The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

British Society for Rheumatology

Registered charity 1067124 Registered since 1997

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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
7.9y
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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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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.rheumatology.org.uk
Emailbsr@rheumatology.org.uk
Phone02078420900
AddressBRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY, 18-20 BRIDE LANE, LONDON, EC4Y 8EE

Finances

£5,398,515 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,895,597£4,132,925
2022£5,435,467£5,327,818
2023£4,835,362£6,066,399
2024£4,840,317£5,467,181
2025£5,398,515£5,033,231

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

People With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

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.

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

Trustees (11)

11trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The British Society for Rheumatology · 03470316 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 24/11/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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