The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society

Registered charity 1134859 Registered since 2010

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

9 trustees on the board

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

9
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 9General Charitable Purposes 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Health and social care 13Business services 2Arts and leisure 1

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£1.7m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

7.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 16.3 in 2021

34 from 24 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.nras.org.uk
Emailenquiries@nras.org.uk
Phone01628823524
AddressNational Rheumatoid Arthritis Society, Suite 3, Beechwood, Grove Business Park, Waltham Road, White Wa

Finances

£1,713,800 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,497,000£1,379,900
2022£1,647,100£1,794,100
2023£1,868,000£1,529,900
2024£1,541,600£1,574,100
2025£1,713,800£1,768,500

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS BY:1 RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS, INCLUDING AWARENESS OF THE SEVERITY OF THE DISEASES AND THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COSTS;2 PROVIDING INFORMATION ON RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON THEIR TREATMENTS AND DRUGS AVAILABLE;3 ADVANCING ALL ASPECTS OF THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THESE DISEASES IN THEIR TOTALITY;4 PROVIDING EDUCATION GENERALLY AND TO INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN ALL ASPECTS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS, INCLUDING THEIR TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT, AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT AVAILABLE SUPPORT, INCLUDING FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL SUPPORT;5 SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS IN RELATION TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, INCLUDING BY PUTTING PEOPLE IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER TO ENCOURAGE SELF-HELP AND SUPPORT WHERE APPROPRIATE; 6 CARRYING OUT ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/01/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/10/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09/10/2012

Trustees (9)

9trustees
47median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society · 07127101 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 15/01/2010

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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