jre ¢oncerned wlth
promotlng aTrJ protecting phyJv ol Jrrtl mental health, and advanclng edu¢4tion.
The Gr￿P Pr￿￿e5 a frlendly SLPWtfve communlty wlth varl¢yJs ways for memljers to keep up.tO-d4te
mMunI￿te wlth each cther:
An Annual General MeetlThJ repwts the athltles d the grrxip.
Presentatlons after the AGM from HSP ¥ed•llsts and relevart Indfvkluals help pwple eW¢ye topl(s
rdevjnt to HSP.
Reglonal meetlnqs are regularly hdd arou￿1 the counlry and on-llne almlnq to encour•Je
conver5arion arK1 rn)U￿ feellThJ5 of IS￿atrOn
A Nelysieuer Is puDiisn& 2-3 rimes a year
A website and seaal media channds provide recortlln9s cl +xllne events, ￿levant InformJtj￿ arnl
allow discusslons on apprffj+Mate tepics
The group Is InV￿ve￿ wlth ￿le¥Oftt umlxella wjanlsatlors to he￿ wmte HSP
The Group p￿deS varlws Ways to 9JPPtrt members and to promote rewrth knto HSP..
Supffilve commLmlty 9rèrts are avallable to member5 to help wlth the purthase of moblllty alds
other 8Julpment
Grnnts are avallable to SUPWt acuvltles Drojects re5eJrthlrvJ aspects of HSP
IA
The group ha* worked on Its publlc benellts ￿th the pwposes ¢1 rcdudng Isdjtlon and keeplng people
Informed •nd Invofved:
The 2024 AGM was held vfjrtually. vla the Zo>n platfc¢m.
Pre5entatlorts fdlorfng the AGM were held vlrbJally ovtt summer of 2024.
RKordlngs of the AGM and present•Uons *ve po*ul to y￿Ttsbe thannel ￿ that members or
Uie publlc (an vle* Lhem él I￿¥ Ilme.
ArtJurKI 20 twEeUng5 were hekj dutlwwJ year, Zuryn and ta￿ ro face
M•mb•rnhlp
Mlte5h P
Dave Ilard5
)0￿ Ma¥on

Trustees. Report, Year Endlng 3￿ APMI 2025
l ed￿on of the new51etter was produ(wJ {June 24}, ¥￿h thanks to lan Bennett for h15 excellent ￿￿k
on this slnc• 2008. Flp LA• bKam• (￿ltOr kn 2025. wlth her ediyon publish•d aft•r thè end
th¢& financi31 yejr.
omijp io fiJndlThJ a book about HSP bÈhg vnlit@n h¥ Flp wtth or*￿t frcffj Fsto11• Marghall.
The bc¢Jk should be avallaue durtno the summer cé 2025, and we wlll urlate m8Jnbers C￿ prcYJre5S.
Sodal medla qrovps fty those wlth HSP and thefjr carers were $uFwtal.
Money Is rnlsed from subsulpt1￿ Jrrfl fuThl-ralslThJ acUvlt*s undutskw by mernbers and frIpJKls. Ten {10)
members Successfully appl1￿ for membergrants. gWeral￿ wlth the alm d purchoslng moblllty alds. In total
£6,421 was approved forthem. Che membersucceS￿UlY 4Jplkd for fiJndlThJ to%Yards a hollday wlth Calvert
Trust.
The oeneral ￿e1 aNI pattem of membership Is slmllar to prevlous years. Whll# many Deople are members
for the longer tem. thve are always new members ￿nINj and (ther members leavlng. We contlnue to
trnck rea$￿S lor lea￿￿9 to ensure we're respondlng to member needs as much as posslble wbthln our
Researth
The group has prov*Jed some furxllrvj for a projert r￿ by Ew(*ISP Into treatment optkffjs for SFry. Thé
fyoup has cofflpleted Its ￿r￿1￿j for ￿earth at Exeter Unive￿[ty. The pwltyjsly agreal research project
t Sheffleld has not proJressèJ as pbann•Y, a￿1 ￿ are dlscussln9 the next steps. There have been no oth
ppllcatlons for wrch fundlng.
Income: É61.045.37 (last vw E 31.138.23)
Expendlture: £23,490.16 (last year £ 38,973.031
There was a surplus of É 37,555.24 fty the year (last year a defidt rf É 7,784.80). Durlng the y&ir the
Group recelN*d an Intthm donatlon from the estste of hy Ralnw, who dKryJ lfi 2020.
At the end of the financlal year {3014120251 the Gr￿P has net assets IA £155,105.87 hek1 entyrejy *) tts
bank acrounls. These assets ￿re he￿ In reserve to mett member benefrts, research fur￿lTra, running c￿$
nd contin9enoes In fuwre years.
Mcnies rals&1 ft>r re5earth We￿ ass49￿ to a restrtcted •¢C¢￿nt whlth w45 u*J as ￿rt payment for
research grants In the year whkh tctsll•J £10,759.90.
The Trustees conslder thgt the Grouplg Ionandolly TheTrustets conJder a rV￿rV¢ rf4r¢Jund £15,000
should be he￿ to meet convngendes and there art Élgnitkant funds b•yond thls figure.
The acctyJnts have b￿￿ pr•p•red In *cc¢xdano *4th the awrity CommlssW*rs guide11￿ and ¥¥lth ward
to 9uldelln•s on puUl¢ ten•fit.
Adam L•wr•rK•
th¥lr
Date: 15 June 2025
Reg*ertd C]wrlty 140. 11815))
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HSP Support Group
Charty No
ComL'3ll" No
1181539
Annual accounts for the
0110612024
dato 3W12025
Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income
and expenditure account)
fund•
Totslfvnd•
lrtom• (Not• J)
FOI
F02
F04
FOS
15,210.
16 324.76
55.395
61,045
31 594.82
Exp•ndluv• IN•t•• 11
234
1,198
23.321
1.198
23.490
3,134
33.102
169
N•t In¢on*ll•xp•ndknl brfow• lax f
th• rnportlng p•rfod
613
32.074
5,481
37,555
N•t 1nc¢JThll•Ap￿d1tU1•} •ft•rtsx b•fw•
Imi••tnxnt galnillloM••l
$1S
32,Q74
5.481
37,555
1,507
¥1¥
N•t Incom￿1•xp*)dI1￿•j
Exhonllmry Item•
817
81
32.074
5,481
37,5
1,507
(*h•r v•eognl••d galn•lVo•M•l:
117.551
155 1c6
149.625
117551

Sectioii B
Balance slieet
Flx•d assets
ITJ
C•th•t b•kand
15fj,708
117,$50
If7,SSQ
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Fund* ofth• ¢h*rfty
1$5.Ir
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5.411
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Notes to tl)e accouiils
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Notes lo the iiccounts
Note 20
Cr•dltors and accn
1 AMI>*￿ alcredxo
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mme thin on¢ year
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Tr•d• ¢vedlt*)fA
orp•rfornwnc•4el•t•d grants
Awud• and d•lerr•d
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Sectioii C
Notes to t￿le accouiits
Nol• 21 Provlslon• for Ilabllftles and Ch￿
Thts ￿lf
L4•1 y
Am¢>urrt• •dd•d In pwl
kniounts charued aga1n￿ thè prowlxlon In th&
Unu•ed am¢xwrt• rvrtr•¢d dwlng the perfod
112 Pl••M
. • Iwlrf descrtwlw rf •ny on m•
balanc• •h••t and th• •xp•thd •mwrt •d
mlng of ru￿1n9 Pl￿nents.
. In Indlc•tl¢Jn of the unc•rtalnlle•
am¢)unt ortlmlng <rftho•• oudlow•: and
. th• imowtt ol •ny •xp•ct•d r•lrtiur•wn
adng the amount of my •••¢t ha• be•n
21.3 For anyftmdlng Conm￿ l• n(
ognljed i• • lI￿lIty or pvo¥l•lon. wovldtr
ol c¢)rnmllm•nl mid•, th• tlm•fr•me
eondhl•n• ind d•tsh rfhwth•
¢omnth•nt ¥AII ￿ funded l*4th for
capltal expondliure ••parntety Id•ntlned
d¢8lgna¢•d lo • lund pl••
dl•cl¢M th¢ n•turn of wnount•
drAlgnthd and th• Ilk*lytknlng olth•l
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PD¥nh>n orwornMnc•.
for •x4mph. th• i•mi% Ind condltlons ol
lo•ns wth• us• alli•dglr4 to mana1•
212 Wth• ch•rtiy hu wa¥ld•d IIMn¢l•l
amount otlh• Ilnan£lal aiJ•ts pl*dyd a•
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Mrt• 24 C••h al bank Ind In h•nd
Th1• >w
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•h •1 bank and hffid
£158.7(&00
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L••t
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th• •v•nt or • stsl•mwrt th•1 such An
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Note5 to tho accounts
Not• 27
arltyfvnd41¢0rt)
27.3 Trwwftts batw••n ftmds
Thls
Amount
for *• corN•r¥lon
5trfded fvnds
endrthTr•rt •nd
r•slrlLl•d ft¢nd¥
ekn¥e•n endowmènt •nd
r•strld•d fvnds
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8•h¥••n unrestrhJ•d •nd
r¢std4ed fvnds
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ar￿1$10 members for mot•y •th: nM161t•r. •d￿￿￿kiN￿On
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Seciion C
Notes to the accounts
Icontl
Not• 29
Addhlonal Olsclosurn
Th• followlng •r• ￿9nNIc￿nI m•tt¢r• whlch •r• nol ¢ov•r•d In oth•r notu Ind n••d to b• Indud•d to
p￿vId• • prop•r uThd•rst*ndlng of th• •¢¢￿￿1. Ifth•v• l• Insufflcl•nt vot¥n h•v•. pl•au add
*•paral• th••L
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2&1 Tvu•l•• Y•y￿h*￿* •nd b•nrf
Thb• y•*r
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TOTAL
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(HARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES I
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
8fjGllon A
Independent Examin¢r's Report
Report to the trustws
| HEREDtrARY SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA SUPPORT GROUP
30 Awil 2025
On accounts for thè year
•nded
Ch•rlty no 1181539
lil any)
Set out on pag
I report lo the trustees on my examination of the ac*>)unts of the above
thanty {Ihe Trust") for Ihe year ended 3(k101125
Responsibllltles and
basis of report
As Ihe chanty's tnjstees. you are respon*ble for the preparation of the
accounls in accordance the requirements of the Charities Acl 2011
llhe Al￿1.
I rewrt In resped of rby exa￿￿n•t￿ of the Tw8t'$ accounts Carri￿ out
under 8ecaion 145 of the 2011 Act and in Carrying out my examination. I
have follcmed all the ap￿￿ble Directions gNen by the Charity Commi8si¢Jn
under 8edion 145(51{b) of the Act.
Independent I have Ix)mpleted my examInal￿n. I c•nfimi that no materKg1 matters h￿e
oxamln?e• 8tatem•nt comè lo my attent￿n in o)nnection with the exaM￿allOn whlch gives Me
Cause to believe that in. any material resped:
the accounting records were not kept in xcnrdance Wbth 8aCtion 130
ol the Charrties Acl.. Of
the accounts dKJ acrnrd wrth the xctyjrting fecords., or
the accounts not compty wilh the applicabk requirements
¢onceming the lomi and conlenl of aecounts set out in the Charities
IAc£ounls and Rewrt$l ReguL71ions 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts gNe a Iwe and fair, which is not a matter
nsidered as part of an irmlependent examination.
I have no cor￿emS and have com across no other matters Mi connection
with the examination lo whith attention Should be drawn in this report in
order lo enable 8 proper understanding of the aco)unts lo be reached.
' Pl88se delete Ihe the brack*s rflhey(*) not appty.
20 June 2025
Slgned:
N•m•:
Christopher Ha
Relevant prol•••loMI
qualifi¢atlon(81 or body
(If any):
Addr•8•:
S6 Fl¢rbort Ro•J, Rali?1￿￿￿,
Gllllngham. Keni MEB 9DA
IER
Oct 2018