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British Society for Rheumatology

British Society for Rheumatology is a registered charity (number 1067124) based in London, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Dr Joanna Mary Ledingham since 2021. Latest income £5.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as BSR (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £5.4m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.rheumatology.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The British Society for Rheumatology
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.4m£5.0m
  • 2024£4.8m£5.5m
  • 2023£4.8m£6.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.4m£5.3m
  • 2021£4.9m£4.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND TRAINING OF THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM;2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ARTHRITIS, MUSCULOSKELETAL AND AUTOIMMUNE RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS; AND3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH BY THE IMPROVEMENT OF STANDARDS OF CLINICAL CARE IN PAEDIATRIC, ADOLESCENT AND ADULT RHEUMATOLOGY.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

2.2y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 10Other services 3Business services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£5.4m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

27.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 33.5 in 2021

33 from 38 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1067124
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/11/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/04/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/04/2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22/04/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/04/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20/05/2015 as amended on 02 May 2018 as amended on 01 May 2019
Companies House
Company number 03470316 · Active
Contact on the register
02078420900 · bsr@rheumatology.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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