01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 31 December 1997
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 03470316
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £5,398,515
- Latest expenditure
- £5,033,231
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY, 18-20 BRIDE LANE, LONDON, EC4Y 8EE
Website recorded by the regulator: www.rheumatology.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The charity's principal activity is the advancement of education, research and training of the multidisciplinary team; the development of clinical and scientific knowledge about arthritis, musculoskeletal and autoimmune rheumatic conditions; andthe advancement of health by the improvement of standards of clinical care in paediatric, adolescent and adult rheumatology.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £5,398,515
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,033,231
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 8 August 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 8 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £4,840,317
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,467,181
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 23 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 23 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £4,835,362
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,066,399
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 July 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 24 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,435,467
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,327,818
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 May 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 24 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £4,895,597
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,132,925
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £5,398,515
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,033,231
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- 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
- 4
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 974
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 8 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £4,840,317
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,467,181
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- 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
- 3
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 130001 140000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 140001 150000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 150001 200000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 200001 250000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 250001 300000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 300001 350000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 350001 400000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 400001 450000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 450001 500000
- 0
- Count Salary Band Over 500000
- 0
- Count Volunteers
- 50
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 23 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £4,835,362
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,066,399
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- 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 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 24 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,435,467
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,327,818
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- 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
- 3
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 200
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 24 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £4,895,597
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,132,925
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 75
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 310160
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1080320
- Income Charitable Activities
- 3814525
- Income Investments
- 193510
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5398515
- Income Legacies
- 310160
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,495,222
- Expenditure Other
- 538009
- Expenditure Total
- 5033231
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 50577
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 923206
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 111418
- Gain Loss Investment
- -113480
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £11,354,739
- Assets Total Fixed
- 8656480
- Assets Own Use
- 2835960
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 5820520
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,199,454
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,381,544
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £11,474,390
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1381544
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,162,711
- Funds Endowment
- 119651
- Funds Unrestricted
- 11273885
- Funds Restricted
- 80854
- Funds Total
- 11474390
- Count Employees
- 33
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 8 August 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1489
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1085663
- Income Charitable Activities
- 3524207
- Income Investments
- 228958
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4840317
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,883,486
- Expenditure Other
- 583695
- Expenditure Total
- 5467181
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 101296
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1436128
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 92080
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £8,550,925
- Assets Total Fixed
- 8656480
- Assets Own Use
- 2835960
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 5820520
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,199,454
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,381,544
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £11,474,390
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1381544
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,162,711
- Funds Endowment
- 119651
- Funds Unrestricted
- 11273885
- Funds Restricted
- 80854
- Funds Total
- 11474390
- Count Employees
- 40
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 23 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 30
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1036938
- Income Charitable Activities
- 3590274
- Income Investments
- 208120
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4835362
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,756,425
- Expenditure Other
- 3309974
- Expenditure Total
- 6066399
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 2761589
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 89769
- Gain Loss Investment
- 616692
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 60970
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £8,851,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 8462313
- Assets Own Use
- 1938788
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 6523525
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,793,652
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,436,459
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £11,819,506
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1436459
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,858,940
- Funds Endowment
- 84613
- Funds Unrestricted
- 11661541
- Funds Restricted
- 73352
- Funds Total
- 11819506
- Count Employees
- 40
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 24 July 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1136
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4257520
- Income Investments
- 116038
- Income Other
- 1060773
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5435467
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,851,115
- Expenditure Other
- 476703
- Expenditure Total
- 5327818
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 37969
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 2431339
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 111011
- Gain Loss Investment
- 486553
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £10,671,859
- Assets Total Fixed
- 7324465
- Assets Own Use
- 2402385
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 4922080
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £6,891,259
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,477,982
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £12,737,742
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1477982
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £5,661,781
- Funds Endowment
- 84613
- Funds Unrestricted
- 12579807
- Funds Restricted
- 73322
- Funds Total
- 12737742
- Count Employees
- 34
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 24 May 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 3978982
- Income Investments
- 72099
- Income Other
- 844517
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4895598
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,962,282
- Expenditure Other
- 170643
- Expenditure Total
- 4132925
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 2190999
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 109976
- Gain Loss Investment
- -803552
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 770293
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £11,527,037
- Assets Total Fixed
- 7809621
- Assets Own Use
- 2400989
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 5408632
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £6,524,665
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,217,640
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £13,116,646
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1217640
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £5,077,179
- Funds Endowment
- 84613
- Funds Unrestricted
- 12959847
- Funds Restricted
- 72186
- Funds Total
- 13116646
- Count Employees
- 38
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 301
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 304
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Human Resources
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1997-12-31T00:00:00
- Charity Name
- BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY
- Charity Event Order
- 3
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2016-01-14T00:00:00
- Reason
- Transfer of funds
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 4046975
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1132967
- Assoc Charity Name
- BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PAEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT RHEUMATOLOGY
- Charity Name
- BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2013-05-09T00:00:00
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 1000668
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1000668
- Assoc Charity Name
- BRITISH HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN RHEUMATOLOGY
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/11/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/04/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/04/2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22/04/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/04/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20/05/2015 as amended on 02 May 2018 as amended on 01 May 2019
- Charitable Objects
- TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND TRAINING OF THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM;2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ARTHRITIS, MUSCULOSKELETAL AND AUTOIMMUNE RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS; AND3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH BY THE IMPROVEMENT OF STANDARDS OF CLINICAL CARE IN PAEDIATRIC, ADOLESCENT AND ADULT RHEUMATOLOGY.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 461294
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- BSR
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures