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Registered charity · Waltham Road

The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society

The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society is a registered charity (number 1134859) based in Waltham Road, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Simon Collins since 2016. Latest income £1.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Nras (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £1.7m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.nras.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.7m£1.8m
  • 2024£1.5m£1.6m
  • 2023£1.9m£1.5m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.6m£1.8m
  • 2021£1.5m£1.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

16 grants · £785,181 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £50,0002025-11-06
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £404,6922025-02-24
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £12,4362024-12-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-10-10
  • Westminster Foundation £1,0002024-06-27
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.

9 trustees on the board

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1134859
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 07127101 · Active
Contact on the register
01628823524 · enquiries@nras.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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