The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

General Medical Council

Registered charity 1089278 Registered since 2001

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

12 trustees on the board

3.4y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 5Other services 2Arts and leisure 1

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£167.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 6.8 in 2020

1713 from 1442 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.gmc-uk.org
Emailgmc@gmc-uk.org
Phone0161 923 6602
AddressREGENT'S PLACE, 350 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON, NW1 3JN

Finances

£167,543,346 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£109,867,066£113,371,499
2021£122,342,020£122,147,240
2022£135,212,534£133,526,822
2023£150,477,323£144,061,345
2024£167,543,346£156,011,578

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

(1A) THE OVER-ARCHING OBJECTIVE OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL IN EXERCISING THEIR FUNCTIONS IS THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC. (1B) THE PURSUIT BY THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THEIR OVER-ARCHING OBJECTIVE INVOLVES THE PURSUIT OF THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES:A) TO PROTECT, PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THE PUBLICB) TO PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND THE ANAESTHESIA ASSOCIATE AND PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONS, AND C) TO PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN PROPER PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND CONDUCT FOR MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND THE ANAESTHESIA ASSOCIATE AND PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONS.

Governing document: MEDICAL ACT 1983 AS AMENDED, IN PARTICULAR BY THE MEDICAL (PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE) ACT 1995 AND THE MEDICAL ACT 1983 (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2002, AS AMENDED BY ORDER OF COUNCIL 2015 AND AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL 2024.

Trustees (12)

12trustees
67median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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