ARTHROS LIMITED

Registered charity 1173724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARTHROS

The main activity of the charity is to assist sufferers from arthritis to live more comfortable lives in spite of suffering from arthritis. This is done by way of grants to make modifications to properties in which the sufferers live. This could be the provision of a stairlift, providing a wheelchair or other equipment. The area covered is central Reading and the greater Reading Area

Objects

THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE HEALTH, ESPECIALLY BY THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AMONGST THOSE WITH ARTHRITIS AND RELATED MEDICAL CONDITIONS, BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Reading, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£43k
Latest spending
£52k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £1,638,289 at year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain reserves between three and six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £22,300 for the year, primarily driven by investment management costs and grants, resulting in a decrease in total funds from the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six months expenditure (reserves figure: £1.6m)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 01/02/2024, 1 day after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31.3.26)

    Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Arthros Limited (matched by registered charity number).

    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.

    Official officers record.

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Reading

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/03/2025£43k£52k
    31/03/2024£40k£18k
    31/03/2023£38k£30k
    31/03/2022£35k£21k
    31/03/2021£148k£23k

    Common questions

    Is ARTHROS LIMITED financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £1,638,289 at year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain reserves between three and six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £22,300 for the year, primarily driven by investment management costs and grants, resulting in a decrease in total funds from the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

    Funders of similar charities

    Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARTHROPLASTY FOR ARTHRITIS CHARITY.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    ARTHROS LIMITED£43k—0within—no doubt
    ARTHROPLASTY FOR ARTHRITIS CHARITY FY2025£60k—0unclear—no doubt
    ARTHRITIS UK FY2026£24.9m——above—no doubt
    ARTHRITIS ACTION FY2025£651k£90,000 - £100,0002unclear—no doubt
    READING DISPENSARY TRUST FY2025£54k—0unclear—no doubt
    THE ALBRIGHTON TRUST LIMITED FY2025£146k—0below—no doubt

    Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.