FACULTY OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF THE WORSHIPFUL SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON

Registered charity 233234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Faculty organises eponymous lectures, part-time courses in the History of Medicine, a part-time courses in Ethics & the Philosophy of Healthcare, provides funding for undergraduates attending these courses and arranges joint meetings and symposia.

Objects

TO FOSTER AND EXTEND MORE GENERAL INTEREST IN MEDICAL HISTORY AND TO ATTRACT THE CO-OPERATION OF GENERAL HISTORIANS, SO THAT WORK IN THIS FIELD MAY BE CO-ORDINATED WITH WIDER HISTORICAL STUDIES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £14,585 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds increasing to £193,437. The trustees note that recurring costs have exceeded direct income, leading to a deliberate policy of accumulating free reserves to reach a target of £500,000, though current free reserves stand at £60,637. The charity remains fundamentally reliant on the continued support of the Society of Apothecaries of London for office space and staff resources.

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 5 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 policy and procedures
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• AIR VICE-MARSHAL AROOP KUMAR MOZUMDER · trustee of 2 other charities
• DR CHARLES MACKWORTH-YOUNG · trustee of 1 other charity
• DR J E NEILD · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr DAVID BARRINGTON JEFFERYS · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr Derek Werstwood Adams
• Dr JOHN CHRISTOPHER MOORE-GILLON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr JONATHAN HOLLIDAY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Lee Nigel Winter-Dean · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr PEADAR O'MORDHA · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr ROY NEWBERRY PALMER · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr Timothy David Baker · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Timothy John Villiers Yates · trustee of 3 other charities
• PROF MICHAEL JOHN FARTHING · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROFESSOR JANE ANDERSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• PROFESSOR MARTIN NEIL ROSSOR · trustee of 2 other charities
• Prof Fiona Jane Wilcox · trustee of 2 other charities
• Prof Luigi Gerard Anthony Martini · trustee of 2 other charities
• Professor Christopher Martin Nutting · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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