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Arthritis UK

Also known as ARC (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £30m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales, Guernsey and more
Website
www.arthritis-uk.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Arthritis UK
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£30m£41m
  • 2024£32m£33m
  • 2023£29m£30m
Earlier years
  • 2022£31m£46m
  • 2021£25m£84m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, TREATMENT AND CURE OF ARTHRITIS AND RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AND DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH,(2) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM ARTHRITIS AND RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS, INCLUDING BY(I) PROMOTING THE TEACHING OF MATTERS RELATING TO, AND THE FURTHER UNDERSTANDING OF, ARTHRITIS AND RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS AND OTHER PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE TREATMENT OF SUCH DISORDERS,(II) IMPROVING THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ARTHRITIS AND RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS,(3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO ARTHRITIS AND RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS INCLUDING THOSE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM SUCH DISORDERS

Grants received

32 grants · £3,601,663 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.

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Most recent

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.

12 trustees on the board

4.1y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

11
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12

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 16Other services 2Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£30.0m 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.

36.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 25.6 in 2021

280 from 389 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
207711
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/01/1951AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/02/1964AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/01/1998AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 29/01/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/03/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/02/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/02/2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 09/03/2010NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 06/10/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24 SEP 2018 as amended on 15 Jun 2022 as amended on 29 Sept 2025
Companies House
Company number 00490500 · Active
Contact on the register
0300 790 0400 · enquiries@arthritis-uk.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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