# THE BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 268762
- **Other names:** B G S, BGS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01189776](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01189776)
- **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&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=268762


## Contact

- **Address:** BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY, MARJORY WARREN HOUSE, 31 ST. JOHN&#x27;S SQUARE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC1M 4DN
- **Phone:** 020 7608 1369
- **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.




## 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



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Professor Jugdeep Kaur DHESI** | Chair | Nov. 11, 2022 |
| Dr Alison Falconer |  | Nov. 7, 2025 |
| Dr Amit Arora |  | Nov. 15, 2024 |
| Dr Deborah Alexandria Gompertz |  | Nov. 7, 2025 |
| Dr Elizabeth Mary LAWN |  | Nov. 17, 2023 |
| Dr Karl Robert DAVIS |  | Nov. 17, 2023 |
| Dr Richard William Stuart BIRAM |  | Feb. 15, 2024 |
| Dr Sarah Elizabeth TRUE |  | Nov. 7, 2025 |
| Lyndsey DUNN |  | Nov. 15, 2024 |
| NICHOLAS JAMES PAHL |  | July 28, 2022 |
| Professor Bernadette McGuinness |  | May 27, 2026 |
| Stephanie Jane Harland |  | April 17, 2023 |




