Registered charity · Bath
Royal Osteoporosis Society
to improve the health and wellbeing of people living with, or at risk of, osteoporosis;to undertake research into bone health and disseminate the results of such research;to educate the wider public on bone health and how to maintain it.
- 11 trustees
- Income £6.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Neil GittoesChair · since 2015
- Dame Barbara Mary FrostTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Gurjit BhogalTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Nicola Frances Anne PeelTrustee · since 2019
- Ian Stuart CooperTrustee · since 2022
- James Duncan Hammond AbbottTrustee · since 2023
- Judith Ann LyonsTrustee · since 2022
- Paul HerbertTrustee · since 2022
- Richard DarchTrustee · since 2019
- Sherwin Criseno-SallyTrustee · since 2026
- Teresa HicksTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey and more
- Website
- www.theros.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Royal Osteoporosis Society
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6.6m£5.8m
- 2024£5.3m£5.8m
- 2023£4.8m£5.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.7m£4.8m
- 2021£4.3m£3.9m
Charitable objects
to improve the health and wellbeing of people living with, or at risk of, osteoporosis;to undertake research into bone health and disseminate the results of such research;to educate the wider public on bone health and how to maintain it.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Professor Neil Gittoes Chair since 2015
- Dame Barbara Mary Frost since 2023
- Dr Gurjit Bhogal since 2023
- Dr Nicola Frances Anne Peel since 2019
- Ian Stuart Cooper since 2022
- James Duncan Hammond Abbott since 2023
- Judith Ann Lyons since 2022
- Paul Herbert since 2022
- Richard Darch since 2019
- Sherwin Criseno-Sally since 2026
- Teresa Hicks since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor Neil Gittoes Chair since 2015
- Dr Nicola Frances Anne Peel since 2019
- Richard Darch since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Professor Neil Gittoes Chair since 2015
- Dame Barbara Mary Frost since 2023
- Dr Gurjit Bhogal since 2023
- Dr Nicola Frances Anne Peel since 2019
- Ian Stuart Cooper since 2022
- James Duncan Hammond Abbott since 2023
- Judith Ann Lyons since 2022
- Paul Herbert since 2022
- Richard Darch since 2019
- Sherwin Criseno-Sally since 2026
- Teresa Hicks since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
10.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1102712
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 DECEMBER 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 5 JULY 2008 AS AMENDED ON 16 JUL 2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 14 JAN 2019 as amended on 06 Mar 2019 as amended on 21 Jun 2023 as amended on 29 Nov 2023 as amended on 25 Jul 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 04995013 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01761471771 · boardsecretary@theros.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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