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Microbiology in Schools Advisory Committee (Misac)
Microbiology in Schools Advisory Committee (Misac) is a registered charity (number 289163) based in Reading, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by DR John Grainger. Latest income £6k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Misac (Charity Commission)
- 3 trustees
- Income £6k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.misac.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6k£6k
- 2024£4k£5k
- 2023£8k£5k
Earlier years
- 2022£10k£6k
- 2021£3k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN MICROBIOLOGY IN SCHOOLS. IN THIS CONTEXT MICROBIOLOGY IS USED TO DENOTE ANY STUDIES INVOLVING BACTERIA, FUNGI, MICRO-ALGAE, PROTOZOA, SLIME MOULDS, VIRUSES, OR CELLS OR HIGHER ORGANISMS GROWN IN CULTURE, AND THE APPLICATION OF THESE STUDIES IN SOCIETY, INDUSTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
Board analysis
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.
3 trustees on the board
- DR John Grainger Chair
- DR Margaret Whalley
- John Tranter since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- John Tranter since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- DR John Grainger Chair
- DR Margaret Whalley
- John Tranter since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 289163
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TERMS OF REFERENCE AND CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25TH MAY 1983
- Contact on the register
- 01189873743 · microbe@misac.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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