# THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 206219
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Company number:** [RC000525](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/RC000525)
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=206219


## Contact

- **Address:** 1 WIMPOLE STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W1G 0AE
- **Phone:** 020 7290 2900
- **Email:** membership@rsm.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.rsm.ac.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE SOCIETY IS HEREBY CONSTITUTED ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR THOSE WORKING IN THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS, AND THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC AWARENESS AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF MATTERS RELATING TO MEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. WHERE THE TERM ‘HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS’ HEREIN REFERS TO PERSONS WHO ARE OR WERE EMPLOYED IN EVERY ASPECT OF HEALTH CARE PROVISION, INCLUDING VETERINARY PRACTICE, ACADEMIC STUDY, RESEARCH AND STUDENTS THEREOF SUCH AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

**Activities:** 1. Broad range of educational activities/opportunities for doctors, dentists and veterinary surgeons, including students, and for allied healthcare professionals.2. Exchange of information/ideas on medicine, within the health professions and with public opinion.3. Publish medical books, and distance learning materials.4. Maintain one of the largest medical libraries in Europe.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Hilary Morris |  | Oct. 1, 2025 |
| Dr Linda Patterson |  | Oct. 1, 2022 |
| Dr Sarah Clarke |  | Oct. 1, 2023 |
| Dr Sian Rees |  | Oct. 1, 2023 |
| Hamish Thomas |  | April 1, 2021 |
| Ian Currie |  | Oct. 1, 2022 |
| Professor Andrew Krentz |  | Oct. 1, 2025 |
| Professor David Oliver |  | Oct. 1, 2023 |
| Professor Gillian Leng |  | July 23, 2024 |
| Professor Margaret Rae |  | Oct. 1, 2022 |
| Professor Paul O&#x27;Flynn |  | Oct. 1, 2022 |
| Sanjay Shah |  | July 26, 2022 |



## Linked charities

- LUCY BAMFORD FUND (206219-1)
- COLYER FUND (206219-10)
- WALTER ERNEST DIXON MEMORIAL FUND (206219-11)
- PHILIP ELLMAN FUND (206219-12)
- BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE (206219-13)
- THE A T CUNNINGHAM FUND (206219-14)
- DOUBLEDAY LECTURESHIP FUND (206219-15)
- ALBERT WANDER LECTURE FUND (206219-16)
- MICHAEL WILLIAMS TRUST FUND (206219-17)
- THE DALBY PRIZE TRUST FUND (206219-18)
- W J HARRISON PRIZE (OTOLOGICAL SECTION) (206219-19)
- GRACE BOELKE FUND (206219-2)
- THE MAURICE DAVIDSON PATIENT ENDOWMENT FUND (206219-20)
- THE LANG MEDAL FUND (206219-21)
- THE BARON DR C VER HEYDEN DE LANCEY LAW PRIZE (206219-22)
- THE BARON DR C VER HEYDEN DE LANCEY AWARD FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICO-JURISPRUDENCE (206219-23)
- DOWLING ENDOWMENT FUND OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE (206219-24)
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ENDOWMENT FUND OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE (206219-25)
- ERNEST FLETCHER MEMORIAL LECTURE FUND (206219-26)
- JEPHCOTT (CAPITAL AUGMENTATION) FUND (206219-27)
- WINSBURY WHITE LECTURE FUND (206219-28)
- SIR FRANCIS FREMANTLE FUND (206219-29)
- PAUL BOELKE ENDOWMENT (206219-3)
- GANT BEQUEST (206219-30)
- DORA GARROD THOMAS FUND (206219-31)
- EDWARD LAW FUND (206219-32)
- NORMAN GAMBLE FUND AND RESEARCH PRIZE (206219-33)
- WILLIAM GIBSON RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP FOR MEDICAL WOMEN (206219-34)
- THE GOLD MEDAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE FUND (206219-35)
- HENRY HILL HICKMAN MEMORIAL FUND (206219-36)
- EDITH WHETNALL LECTURESHIP FUND (206219-37)
- GENERAL PRACTITIONERS TRAVELLING FUND (206219-38)
- SIR MORTIMER SINGER LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND (206219-39)
- ARTHUR CORRIE KEEP FUND (206219-4)
- SIR MORTIMER SINGER MEETINGS FUND (206219-40)
- SIR GORDON GORDON-TAYLOR FUND (206219-41)
- THE REGINALD M PHILLIPS LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND (206219-42)
- PETERS MEMORIAL FUND (206219-43)
- PROSSER WHITE FUND (206219-44)
- SIR LEONARD ROGERS FUND (206219-45)
- LOUIS W GRANIRER LIBRARY FUND (206219-46)
- SPECIAL TRUST FUND (206219-47)
- SIR ST CLAIR THOMSON FUND (206219-48)
- W J HARRISON PRIZE (LARYNGOLOGICAL SECTION) (206219-49)
- SIR DAVID FERRIER (NEUROLOGY STUDIES) FUND (206219-5)
- LORD ILLINGWORTH FUND (206219-50)
- HUGHLINGS JACKSON MEMORIAL FUND (206219-51)
- RICHARD KOVACS FUND (206219-52)
- NUFFIELD LECTURE FUND (206219-53)
- ODONTOLOGICAL LECTURE FUND (206219-54)
- SHERRINGTON MEMORIAL LECTURE FUND (206219-55)
- C E WALLIS LECTURE FUND (206219-56)
- THE JEPHCOTT LECTURES TRUST (206219-57)
- THE OPHTHALMOLOGY FUND OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE (206219-58)
- LEAH LEDERMAN MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP FUND (206219-59)
- THE HENRY BARNES LECTURE FUND (206219-6)
- PERIODICALS ENDOWMENT FUND (206219-60)
- LLOYD ROBERTS LECTURE FUND (206219-61)
- ROBERT THOMAS NICHOLS FUND (206219-62)
- THE SIR MORTIMER SINGER (RESEARCH STUDIES) FUND (206219-63)
- SMITH KLINE AND FRENCH FUND (206219-64)
- SECTION OF PROCTOLOGY FUND OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE (206219-65)
- REABILITIES (MEETINGS) FUND OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE (206219-66)
- ALEXANDER HADDOW LECTURE FUND (206219-67)
- HUGH WALLACE ESSAY PRIZE (206219-68)
- ALAN EDWARDS MEMORIAL FUND (206219-69)
- CONFERENCE FUND OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE (206219-7)
- A E AND K A STEVENS ENDOWMENT FUND OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE (206219-70)
- THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE LIBRARY FUND (206219-71)
- THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE SECTIONS AND GENERAL FUND (206219-72)
- CECIL BIRT LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND (206219-8)
- BLAIR-BELL MEDAL FUND (206219-9)



