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ARTHRITIS ACTION
Profile
- Company number
- 01914825
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1985-05-17
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-10-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 86900
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- LMDB Limited t/a LMDB Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Subsidiaries
- The Arthritis Association · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- The Arthritic Association · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
Significant events
- “Last year, we launched our new three-year 2024-2026 strategy, which builds upon our previous strategy and elevates our efforts to support more adults affected by arthritis across the country.”
- “We have decided to discontinue the Arthritis Action Connect service in 2024-2025.”
- “The project 'UKRI Transforming gyms into community MSK hubs: mobilising the UK leisure sector to deliver inclusive, accessible, personalised and gamified health services for Older Adults with MSK conditions' concluded on 31 March 2024.”
- “The Board of Trustees established a Financial Sustainability Working Group in January 2024.”
- “new premises have been secured from April 2025 which will significantly reduce our fixed costs going forwards without negatively impacting our ability to achieve our aims.”
- “In November 2024, we introduced Movement Snacks, a new service developed to support people with arthritis through a structured series of guided exercises.”
- “In November 2024 we commenced working with the strategic communications consultancy, Blue Lozenge, to address the communication needs of secondary healthcare professionals working with people who have inflammatory arthritis.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
12 active · 62 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LITTLER, Hannah | Secretary | 2024-10-23 | — | — |
| AKINFENWA, Olufunmilola Olaide | Director | 2026-02-25 | Mar 1973 | British,Nigerian |
| BEEVOR, Colin Peter | Director | 2020-11-26 | Jun 1964 | British |
| BORGES, Ricardo Silveira | Director | 2023-09-18 | Sep 1982 | Brazilian,British |
| HARRISON, Pille | Director | 2025-11-20 | May 1971 | Estonian |
| KAWALEC, Andrzej Krzysztof | Director | 2025-11-20 | Mar 1976 | British |
| LANGLEY, Caroline Alexia | Director | 2024-08-13 | Mar 1970 | British |
| MYLES-BROWN, Matthew John | Director | 2023-02-06 | Jan 1989 | British |
| POWELL, Susan | Director | 2024-09-11 | Sep 1976 | British,New Zealander |
| TAKYI, Elizabeth | Director | 2023-09-18 | Jan 1970 | British |
| VENNIX, Dirk | Director | 2025-06-19 | Mar 1968 | Dutch |
| VICKERSTAFF, Sarah Anne, Professor | Director | 2021-02-08 | Apr 1956 | British |
Show 62 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DREW, Diane Cathryn | Secretary | 1996-11-01 | 1997-08-31 |
| MEEK, Hilda Doreen | Secretary | — | 1996-10-31 |
| SCOTT-WILLIAMS, Lynda Millicent | Secretary | 2010-03-15 | 2012-02-13 |
| SKETCHLEY, Ian Robert | Secretary | 2004-10-09 | 2010-02-09 |
| SKETCHLEY, Ian Robert | Secretary | 2003-11-12 | 2004-03-31 |
| WEDDERBURN, Mary Louise | Secretary | 2004-04-01 | 2004-10-09 |
| WEIR, Graham | Secretary | 2012-02-13 | 2024-10-23 |
| YOUNGS, Harold Frederick | Secretary | 1997-09-01 | 2003-11-12 |
| ADEJUMO, Temitope Oluremi | Director | 2006-10-14 | 2008-09-23 |
| ALLEN, Gregory Charles | Director | 2019-07-11 | 2023-11-20 |
| BADIANI, Rajiv | Director | 2021-04-29 | 2023-05-09 |
| BREAKSPEAR, Deborah Ruth | Director | — | 2018-06-21 |
| CARTER, Clementina Margaret Jessie | Director | — | 1992-12-10 |
| DE FERRY FOSTER, Barbara Jeanne | Director | 2010-09-04 | 2011-08-12 |
| DESLANDES, Jennifer May | Director | 2005-04-19 | 2006-04-25 |
| FAIRHURST, Kathleen Doreen | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2006-03-17 |
| FANTI, Robert Christopher | Director | 1995-04-27 | 2001-09-29 |
| FOGEL, Philip | Director | — | 2002-08-25 |
| GODFREY, Anne Catherine | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2022-06-09 |
| GRAHAM, Lynsey Eileen | Director | 2023-09-18 | 2024-10-28 |
| GRIFFITHS, John Wedlake | Director | 2005-03-17 | 2012-02-06 |
| GRIFFITHS, Kathleen Mary | Director | 2009-08-20 | 2012-07-03 |
| GRIFFITHS, Mary | Director | — | 2009-07-14 |
| GRIFFITHS, Robert Hugh | Director | 2000-04-13 | 2007-02-27 |
| HESTER, Bruce Malcolm | Director | 1995-04-27 | 1998-11-30 |
| HOBAN, Karen Denise | Director | 2015-05-12 | 2021-04-07 |
| HORWOOD, Gillian Patricia | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2014-01-18 |
| HORWOOD, Gillian | Director | 2009-08-20 | 2010-09-30 |
| JONES, Cerys Jane | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2024-02-08 |
| JONES, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2023-06-19 |
| KEEN, Gilbert John | Director | 1996-04-25 | 2004-04-27 |
| KEEN, June Mary | Director | 1996-04-25 | 2004-04-27 |
| LEICHTMAN, Marla Ellen | Director | — | 1996-07-11 |
| LEWIN, Janet Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2006-10-14 | 2007-04-23 |
| LILLEY, Michael Alan | Director | 2003-04-29 | 2007-10-03 |
| MACKENZIE, Susan | Director | 2009-08-20 | 2014-01-12 |
| MARSHALL, Wendy Maria | Director | 2006-10-14 | 2011-05-10 |
| MCLAUGHLAN, Thomas Osborne | Director | 2022-02-07 | 2025-05-13 |
| MCNABB, Rob | Director | 2023-09-18 | 2026-03-17 |
| MILLER, Margaret | Director | 2006-10-14 | 2011-10-13 |
| MITCHELL, Florence Miriam Edith | Director | — | 2000-01-20 |
| MITCHELL, Hubert Walter | Director | — | 2000-03-13 |
| NYE, Robin Hendrie | Director | 2011-09-24 | 2023-11-20 |
| O'DONNELL, Carolyn | Director | 2006-10-14 | 2010-01-19 |
| PARKER, William | Director | 2023-09-18 | 2024-02-12 |
| PERFITT, Dinah | Director | — | 1995-04-27 |
| PERFITT, Victor Daniel | Director | — | 1995-04-27 |
| PHILLIPS, Graham | Director | 2010-09-04 | 2020-04-30 |
| RANDALL, Catherine Lydia | Director | — | 1995-10-20 |
| ROSE, Deborah Margaret Christine | Director | 2012-09-04 | 2023-11-20 |
| RUDD, Ivan Robert James | Director | 2012-09-04 | 2013-06-25 |
| STANDELL, Betty Charlotte | Director | 1996-04-25 | 2007-11-30 |
| STANDELL, Sharon Janet | Director | 2001-04-24 | 2014-10-01 |
| TARRAN, John | Director | — | 2004-04-27 |
| TORJUSSEN-PROCTOR, Daniel George Sebastian | Director | 2022-03-14 | 2025-02-10 |
| TORJUSSEN-PROCTOR, Daniel George Sebastian | Director | 2013-06-20 | 2019-06-13 |
| WALTER, Derek Edmund Piers | Director | 2011-09-24 | 2014-11-04 |
| WEDDERBURN, Mary Louise | Director | 2003-04-29 | 2004-04-27 |
| WHOLEY, Max Wingfield | Director | — | 1997-08-31 |
| WOODHOUSE, Pat Mary | Director | 2014-01-18 | 2021-02-04 |
| YOUNG, Kevin Michael | Director | 2011-09-24 | 2020-07-15 |
| YOUNG, Kevin Michael | Director | 2006-10-14 | 2008-12-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 280 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2026-03-03 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-12-01 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-24 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-09-11 | RP04AP01 | officers | second filing of director appointment with name |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-07-07 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-05-15 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-02-12 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-10-30 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-10-23 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2024-10-23 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2024-09-17 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-09-13 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-08-20 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-07-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-05-18 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-02-14 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
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Activity Score
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