British Society for Medical Mycology

Registered charity 1190926 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL MYCOLOGY CIO, BSMM · also registered in Scotland as SC050556 (OSCR)

The charity works to advance education and promote research in medical and veterinary mycology, and to disseminate research results for public benefit. The charity holds annual scientific meetings, sponsors conference speakers, provides grants for mycology training and for participation in conferences.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE RESEARCH IN ALL BRANCHES OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY MYCOLOGY AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bury, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the society returned to previous activity levels but faced a total income deficit of almost £13,000 in 2024 due to reduced subscriptions and meeting deficits. Despite this, the society maintained a net worth of £197,093, indicating sufficient reserves to continue operations without immediate financial distress.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Alyssa Clare Hudson
• Dr DORA CORZO-LEON
• Dr David Chandler
• Dr Lily Novak Frazer
• Dr Lottie Brown
• Dr Margherita Bertuzzi
• Dr NORMAN VAN RHIJN
• Dr RIINA RICHARDSON
• Elena Roselletti

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

• BRITISH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £334k
• THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PARASITOLOGY income £121k
• MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY income £4.2m
• BRITISH SOCIETY FOR GENETIC MEDICINE income £172k
• BRITISH MATERNAL AND FETAL MEDICINE SOCIETY income £362k
• THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON income £221k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.