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Medical Schools Council
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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Scott WilkesDirector · since 2025
- Professor Marina AndersonDirector · since 2025
- Professor Margaret Alice KingstonDirector · since 2025
- Professor Rory MccrimmonDirector · since 2025
- Professor Faye GishenDirector · since 2024
- Professor Sanjiv AhluwaliaDirector · since 2024
- Dr Christine ThirlwellDirector · since 2023
- Professor Stephen George RileyDirector · since 2022
- Professor Diana EcclesDirector · since 2021
- Professor Sube Sekhar BanerjeeDirector · since 2020
- Dr Kathleen Margaret Petty SaphonSecretary · since 2014
Previous officers 18
- Professor Hazel Scott 2023-2025 View profile
- Professor David John Burn 2019-2025 View profile
- Professor Una Macleod 2019-2023 View profile
- Professor Patrick Maxwell 2018-2025 View profile
- Professor Malcolm Reed 2016-2022 View profile
- John Atherton 2016-2022 View profile
- Professor Dame Anna Felicja Dominiczak 2015-2020 View profile
- Professor Jennifer Mary Higham 2015-2019 View profile
- Professor Steven Thornton 2015-2021 View profile
- Professor John Peter Iredale 2015-2019 View profile
- Professor Peter Graham Kopelman 2014-2015 View profile
- Professor David Christopher Crossman 2014-2025 View profile
- Paul Michael Stewart 2014-2019 View profile
- Professor John Muir Cochrane Connell 2014-2015 View profile
- Professor Chris Paul Day 2014-2016 View profile
- Professor Valerie Jean Wass 2014-2015 View profile
- Professor Ian Philip Hall 2013-2015 View profile
- Cameron, Iain Thomas, Pofessor 2013-2016 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
3 contractsFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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Virtual Primary Care Licences
NHS England have awarded Medical Schools Council to support primary care practice with licence access to leaning and teaching. Providing access to 150 complete and authentic general practice consultations, forming a comprehensive education…
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Medical Schools Council - 2024/25 Annual MSC and MLA Subscription
Medical Schools Council - 2024/25 Annual MSC and MLA Subscription, as per SSA process.
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Access to medicine and the professions 2026/27
Supporting young people from lower socio economic backgrounds to prepare for and apply for medical, dental schools and other health related under grad degree programmes of study, over one academic year. Start: 01/09/2026 End: 31/08/2027 Awa…
About
- What it does
- Activities of professional membership organizations
- Incorporated
- 17/12/2013
- Registered office
- London
- Also a registered charity
- Medical Schools Council
Ownership
Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Universities UK
appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Medical Schools Council
is controlled by Universities UK
Evidence
active appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Universities UK.
17 other companies in this group
- Placer LTD
- Eduserv
- Jisc Services Limited
- Eduserv Commercial LTD
- Jisc Liberate Managed Services Limited
- Hesa Services Limited
- MSC Assessment
- The Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
- Jisc Commercial Limited
- Universities UK Services Limited
- Higher Education Careers Services Unit
- Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited
- The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
- Jisc
- Equality Challenge Unit
- Woburn House Conference Centre Limited
- Universities UK
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
10 directors on the board
- Professor Diana Eccles Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Christine Thirlwell Director · appointed 2023
- Professor Scott Wilkes Director · appointed 2025
- Professor Stephen George Riley Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Faye Gishen Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Sanjiv Ahluwalia Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Marina Anderson Director · appointed 2025
- Professor Sube Sekhar Banerjee Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Margaret Alice Kingston Director · appointed 2025
- Professor Rory Mccrimmon Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Professor Diana Eccles Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Christine Thirlwell Director · appointed 2023
- Professor Scott Wilkes Director · appointed 2025
- Professor Stephen George Riley Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Faye Gishen Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Marina Anderson Director · appointed 2025
- Professor Margaret Alice Kingston Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Professor Sanjiv Ahluwalia Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Sube Sekhar Banerjee Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Rory Mccrimmon Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 08817383
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/04/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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