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The British Society for Rheumatology
The British Society for Rheumatology is an active UK company (number 03470316), incorporated 1997, with 11 current directors including Patricia Cornell and Dr Spencer Ian Ellis. Source: Companies House, updated 18th October 2026.
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Who leads it
- Patricia CornellDirector · since 2026
- Dr Spencer Ian EllisDirector · since 2025
- Nicholas David Jonathan SamuelsDirector · since 2024
- William John HiscocksDirector · since 2024
- Dr Jacqueline Georgina ClinchDirector · since 2024
- Professor Sarah Jayne RyanDirector · since 2024
- Caroline ChiversDirector · since 2024
- Dr Anastasia-Vasiliki MadenidouDirector · since 2024
- William GregoryDirector · since 2023
- Murphy, Elizabeth, DoctorDirector · since 2023
- Dr Joanna Mary LedinghamDirector · since 2021
Previous officers 84
- Louise Kate Parker 2023-2024 View profile
- Clifford Graham Hurst 2022-2025 View profile
- Sarah Melinda Wight 2022-2024 View profile
- Dr Chetan Mukhtyar 2022-2023 View profile
- Dr Megan Elizabeth Rutter 2022-2024 View profile
- Dr Sophia Elizabeth Steer 2022-2025 View profile
- Dr Chris Wincup 2021-2022 View profile
- Marina Bond 2021-2024 View profile
- Dr Clarissa Anne Pilkington 2021-2024 View profile
- Professor Yeliz Prior 2020-2023 View profile
- Dr Jacqui Clinch 2020-2023 View profile
- Dr Sanjeev Patel 2020-2023 View profile
- Garrood, Toby, Doctor 2020-2024 View profile
- Dr Jonathan Charles Packham 2019-2021 View profile
- Dr Elizabeth Mary Macphie 2019-2022 View profile
- Dr Peter Gerald Leyland Coakley 2019-2022 View profile
- Joyce Elizabeth Davidson 2018-2019 View profile
- Dr Elizabeth Claire Reilly 2018-2021 View profile
- Dr Gary Macfarlane 2018-2021 View profile
- Paul Stennett 2017-2022 View profile
- Dr Caroline Flurey 2017-2020 View profile
- Dr Kathryn Mary Bailey 2017-2020 View profile
- Louise Redmond 2017-2021 View profile
- Dr Zunaid Karim 2017-2020 View profile
- Dr Lesley Kay 2016-2019 View profile
- Dr Kaushik Chaudhuri 2016-2022 View profile
- Prof Elaine Dennison 2015-2019 View profile
- Dr Peter Charles Lanyon 2015-2018 View profile
- Dr Gavin Clunie 2015-2018 View profile
- Dr Elizabeth Jayne Price 2015-2020 View profile
- Dr Jill Firth 2015-2019 View profile
- John Offord 2014-2017 View profile
- Dr Colin Pease 2014-2017 View profile
- Prof Jacob Van Laar 2014-2016 View profile
- Dr Michael Backhouse 2013-2017 View profile
- Dr Simon Andrew Allard 2013-2016 View profile
- Robert Field 2013-2015 View profile
- Dr Neil Snowden 2013-2016 View profile
- Fiona Page 2012-2014 View profile
- Dr Robert Thompson 2012-2015 View profile
- Dr Christopher Deighton 2012-2014 View profile
- Professor Christopher Paul Denton 2012-2015 View profile
- Paul Christopher Mcmanus 2012-2013 View profile
- Professor Alex Macgregor 2011-2015 View profile
- Dr Frank Mckenna 2011-2014 View profile
- Professor Robert Moots 2010-2014 View profile
- Dr Simon Jonathan Bowman 2010-2016 View profile
- Dr Ian Rowe 2010-2013 View profile
- Professor David Alan Isenberg 2009-2011 View profile
- Professor David Lloyd Scott 2009-2012 View profile
- Professor Kuntal Chakravarty 2009-2013 View profile
- Professor Richard Arthur Watts 2009-2012 View profile
- Kingsley, Gabrielle Helen, Doctor 2008-2012 View profile
- Dr Paul Thompson 2008-2011 View profile
- Dr Charles Gerard Mackworth-Young 2007-2010 View profile
- Dr Christopher Michael Deighton 2007-2010 View profile
- Dr Deborah Elizabeth Bax 2007-2010 View profile
- Professor John Stanley Hill Gaston 2006-2009 View profile
- Andrew Bamji 2005-2008 View profile
- Rodney Andrew Hughes 2005-2008 View profile
- Dr John Halsey 2004-2008 View profile
- Dr Kenneth Donald Morley 2004-2007 View profile
- Dr Adrian James Crisp 2004-2007 View profile
- Dr Josh Dixey 2004-2008 View profile
- Professor Peter John Maddison 2003-2006 View profile
- Dr Peter Terence Dawes 2002-2006 View profile
- Professor David Gordon Islay Scott 2001-2004 View profile
- Palferman, Thomas George, Doctor 2001-2004 View profile
- HAY, Elaine Margaret, Doctor 2001-2004 View profile
- Price, Thomas, Doctor 2001-2005 View profile
- Professor Alan Jonathan Silman 2000-2003 View profile
- Professor Gabriel Stavros Panayi 2000-2002 View profile
- Dr Peter Prouse 2000-2004 View profile
- Butler, Robin, Doctor 1998-2002 View profile
- Bamji, Andrew, Doctor 1998-2001 View profile
- Dr Ronald Jubb 1998-2002 View profile
- Dr Brian Leslie Hazleman 1997-2000 View profile
- Roger Davidson Sturrock 1997-1998 View profile
- Dr David Doyle 1997-1998 View profile
- Dr Nicholas John Sheehan 1997-1999 View profile
- Dr Michael Edward Shipley 1997-1998 View profile
- Susan Elizabeth Murray-Johnson 2008-2012 View profile
- Samantha Peters 2000-2008 View profile
- Anne Kathryn Mansfield 1997-2000 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.; Non-trading company
- Incorporated
- 24/11/1997
- Registered office
- London
- Also a registered charity
- British Society for Rheumatology
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The British Society for Rheumatology on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
1 other company in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
11 directors on the board
- Dr Spencer Ian Ellis Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Jacqueline Georgina Clinch Director · appointed 2024
- William Gregory Director · appointed 2023
- Professor Sarah Jayne Ryan Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Joanna Mary Ledingham Director · appointed 2021
- Nicholas David Jonathan Samuels Director · appointed 2024
- Patricia Cornell Director · appointed 2026
- Murphy, Elizabeth, Doctor Director · appointed 2023
- William John Hiscocks Director · appointed 2024
- Caroline Chivers Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Anastasia-Vasiliki Madenidou Director · appointed 2024
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- William Gregory Director · appointed 2023
- Nicholas David Jonathan Samuels Director · appointed 2024
- Patricia Cornell Director · appointed 2026
- Murphy, Elizabeth, Doctor Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Anastasia-Vasiliki Madenidou Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (6)
- Dr Spencer Ian Ellis Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Jacqueline Georgina Clinch Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Sarah Jayne Ryan Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Joanna Mary Ledingham Director · appointed 2021
- William John Hiscocks Director · appointed 2024
- Caroline Chivers Director · appointed 2024
Also govern a charity
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
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- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
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Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03470316
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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