The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Royal Microscopical Society

Registered charity 241990 Registered since 1965

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

20 trustees on the board

2.9y median 2y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

  • Dr Kerry Thompson since 2018
  • Professor Michelle Peckham since 2011
  • Professor Andy Brown since 2018
  • Professor Maddy Parsons since 2017
3.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (19)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 20Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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.

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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£1.7m latest income
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.

35.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 44.2 in 2020

15 from 15 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.rms.org.uk
Emailinfo@rms.org.uk
Phone01865254760
Address37-38 St Clements, Oxford, OX4 1AJ

Finances

£1,680,511 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,237,691£1,322,813
2021£1,159,676£1,094,764
2022£1,402,376£1,525,306
2023£1,886,206£1,879,639
2024£1,680,511£1,826,425

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF MICROSCOPICAL SCIENCE BY SUCH MEANS AS THE DISCUSSION AND PULBICATION OF RESEARCH INTO IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND MODE OF APPLICATION OF MICROSCOPES AND INTO THOSE BRACHES OF SCIENCE WHERE MICROSCOPY IS IMPORTANT.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 28TH AUGUST 1867 AND BY-LAWS AS AMENDED FEBRUARY 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 15TH MAY 1980 AND 21ST MAY 1984, AMENDED 3 JULY 2000 as amended on 03 Jul 2019 And Royal Charter granted on 23 Jan 2023as amended by an Order in Council on 23 Jan 2023

Trustees (23)

20trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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