Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases

Analysis

Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in September 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02908933). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases reported income of £104k and spending of £240k, spending 230% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £93k to £104k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 191% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ralph and Meriel Richardson Foundation (£104k), Vine Counselling Services (£105k) and The Leslie Smith Foundation (£104k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.