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Arthritis Action

To relieve and promote the relief of people with arthritis and associated musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions by: • helping and supporting them through the provision of the best available evidence-based approaches and techniques for managing arthritis...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £651k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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, Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.arthritisaction.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Arthritis Action
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£651k£1.2m
  • 2024£1.3m£1.2m
  • 2023£602k£1.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£919k£1.2m
  • 2021£606k£1.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

To relieve and promote the relief of people with arthritis and associated musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions by: • helping and supporting them through the provision of the best available evidence-based approaches and techniques for managing arthritis and associated MSK conditions; • monitoring arthritis related developments and initiatives, and promoting efforts to gain a better understanding of arthritis and associated MSK conditions and their impact on people’s lives; and • raising awareness of arthritis and associated MSK conditions and disseminating evidence-based information about all matters relating to those conditions.

Grants received

5 grants · £166,853 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

  • Oxfordshire Community Foundation £2502023-03-20
  • London Catalyst £3,0002022-06-29
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £143,6432022-01-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002021-08-27
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £9,9602020-07-31
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.

11 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
5.1y
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.

Disability 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11

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 11Other services 6Agriculture 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.3m 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.

44.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 56.0 in 2020

16 from 19 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
292569
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/11/1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/04/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/04/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/06/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/07/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07/07/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 JUL 2019 as amended on 23 Oct 2024
Companies House
Company number 01914825 · Active
Contact on the register
020 3781 7120 · info@arthritisaction.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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