The British Association of the Order also sponsors a leprosy centre in Uganda and a medical centre in Tanzania. The various Associations cooperate in organising pilgrimages to Lourdes and Fatima as well as to other places. The Order has some 240 British members, many of whom are descended from recusant Catholic families and martyrs.
Membership is by invitation, usually after work for the Order.
The President of the British Association is Peregrine Bertie, brother of the Grand Master. In Britain the Order has two auxiliary bodies, the Order of Malta Volunteers in England and the Companions of the Order of Malta in Scotland. They are closely associated with the work of the Order, organising pilgrimages to Lourdes and Walsingham and fund raising events such as balls. The Grand Priory and offices of the British Association are at Brampton House, The Hospital of Saint John and Saint Elizabeth, in Saint John's Wood, London. .