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Challenging MND
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives and aims**
The aim of Challenging MND is to provide financial support to individuals living with MND, to undertake any lasting memorabie challenges or events with friends and family, and/or for the provision of equipment, contribution towards home adaptation, hardship, VR and carer support including our Nurse coordinators.
The beneficiary grants we have given can be categorised as follows:
Breakdown of Grants 1- Equipment 40% 2- Trips 24% 3- Other 13% 4- Wetroom 12% 5- Carer 6% 6- Hardship 4% 7- Toilet 1% 8- Occulus 0% 9- Funeral Contribution 0%
We aspire to create lifelong memories for people living with MND. Motor neurone disease which is a cruel progressive disease which attacks the muscles in the body preventing them from working properly, but the mind stays strong. Therefore, we want to affect the here and now of our beneficiaries' lives and ensure we add quality experiences to their life. We are not currently a research-based charity.
We also see raising awareness of motor neurone disease as a major part of our work. As of today, there is still no cure, and we see this as unacceptable. By providing awareness we hope to increase the odds of a cure being found sooner rather than later and help future generations.
We have amended/broadened our constitution to support a greater number of beneficiaries and to grow the charity beyond the local region- this has been achieved as our reach is now national.
Having listened to the MND community we have recognised those needs that are not currently being met, so in addition to granting physical activities for individuals living with MND and their family to create lifelong memories, we now provide MND Care coordinators in the North and Mid and South of Essex. These professionals are taking the burden of coordinating care from those families who are struggling with organising the 4-8 specialist appointments required for an individual living with MND. They have a single point of contact who will organise and direct/signpost care and support on a person-centred basis.
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Challenging MND
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **History of the charity**
Inspired by Alex Gibson, who was diagnosed with MND in 2018, CHALLENGING MND was created to provide financial assistance to sufferers of MND, to undertake lasting memorable challenges or events with friends and family.
With the onset of MND, and resulting deterioration of body function, the mind remains sharp and unaffected, making the importance of these memorable occasions invaluable. A fundraising rugby match was held for Alex in October 2018, but rather than benefit from the proceeds of the event, Alex wanted to create something to benefit all people living with MND.
The funds were used to kick start the charity as working capital.
The charity officially gained status in March 2019 with the UK Charities Commission.
To date, Alex's extraordinary efforts of climbing the 3 pecks and cycling the 480 miles in between in one week; walking a double marathon; pedalling the length of the Thames in world record time; lifting one million kgs in 14 hours and being instrumental in helping to create this charity, continues to inspire not only those living with motor neurone disease, but also those who watch in wonderment at such great acts of selflessness in the face of adversity.
## **Grants**
We are extremely appreciative to those organisations who have given us grants, whilst at the same time are so grateful to all those organisations and individuals who have taken their time to fundraise for us.
## Grants:
We received the following grants this financial year of £133,950 (increased from £99,000 the previous year):
Tolkien Trust 05-Oct-24 £50,000
Bruce Wake Charitable Trust Daddies Foundation Feb-25 £28,000 Colchester Catalyst 15-July -24 £10,000 Childwick Grant 07-Aug-24 £10,000 CCF Grant 30-Apr-24 £7,190 CCF Grant 30-Apr-24 £7,190 CCF Grant 30-Apr-24 £7,190 CCF Grant 30-Apr-24 £7,190 CCF Grant 30-Apr-24 £7,190
## TOTAL £133,950
## **Volunteers**
The charity has also given numerous motivational talks to schools; Rotary clubs; Health and Social care audiences and corporate companies, talking about motor neurone disease and how to deal with setbacks in life. These talks have always been received extremely well received, leading to many people wanting to volunteer for the charity.
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Challenging MND
Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Fund raising and Donantions Donations:**
We have received £197,510
Fundraising: Fundraising events this year total £58,923
Listed below are our main events for fundraising and donation generation
Tims Dinner Oct-24 £64,834 Portugal Event May-24 £61,231 Gala Ball Nov-24 £25,646.61 Charity Golf Day Apr-24 £8,789 Rowing Event Jan-25 £8,081 Rugby Event Sep-24 £6,260 LLHM Apr-24 £4,968 Lake Windermere Sep-24 £3,863 Summer Fayre Jul-24 £1,161 Sportive UK Jun-24 £820 Allegro Choir Jun-24 £803 Christmas Market Dec-24 £600
## **Achievements/Successes**
We have had our best 12 months to date with significant increases in both Beneficiary numbers, our reach across the UK and the amount raised.
-Our founder Alex Gibson Continues to astound with his challenge events and has succeeded in a World Record stationary Rowing event, swimming Lake Windermere and cycling through the Algarve in Portugal.
These events were covered on local, national TV, radio and press; giving the charity fantstic exposure and raising awareness of motor neurone disease at the same time.
## -Our MND Nurse coordinators came to post
- -A total of 400 Beneficiaries supported since the start of the charity.
The charity has also given numerous motivational talks to schools; Rotary clubs; Health and Social care audiences and corporate companies, talking about motor neurone disease and how to deal with setbacks in life. These talks have always been received extremely well received, leading to many people wanting to volunteer for the charity.
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##
##
##
##
##
##
##
##
05/01/2026
A Gibson (Jan 6, 2026 18:20:01 GMT)
##
##
##
|**Unrestricted**
**fund**
**Notes**
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
2
197,510
**Charitable activities**
5
Grants
83,950
Other trading activities
3
167,220
Investment income
4
4,381
**Total**
453,061
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
6
108,297
**Charitable activities**
7
Grants
16,777
Beneficiary Payments
285,962
GeneralExpenses
54,140
ProfessionalFees
32,108
**Total**
497,284
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
(44,223)
**RECONCILIATIONOFFUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
407,044
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
362,821|**Restricted**
**fund**
£
50,000
50,000
41,088
41,088
8,912
36,587
45,499|**31.3.25**
**31.3.24**
**Total**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
£
£
197,510
278,952
133,950
99,000
167,220
35,659
4,381
503,061
413,611
108,297
68,511
16,777
19,795
327,050
244,123
54,140
3,208
32,108
69,189
538,372
404,826
(35,311)
8,785
443,631
434,846
408,320
443,631|**31.3.25**
**31.3.24**
**Total**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
£
£
197,510
278,952
133,950
99,000
167,220
35,659
4,381
503,061
413,611
108,297
68,511
16,777
19,795
327,050
244,123
54,140
3,208
32,108
69,189
538,372
404,826
(35,311)
8,785
443,631
434,846
408,320
443,631|
|---|---|---|---|
||||443,631|
##
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**fund**
**fund**
**Notes**
£
£
**FIXEDASSETS**
Intangible assets
13
2,957
Tangibleassets
14
6,977
9,934
**CURRENTASSETS**
Stocks
15
8,529
Debtors
16
49,846
Cashat bank and in hand
319,436
45,499
377,811
45,499
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling duewithinone year
17
(24,924)
**NETCURRENTASSETS**
352,887
45,499
**TOTALASSETSLESSCURRENTLIABILITIES**
362,821
45,499
**NETASSETS**
362,821
45,499|**31.3.25**
**Total**
**funds**
£
2,957
6,977
9,934
8,529
49,846
364,935
423,310
(24,924)
398,386
408,320
408,320|**31.3.24**
**Total**
**funds**
£
1,365
5,518
6,883
15,462
(173)
431,525
446,814
(10,066)
436,748
443,631
443,631|
|---|---|---|
A Gibson (Jan 6, 2026 18:20:01 GMT)
Jason Gibson Jason Gibson (Jan 5, 2026 11:08:31 GMT)
## J Watson
J Watson (Jan 5, 2026 12:58:02 GMT) Tarzem Shoker (Jan 5, 2026 11:04:24 GMT) ~~Tarzem Shoker~~
##
|**Notes**
**Cashflows from operating activities**
Cashgenerated from operations
1
Netcash(used in)/provided by operating activities
**Cashflows from investing activities**
Purchaseofintangible fixed assets
Purchaseoftangible fixed assets
Interest received
Netcashusedin investing activities
**Changeincashandcashequivalentsinthe**
**reporting period**
**Cashandcashequivalentsatthe beginning**
**ofthe reporting period**
**Cashandcashequivalentsattheendofthe**
**reporting period**|**31.3.25**
£
(63,518)
(63,518)
(2,730)
(4,723)
4,381
(3,072)
(66,590)
431,525
364,935|**31.3.24**
£
3,135
3,135
(1,820)
(6,670)
(8,490)
(5,355)
436,880
431,525|
|---|---|---|
|**1.**|**RECONCILIATIONOFNET(EXPENDITURE}/INCOME TO**|**NETCASHFLOWFROM**|**OPERATINGACTIVITIES**|**OPERATINGACTIVITIES**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**||
||||£||£|
||**Net (expenditure}/income for the reporting period (as per the Statement**|||||
||**of Financial Activities}**||(35,311)||8,785|
||**Adjustments for:**|||||
||Depreciation charges||4,402||2,538|
||Interest received||(4,381)|||
||Decrease/{increase) in stocks||6,933||(15,462)|
||(lncrease)/decrease in debtors||(50,019)||14,240|
||lncrease/(decrease) in creditors||14,858||(6,966)|
||**Netcash(used in)/provided by operations**||(63,518)||3,135|
|**2.**|**ANALYSISOFCHANGESINNETFUNDS**|||||
|||**At 1.4.24**|**Cashflow**|**At**|**31.3.25**|
|||£|£||£|
||**Netcash**|||||
||Cashat bank and in hand|431,525|(66,590)||364,935|
|||431,525|(66,590)||364,935|
||**Total**|431,525|{66,590)||364,935|
##
##
##
##
##
##
##
##
##
##
|**2.**
**DONATIONS ANDLEGACIES**
Donations
**3.**
**OTHERTRADING ACTIVITIES**
Fundraising events
4.
**INVESTMENT INCOME**
Deposit account interest
**5.**
**INCOME FROMCHARITABLEACTIVITIES**
**Activity**
Grants
Grants
Grants received, included in the above, areasfollows:|**31.3.25**
£
197,510
**31.3.25**
£
167,220
**31.3.25**
£
4,381
**31.3.25**
£
133,950
**31.3.25**
£|**31.3.24**
£
278,952
**31.3.24**
£
35,659
**31.3.24**
£
**31.3.24**
£
99,000
**31.3.24**
£|
|---|---|---|
##
##
|Opening stock
Purchases
Trustees' expenses
Depreciation
Support costs|**31.3.25**
**31.3.24**
£
£
15,462
58,699
52,239
933
1,400
4,402
2,539
28,801
12,333
108,297
68,511|
|---|---|
##
|**Grant**
**funding of**
**activities**
**(seenote**
**8)**
£
Grants
16,777
Beneficiary Payments
327,050
General Expenses
ProfessionalFees
343,827
**GRANTSPAYABLE**
Grants
Beneficiary Payments|**Support**
**costs(see**
**note9)**
£
54,140
32,108
86,248
**31.3.25**
£
16,777
327,050
343,827|**Totals**
£
16,777
327,050
54,140
32,108|
|---|---|---|
|||430,075|
|||**31.3.24**
£
19,795
244,123|
|||263,918|
##
##
|Other trading activities
GeneralExpenses
ProfessionalFees
**Management**
£
28,800
54,140
32,108
115,048|**Finance**
£
1
1|**Totals**
£
28,801
54,140
32,108
115,049|
|---|---|---|
##
##
||**Trustees'expenses**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**|
|||£|£|
||Trustees' expenses|933|1,400|
|**11.**|**STAFFCOSTS**|||
|||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**|
|||£|£|
||Wagesand salaries|46,944||
||Other pension costs|1,009||
|||47,953||
||The average monthly numberofemployees duringtheyearwasasfollows:|||
|||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**|
||Administration|2||
##
|**Unrestricted**
**fund**
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
278,952
**Charitable activities**
Grants
10,000
Other trading activities
35,659
**Total**
324,611
**EXPENDITUREON**
Raisingfunds
68,511
**Charitable activities**
Grants
19,795
Beneficiary Payments
191,710
General Expenses
3,208
ProfessionalFees
69,189
**Total**
352,413
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
(27,802)
**RECONCILIATIONOFFUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
434,846
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
407,044|**Restricted**
**fund**
£
89,000
89,000
52,413
52,413
36,587
36,587|**Total**
**funds**
£
278,952
99,000
35,659
413,611
68,511
19,795
244,123
3,208
69,189
404,826|
|---|---|---|
|||8,785
434,846
443,631|
##
|**INTANGIBLE FIXEDASSETS**||
|---|---|
||**Computer**|
||**software**|
||£|
|**COST**||
|At 1 April 2024|1,820|
|Additions|2,730|
|At31March 2025|4,550|
|**AMORTISATION**||
|At 1 April 2024|455|
|Chargeforyear|1,138|
|At31March 2025|1,593|
|**NET BOOK VALUE**||
|At31March 2025|2,957|
|At31March 2024|1,365|
##
|**TANGIBLE FIXEDASSETS**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||**Plantand**|**Computer**||
||**machinery**|**equipment**|**Totals**|
||£|£|£|
|**COST**||||
|At 1 April 2024|12,053|932|12,985|
|Additions|4,374|349|4,723|
|At31March 2025|16,427|1,281|17,708|
|||---||
|**DEPRECIATION**||||
|At 1 April 2024|6,867|600|7,467|
|Charge for year|2,944|320|3,264|
|At31March 2025|9,811|920|10,731|
|||---||
|**NET BOOK VALUE**||||
|At31March 2025|6,616|361|6,977|
|At31March 2024|5,186|332|5,518|
|**15.**|**STOCKS**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**|
|||£|£|
||Stocks|8,529|15,462|
|**16.**|**DEBTORS:AMOUNTSFALLINGDUEWITHINONEYEAR**|||
|||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**|
|||£|£|
||Trade debtors|625|(173)|
||Prepayments|49,221||
|||49,846|(173)|
|**17.**|**CREDITORS:AMOUNTSFALLINGDUEWITHINONEYEAR**|||
|||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**|
|||£|£|
||Trade creditors|719|10,066|
||Other creditors|24,205||
|||24,924|10,066|
##
|**Net**
**movement**
**At 1.4.24**
**infunds**
£
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
407,044
{44,223)
**Restricted funds**
Grants Restricted
36,587
8,912
**TOTALFUNDS**
443,631
{35,311)|**At**
**31.3.25**
£
362,821
45,499
408,320|
|---|---|
##
||**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Movement**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**resources**|**expended**|**infunds**|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|General fund|453,061|(497,284)|(44,223)|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|Grants Restricted|50,000|(41,088)|8,912|
|**TOTALFUNDS**|503,061|(538,372)|(35,311)|
|**Comparatives formovementinfunds**||||
|||**Net**||
|||**movement**|**At**|
||**At 1.4.23**|**infunds**|**31.3.24**|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|General fund|434,846|(27,802)|407,044|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|Grants Restricted||36,587|36,587|
|**TOTALFUNDS**|434,846|8,785|443,631|
|Comparative net movement in funds, includedinthe above areasfollows:||||
||**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Movement**|
||**resources**|**expended**|**infunds**|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|General fund|324,611|{352,413)|(27,802)|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|Grants Restricted|89,000|(52,413)|36,587|
|**TOTALFUNDS**|413,611|(404,826)|8,785|
##
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Grants Restricted
**TOTAL FUNDS**|**At1.4.23**
£
434,846
434,846
**Net**
**movement**
**in funds**
£
(72,025)
45,499
{26,526)|**At**
**31.3.25**
£
362,821
45,499|
|---|---|---|
|||408,320|
|**Incoming**
**resources**
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
777,672
**Restricted funds**
Grants Restricted
139,000
**TOTAL FUNDS**
916,672|**Resources**
**Movement**
**expended**
**in funds**
£
£
{849,697)
{72,025)
{93,501)
45,499
{943,198)
{26,526)|
|---|---|
##
|Detailed StatementofFinancial Activities
fortheYearEnded31March 2025|||
|---|---|---|
||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**|
||£|£|
|**INCOMEANDENDOWMENTS**|||
|**Donations and legacies**|||
|Donations|197,510|278,952|
|**Other trading activities**|||
|Fundraising events|167,220|35,659|
|**Investment income**|||
|Deposit account interest|4,381||
|**Charitable activities**|||
|Grants|133,950|99,000|
|**Total incoming resources**|503,061|413,611|
|**EXPENDITURE**|||
|**Other trading activities**|||
|Opening stock|15,462||
|Event costs|58,699|52,239|
|Trustees' expenses|933|1,400|
|Computer software|1,138|455|
|Plant and machinery|2,944|1,851|
|Computer equipment|320|233|
||79,496|56,178|
|**Charitable activities**|||
|Grantstoinstitutions|16,777|19,795|
|Beneficiary payments|327,050|244,123|
||343,827|263,918|
|**Supportcosts**|||
|**Management**|||
|Wages|46,944||
|Pensions|1,009||
|Insurance||583|
|Postage and stationery|867|191|
|Advertising|28,800|14,517|
|ITcosts|1,903|2,305|
|Carried forward|79,523|17,596|
##
|Detailed StatementofFinancial Activities
for theYearEnded31March 2025|||
|---|---|---|
||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**|
||£|£|
|**Management**|||
|Brought forward|79,523|17,596|
|Training costs||129|
|Professional fees|32,108|66,789|
|Travel|3,417||
||115,048|84,514|
|**Finance**|||
|Bankcharges|1|216|
|Total resources expended|538,372|404,826|
|**Net (expenditure)/income**|(35,311)|8,785|
## CMND Charity Account 2024 2025(1)compressed
Final Audit Report
2026-01-06
Created: 2026-01-05 By: Emma Robertson (emma.robertson@challengingmnd.org) Status: Signed Transaction ID: CBJCHBCAABAA_ae8yTu9ZvAuUaDgOukRcjPgTdfXKZkH
## "CMND Charity Account 2024 2025(1)-compressed" History
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## Agreement completed.
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