BRITISH SOCIETY FOR SPONDYLOARTHRITIS

Registered charity 1159476 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH SOCIETY FOR SPONDYLORATHRITIS, BRITSPA

BRITSpA is a group of professionals working in the UK with a commitment to advancing knowledge and treatment of Spondyloarthritis. BRITSpA is organised exclusively for non-profit, educational, and scientific purposes, specifically to facilitate sharing of information related to all aspects of the Spondyloarthritis group of diseases.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND HEALTH CARE SPECIALISTS IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE SPONDYLOARTHRITIS GROUP OF DISEASES INCLUDING AXIAL SPA, PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE ARTHRITIS, ARTHRITIS RELATED TO INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE AND UNDIFFERENTIATED PERIPHERAL ARTHRITIS, SHARING INFORMATION AND SKILLS AMONG DIFFERENT MEDICAL DISCIPLINES THAT SEE THESE TYPE OF CONDITIONS AND RELATED DISORDERS TO ENHANCE RESEARCH, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF SPONDYLOARTHRITIS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM THESE CONDITIONS

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 holds total unrestricted reserves of £51,175, which is above its stated policy target of a minimum balance of £5,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.

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 5 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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR GAFFNEY
• DR MARZO-ORTEGA
• DR SENGUPTA · trustee of 1 other charity
• DR SIEBERT
• Dr Dale Reginald Anthony Webb · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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