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British Menopause Society
- 10 trustees
- Income £2.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Heather Currie MBETrustee · since 2012
- Dr John StevensonTrustee · since 2012
- Dr Paula BriggsTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Timothy HillardTrustee · since 2024
- Edward Morris CBETrustee · since 2012
- Haitham HamodaTrustee · since 2018
- Janice RymerTrustee · since 2023
- Kathy AbernethyTrustee · since 2016
- Paul SimpsonTrustee · since 2025
- Virginia WilkinsTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- thebms.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- British Menopause Society
- Registered
- 1992
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.2m£1.3m
- 2024£2.0m£1.2m
- 2023£1.2m£922k
Earlier years
- 2022£963k£628k
- 2021£722k£420k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(1) TO FACILITATE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROMOTION OF INTEREST IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE MENOPAUSE (MEANING THE SHORT AND LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES OF OVARIAN FAILURE AND THE ASSOCIATED LIFE EVENTS OCCURRING IN WOMEN) AND GYNAECOLOGICAL DISORDERS;(2) TO FACILITATE THE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY STUDY OF MATTERS RELATING TO THE MENOPAUSE AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS BETWEEN PERSONS WORKING IN THIS FIELD; (3) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF TRAINING FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN ADVISING WOMEN ABOUT THE MENOPAUSE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES;(4) TO RELIEVE WOMEN SUFFERING FROM GYNAECOLOGICAL DISORDERS.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Dr Heather Currie MBE since 2012
- Dr John Stevenson since 2012
- Dr Paula Briggs since 2021
- Dr Timothy Hillard since 2024
- Edward Morris CBE since 2012
- Haitham Hamoda since 2018
- Janice Rymer since 2023
- Kathy Abernethy since 2016
- Paul Simpson since 2025
- Virginia Wilkins since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Heather Currie MBE since 2012
- Dr John Stevenson since 2012
- Edward Morris CBE since 2012
- Haitham Hamoda since 2018
- Kathy Abernethy since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dr Heather Currie MBE since 2012
- Dr John Stevenson since 2012
- Dr Paula Briggs since 2021
- Edward Morris CBE since 2012
- Haitham Hamoda since 2018
- Kathy Abernethy since 2016
- Paul Simpson since 2025
- Virginia Wilkins since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Timothy Hillard since 2024
- Janice Rymer since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
19.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 15.4 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1015144
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/10/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/07/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/07/2012
- Companies House
- Company number 02759439 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01628890199 · sara.moger@bms-whc.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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