BRITISH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 276503 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRITISH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY

The Society's objects are to promote mycology in all its aspects by supporting scientificresearch, conservation issues, publications, meetings, workshops, education and related activities

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£322k

Latest spending

£292k

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves were £765,797, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet planned expenditure. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £94,627 for the year, driven by investment gains and charitable income exceeding expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Alison Mary Ashby
Dr HELEN BAKER
Dr Jane Usher
Dr Jason Rudd
Dr Neil Brown
Kate Iona Elspeth Fraser
Linda Seward
Marcus Yeo
Prof Paul Dyer · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Janet Quinn · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Sarah Jane Gurr

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£322k	£292k
31/12/2023	£326k	£277k
31/12/2022	£289k	£216k
31/12/2021	£235k	£149k
31/12/2020	£248k	£123k

Common questions

Is BRITISH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves were £765,797, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet planned expenditure. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £94,627 for the year, driven by investment gains and charitable income exceeding expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/02/2011	£26k	"Fungi: the forgotten Kingdom - Halting the decline in fungal identification skills"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS	1	£175k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

BRITISH LICHEN SOCIETY income £144k
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PLANT PATHOLOGY income £405k
BRITISH SOCIETY OF SOIL SCIENCE income £712k
THE FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN MICROBIOLOGICAL SOCIETIES income £2.0m
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY income £2.7m
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY income £126k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY	£322k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH LICHEN SOCIETY FY2025	£144k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PLANT PATHOLOGY FY2024	£405k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF SOIL SCIENCE FY2024	£712k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN MICROBIOLOGICAL SOCIETIES FY2024	£2.0m	€150,001 - €160,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY FY2025	£2.7m	£110,001 - £120,000	—	above	—	no doubt

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