Primary Care Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine Society

Analysis

Primary Care Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rickmansworth. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 05265464). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Primary Care Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine Society reported income of £53k and spending of £80k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £62k to £53k (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Primary Care Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine Society sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Take Heart Mercy Mission (£53k), The Wilson Memorial Trust (£53k) and The Kelsall Patient Participation Group (£53k).

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.