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.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a broadly break-even position with a net deficit of £198, resulting in a net movement in funds surplus of £44,802 when including unrealised property revaluation gains. The trustees report that the charity's overall financial position improved due to higher income and lower expenditure, with free reserves amounting to £371,767, which represents approximately four months of actual operating costs against a policy target of six to nine months.

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 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £100,001 - £110,000 (FY2024) to £110,001 - £120,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (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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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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