Registered charity · London
Medical Schools Council
- 10 trustees
- Income £2.7m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Christine ThirlwellTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Diana EcclesTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Faye GishenTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Margaret KingstonTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Marina AndersonTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Rory MccrimmonTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Sanjiv AhluwaliaTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Scott WilkesTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Stephen George RileyTrustee · since 2022
- Professor Subrata Sekhar BanerjeeTrustee · since 2020
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
- www.medschools.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Medical Schools Council
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.7m£2.8m
- 2024£2.6m£2.4m
- 2023£2.2m£2.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.5m£1.4m
- 2021£1.3m£1.4m
Charitable objects
(A) TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM;(B) TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP COLLABORATION BETWEEN OTHER UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS AND PROVIDERS ENGAGED IN HEALTHCARE RELATED EDUCATION AND TRAINING;AND THEREBY ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION MEDICAL EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND TRAINING).
Board analysis for researchers
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 Christine Thirlwell since 2023
- Dr Diana Eccles since 2021
- Dr Faye Gishen since 2024
- Dr Margaret Kingston since 2025
- Dr Marina Anderson since 2025
- Dr Rory Mccrimmon since 2025
- Dr Sanjiv Ahluwalia since 2024
- Dr Scott Wilkes since 2025
- Professor Stephen George Riley since 2022
- Professor Subrata Sekhar Banerjee since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dr Christine Thirlwell since 2023
- Dr Faye Gishen since 2024
- Dr Margaret Kingston since 2025
- Dr Marina Anderson since 2025
- Dr Rory Mccrimmon since 2025
- Dr Sanjiv Ahluwalia since 2024
- Dr Scott Wilkes since 2025
- Professor Subrata Sekhar Banerjee since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Diana Eccles since 2021
- Professor Stephen George Riley since 2022
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
- 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
6.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 10.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1155370
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 DEC 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15/01/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 08817383 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02074195494 · admin@medschools.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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