BATH INSTITUTE FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Registered charity 1040650 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIRD

To support research and educational activities in bone and joint diseases in Bath

Objects

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO RHEUMATIC DISEASES AND TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH IN RELATION THERETO AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £242,427 for the year, primarily driven by a £106,402 unrealised loss on investments due to stock market instability. Total funds decreased from £1,791,638 to £1,549,211, with unrestricted reserves standing at £1,532,390. The trustees confirm that assets are adequate to fulfil obligations and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02602509 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SNELUS, Linda Ann — director, appointed 21/02/2024on trustee list

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Bath Institute For Rheumatic Diseases Trading Limited — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 14/03/2013.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bernard Morleychair
• DR RAJ SENGUPTA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr AMANDA MACKENZIE
• Dr Neil McHugh
• Dr William Tillett · trustee of 1 other charity
• LINDA SNELUS · trustee of 2 other charities
• MR JIM SHERWIN
• Mr Chris Johns BA MSc
• Shane O'Reilly

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE LIMITED.

• THE ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE LIMITED income £319k
• THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS (BATH) income £1.7m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH ST. BARTHOLOMEW income £449k
• BATH RECREATION LIMITED income £1.3m
• BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS CHARITABLE FUND AND RELATED CHARITIES income £941k
• THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS TO THE ROBERT JONES & AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL income £882k

Side by side with its peers

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