ARTHRITIS ACTION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 16 September 1985
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 01914825
Financial period: 1 November 2024 – 31 October 2025
Latest income: £650,886
Latest expenditure: £1,157,910
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Arthritis Action, Stroke Association House, 240 City Road, LONDON, EC1V 2PR

Website recorded by the regulator: www.arthritisaction.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Founded in 1942, Arthritis Action is a UK charity helping people with arthritis to live a more active life with less pain. The Charity offers a holistic self-management approach to people living with all forms of arthritis, comprised of healthy eating and nutritional consultations, education and support groups, self-management events, and access to physical therapies across the UK.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 12 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 12 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £650,886
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,157,910

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 22 July 2025
Date Accounts Received: 22 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,261,062
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,190,892

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 29 July 2024
Date Accounts Received: 29 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £602,004
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,221,356

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 24 May 2023
Date Accounts Received: 24 May 2023
Total Gross Income: £918,591
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,201,071

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 15 June 2022
Date Accounts Received: 15 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £606,007
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,108,175

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2026
Ar Received Date: 12 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £650,886
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,157,910
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 2
Count Volunteers: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Received Date: 22 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,261,062
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,190,892
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Received Date: 29 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £602,004
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,221,356
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 2
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Received Date: 24 May 2023
Total Gross Income: £918,591
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,201,071
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £32,575
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 21

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Received Date: 15 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £606,007
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,108,175
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £9,394
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 2
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 1

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2026
Ar Received Date: 12 August 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 430383
Income Other Trading Activities: 1910
Income Charitable Activities: 62926
Income Investments: 155642
Income Other: 25
Income Total Income And Endowments: 650886
Income Legacies: 332753
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £355,892
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £802,018
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1157910
Expenditure Investment Management: 16544
Expenditure Grants Institution: 3939
Expenditure Governance: 64539
Expenditure Support Costs: 490704
Expenditure Depreciation: 3765
Gain Loss Investment: 398041
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £4,212,625
Assets Total Fixed: 3311987
Assets Own Use: 2281
Assets Long Term Investment: 3309706
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,201,282
Assets Total Liabilities: £88,346
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,424,923
Creditors One Year Total Current: 86736
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1610
Assets Cash: £1,130,548
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 4212625
Funds Restricted: 212298
Funds Total: 4424923
Count Employees: 16
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Received Date: 22 July 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 1058163
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 68560
Income Investments: 134339
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1261062
Income Legacies: 917408
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £322,377
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £868,515
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1190892
Expenditure Investment Management: 18093
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 79379
Expenditure Support Costs: 546858
Expenditure Depreciation: 5762
Gain Loss Investment: 416177
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £4,392,268
Assets Total Fixed: 3382553
Assets Own Use: 4840
Assets Long Term Investment: 3377713
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,250,062
Assets Total Liabilities: £98,709
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,533,906
Creditors One Year Total Current: 97032
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1677
Assets Cash: £1,085,773
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 4392268
Funds Restricted: 141638
Funds Total: 4533906
Count Employees: 16
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Received Date: 29 July 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 389405
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 88535
Income Investments: 124064
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 602004
Income Legacies: 277821
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £151,900
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,069,456
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1221356
Expenditure Investment Management: 19312
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 79467
Expenditure Support Costs: 636916
Expenditure Depreciation: 7216
Gain Loss Investment: -89389
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £3,631,320
Assets Total Fixed: 3646979
Assets Own Use: 17350
Assets Long Term Investment: 3629629
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £549,964
Assets Total Liabilities: £149,384
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,047,559
Creditors One Year Total Current: 147634
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1750
Assets Cash: £450,623
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3976578
Funds Restricted: 70981
Funds Total: 4047559
Count Employees: 18
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Received Date: 24 May 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 431060
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 61936
Income Investments: 99560
Income Other: 326035
Income Total Income And Endowments: 918591
Income Legacies: 332367
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £152,932
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,048,139
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1201071
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 73287
Expenditure Support Costs: 635540
Expenditure Depreciation: 24655
Gain Loss Investment: -136034
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £4,665,362
Assets Total Fixed: 3758881
Assets Own Use: 21552
Assets Long Term Investment: 3737329
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,093,681
Assets Total Liabilities: £96,262
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,756,300
Creditors One Year Total Current: 94912
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1350
Assets Cash: £981,587
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 4665362
Funds Restricted: 90938
Funds Total: 4756300
Count Employees: 19
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Received Date: 15 June 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 460159
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 40964
Income Investments: 104884
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 606007
Income Legacies: 382363
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £132,900
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £975,275
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1108175
Expenditure Investment Management: 20482
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 68374
Expenditure Support Costs: 613024
Expenditure Depreciation: 40302
Gain Loss Investment: 588379
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £5,174,814
Assets Total Fixed: 4468757
Assets Own Use: 276568
Assets Long Term Investment: 4192189
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £774,922
Assets Total Liabilities: £68,865
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £5,174,814
Creditors One Year Total Current: 67365
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1500
Assets Cash: £520,410
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 5157284
Funds Restricted: 17530
Funds Total: 5174814
Count Employees: 19
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: ARTHRITIS ACTION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1985-09-16T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: 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
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.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 96771
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: ARTHRITIC ASSOCIATION TREATING ARTHRITIS NATURALLY

Charity Name Id: 96780
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: THE ARTHRITIC ASSOCIATION

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures