# ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 241990
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** July 26, 1965
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=241990


## Contact

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



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** Our object is to promote the advancement of microscopical science through the discussion and publication of research into improvements in the construction and mode of application of microscopes and into those branches of science where microscopy is important, and to organise educational activities concerned with microscopy for the benefit of the general public and for the science community.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1680511 | £1826425 | £5447928 | 15 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1886206 | £1879639 | £5325387 | 14 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1402376 | £1525306 | £5193493 | 14 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £1159676 | £1094764 | £5768102 | 14 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1237691 | £1322813 | £4884154 | 15 |



## Trustees

- Dr Anna Baldycheva — appointed July 4, 2023
- Dr Christa Gertrud Walther — appointed July 1, 2025
- Dr Eric Prestat — appointed Oct. 2, 2024
- Dr Ian MacLaren — appointed July 1, 2025
- Dr Julia Parker — appointed Sept. 29, 2022
- Dr Katherine Paine — appointed Oct. 2, 2024
- Dr Kerry Thompson — appointed Sept. 27, 2018
- Dr Kurt Anderson — appointed July 4, 2023
- Dr Liam Rooney — appointed July 1, 2025
- Dr PETER O'TOOLE PHD
- Dr Rachael Walker — appointed July 1, 2025
- Dr Roland Fleck — appointed Oct. 2, 2024
- Dr Steven Thomas — appointed July 4, 2023
- Dr Verena Christine Kriechbaumer — appointed July 1, 2025
- Dr Yanping Guo — appointed Oct. 2, 2024
- PHOEBE CLARICE WHITLOCK — appointed Oct. 2, 2024
- PROFESSOR MICHELLE PECKHAM — appointed Sept. 13, 2011
- Professor Alice Leonora Bedford Pyne — appointed July 1, 2025
- Professor Andy Brown — appointed Sept. 27, 2018
- Professor Jamie Hobbs — appointed Oct. 2, 2024
- Professor Maddy Parsons — appointed July 5, 2017
- Professor Rik Drummond-Brydson — appointed July 4, 2023
- Rod Shipley — appointed Nov. 16, 2020