# ARTHRITIS CARE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 206563
- **Other names:** THE BRITISH RHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=206563


## Contact

- **Address:** 3rd Floor, 120 Aldersgate Street, London
- **Postcode:** EC1A 4JQ
- **Phone:** 02073072719
- **Email:** governance@versusarthritis.org
- **Website:** www.versusarthritis.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS LIVING WITH ARTHRITIS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS, CARERS AND HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROFESSIONALS; AND2 TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS LIVING WITH ARTHRITIS AND THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY EACH OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

**Activities:** Now-Versus Arthritis activitiesInformation provision and support  - running a national helpline service publicationsself management training coursessupport and national branch structure via a devolved structurecampaign to improve health and public health services / influencing by being represented at national and European level organisation to lobby governments and agencies fundraisin

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Guernsey
- Isle Of Man
- Jersey
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 31, 2025 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2024 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2023 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2022 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2021 | £0 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Catherine Janet Tompkins — appointed Dec. 14, 2022
- PROFESSOR IAIN BLAIR MCINNES — appointed Jan. 29, 2026