Royal Microscopical Society

Registered charity 241990 Registered since 1965

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

2.9y median 2y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

2.9y

average years in governance

19 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

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
Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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Contact

Website	www.rms.org.uk
Email	info@rms.org.uk
Phone	01865254760
Address	37-38 St Clements, Oxford, OX4 1AJ

Finances

£1,680,511 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
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

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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+

Dr Anna Baldycheva since 2023
Dr Christa Gertrud Walther since 2025
Dr Eric Prestat since 2024
Dr Ian Maclaren since 2025
Dr Julia Parker since 2022
Dr Katherine Paine since 2024
Dr Kerry Thompson since 2018
Dr Kurt Anderson since 2023
Dr Liam Rooney since 2025
Dr Peter O'Toole PHD
Dr Rachael Walker since 2025
Dr Roland Fleck since 2024
Dr Steven Thomas since 2023
Dr Verena Christine Kriechbaumer since 2025
Dr Yanping Guo since 2024
Phoebe Clarice Whitlock since 2024
Professor Michelle Peckham since 2011
Professor Alice Leonora Bedford Pyne since 2025
Professor Andy Brown since 2018
Professor Jamie Hobbs since 2024
Professor Maddy Parsons since 2017
Professor Rik Drummond-Brydson since 2023
Rod Shipley since 2020

Connected charities (1)

The Society for LOW Temperature Biology 1 shared trustee

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