Common questions about Multiple Sclerosis Society's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Multiple Sclerosis Society a good charity? +
Multiple Sclerosis Society scores 76 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 70% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Multiple Sclerosis Society a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Multiple Sclerosis Society as a registered charity (charity number 1139257). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1139257&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Multiple Sclerosis Society's charity number? +
Multiple Sclerosis Society's charity number is 1139257. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Multiple Sclerosis Society's charity rating? +
Multiple Sclerosis Society scores 76 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Multiple Sclerosis Society have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Multiple Sclerosis Society. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: high fundraising costs). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Multiple Sclerosis Society? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 70% of Multiple Sclerosis Society's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Multiple Sclerosis Society's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 30% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 32% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Multiple Sclerosis Society. Multiple Sclerosis Society's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 22 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Multiple Sclerosis Society receive? +
Multiple Sclerosis Society reported £30m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Multiple Sclerosis Society's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-28). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Multiple Sclerosis Society based? +
Multiple Sclerosis Society's registered contact address is in London (N4 3FU). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Isle of Man, with a focus on disability.
How much is Multiple Sclerosis Society's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Multiple Sclerosis Society's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 22 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Multiple Sclerosis Society's money come from? +
Multiple Sclerosis Society reported £30m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were donations and legacies £26m (86%), trading and fundraising events £1.8m (6%), other income £1.1m (4%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £14m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Multiple Sclerosis Society? +
The register records Multiple Sclerosis Society as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Multiple Sclerosis Society's trustees paid? +
Multiple Sclerosis Society's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Multiple Sclerosis Society registered as a charity? +
Multiple Sclerosis Society was entered on the register on 2 December 2010. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 07451571).
How does CharityCompare score Multiple Sclerosis Society? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Multiple Sclerosis Society's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Multiple Sclerosis Society's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.