# THE NATIONAL RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1134859
- **Other names:** NRAS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07127101](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07127101)
- **Registered:** March 11, 2010
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1134859


## Contact

- **Address:** National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society, Suite 3, Beechwood, Grove Business Park, Waltham Road
- **Postcode:** White Wa
- **Phone:** 01628 823524
- **Email:** enquiries@nras.org.uk
- **Website:** www.nras.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (&#x27;THE OBJECTS&#x27;) ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS BY:1 RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS, INCLUDING AWARENESS OF THE SEVERITY OF THE DISEASES AND THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COSTS;2 PROVIDING INFORMATION ON RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON THEIR TREATMENTS AND DRUGS AVAILABLE;3 ADVANCING ALL ASPECTS OF THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THESE DISEASES IN THEIR TOTALITY;4 PROVIDING EDUCATION GENERALLY AND TO INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN ALL ASPECTS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS, INCLUDING THEIR TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT, AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT AVAILABLE SUPPORT, INCLUDING FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL SUPPORT;5 SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS IN RELATION TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, INCLUDING BY PUTTING PEOPLE IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER TO ENCOURAGE SELF-HELP AND SUPPORT WHERE APPROPRIATE;    6 CARRYING OUT ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY.

**Activities:** Providing information, education, support and advocacy;Raising public awareness of rheumatoid arthritis and JIA;Raising the priority of rheumatoid arthritis and JIA with politicians and policy makers;Campaigning for good care and services for all;Facilitating networking and encouraging self-management.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Simon Collins** | Chair | June 2, 2016 |
| Anna Woolf |  | June 7, 2022 |
| Claire Eleanor Ward |  | June 23, 2023 |
| Helen Ball |  | March 1, 2026 |
| Michelle Ward |  | Oct. 3, 2025 |
| Professor Peter Taylor |  | June 7, 2022 |
| Rachel Anne Ulyett |  | Nov. 25, 2025 |
| Raymanjit Singh Bains |  | Sept. 22, 2023 |
| Richard Flowerdew |  | June 16, 2020 |
| Ruby Catherine Campbell |  | Jan. 20, 2026 |




