ARTHRITIS ACTION
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-03
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
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Period ending 2024-10-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-03.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ARTHRITIS ACTION 2014-07-15 → present
- ARTHRITIC ASSOCIATION(THE) 1985-05-17 → 2014-07-15
Turnover
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £602,004 | £1,261,062 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£708,741 | £486,347 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | — | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -117.7% | 38.6% |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- 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.”
Group structure
- ARTHRITIS ACTION · parent
- The Arthritis Association 100%
- The Arthritic Association 100%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
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Turnover
+109.5%
£602,004 £1,261,062
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Cash
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Not reported
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Net assets
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Not reported
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Employees
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Not reported
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers