NATIONAL AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS SOCIETY

Registered charity 1183175 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NASS · also registered in Scotland as SC049746 (OSCR)

Providing information to the general public about the Condition and providing support and advice to people living with the Condition, their families, carers, service providers and employers. Advocating to ensure that every person has timely and effective diagnosis, treatment and care of the Condition. Funding and disseminating research into the management and cure of axial SpA and its causes.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM LIVING WITH THE MEDICAL CONDITION AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS WHICH INCLUDES ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (TOGETHER KNOWN AS THE ‘CONDITION’) IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE CONDITION AND PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH THE CONDITION, THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS, SERVICE –PROVIDERS AND EMPLOYERS; B) ADVOCATING TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PERSON HAS TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CARE OF THE CONDITION; C) FUNDING AND DISSEMINATING RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONDITION AND ITS EFFECTIVE TREATMENT.

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 · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a broadly break-even position with a net deficit of £198 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £371,767, which represent approximately four months of operating costs, falling below its stated policy target of holding six to nine months of reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BKL Audit LLP. 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hannah Brucechair
• Ben Davies
• Christopher McHugh
• Claire Jeffries
• Dr Lesley Jane Kay
• Dr Raj Amarnani
• Gillian Eames
• Jane Elizabeth Freeston
• Josephine Davies
• MICHAEL ANTHONY FRANKL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Curry
• Thomas Randall

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION.

• AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION income £257k
• THE NEUROFIBROMATOSIS ASSOCIATION income £555k
• THE NATIONAL RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS SOCIETY income £1.7m
• MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY TRUST income £1.9m
• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ABLE CHILDREN IN EDUCATION income £374k
• Research SMA income £134k

Side by side with its peers

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