# THE BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 268762
- **Other names:** B G S, BGS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 23, 1975
- **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=268762


## Contact

- **Address:** BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY, MARJORY WARREN HOUSE, 31 ST. JOHN'S SQUARE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC1M 4DN
- **Phone:** 02076081369
- **Email:** ceo@bgs.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bgs.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** The Society aims to be the pre-eminent professional body for practitioners engaged in the specialty health care of older people. Our mission is to improve the health care of older people throughout the UK. We hold scientific meetings, publish approved papers and promote research, education and training in all aspects of geriatric medicine.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1844874 | £2337435 | £4622071 | 16 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1789463 | £2064136 | £5203777 | 14 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1593787 | £1664975 | £5147132 | 13 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1331426 | £1207067 | £5393397 | 12 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1163935 | £1133141 | £4911996 | 12 |



## Trustees

- **Professor Jugdeep Kaur DHESI** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 11, 2022
- Dr Alison Falconer — appointed Nov. 7, 2025
- Dr Amit Arora — appointed Nov. 15, 2024
- Dr Deborah Alexandria Gompertz — appointed Nov. 7, 2025
- Dr Elizabeth Mary LAWN — appointed Nov. 17, 2023
- Dr Jan RITCHIE — appointed June 5, 2023
- Dr Karl Robert DAVIS — appointed Nov. 17, 2023
- Dr Richard William Stuart BIRAM — appointed Feb. 15, 2024
- Dr Sarah Elizabeth TRUE — appointed Nov. 7, 2025
- Lyndsey DUNN — appointed Nov. 15, 2024
- NICHOLAS JAMES PAHL — appointed July 28, 2022
- Stephanie Jane Harland — appointed April 17, 2023