The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The British Geriatrics Society

Registered charity 268762 Registered since 1975

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.

1.8y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

12
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 11Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 15Professional services 3Other services 2

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.8m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

12.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 39.2 in 2021

16 from 12 in 2021
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

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Contact

Websitewww.bgs.org.uk
Emailceo@bgs.org.uk
Phone02076081369
AddressBRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY, MARJORY WARREN HOUSE, 31 ST. JOHN'S SQUARE, LONDON, EC1M 4DN

Finances

£1,844,874 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,163,935£1,133,141
2022£1,331,426£1,207,067
2023£1,593,787£1,664,975
2024£1,789,463£2,064,136
2025£1,844,874£2,337,435

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Elderly/old PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST THE AGED AND INFIRM BY THE IMPROVEMENT OF STANDARDS OF MEDICAL CARE FOR SUCH PERSONS, THE HOLDING OF MEETINGS AND THE PUBLICATION OF PAPERS, THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH ON SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF SUCH PERSONS AND THE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/11/1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/10/1977AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/11/1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/11/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/10/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/04/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/10/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/04/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/10/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 NOV 2017 as amended on 17 Nov 2023

Trustees (12)

12trustees
55median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

British Geriatrics Society (the) · 01189776 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 07/11/1974

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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