01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 26 July 1965
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £1,991,191
- Latest expenditure
- £2,026,721
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 37-38 St Clements, Oxford, OX4 1AJ
Website recorded by the regulator: www.rms.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Our object is to promote the advancement of microscopical science through the discussion and publication of research into improvements in the construction and mode of application of microscopes and into those branches of science where microscopy is important, and to organise educational activities concerned with microscopy for the benefit of the general public and for the science community.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 2 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 2 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,991,191
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,026,721
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 September 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,680,511
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,826,425
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 4 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 4 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,886,206
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,879,639
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 10 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 10 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,402,376
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,525,306
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 October 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,159,676
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,094,764
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 2 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,991,191
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,026,721
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 94
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 17 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,680,511
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,826,425
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 95
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 4 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,886,206
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,879,639
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 100
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 10 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,402,376
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,525,306
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 100
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 6 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,159,676
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,094,764
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £4,286
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 100
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 2 October 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 28739
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 24395
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1837792
- Income Investments
- 100265
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1991191
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £34,462
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,981,848
- Expenditure Other
- 10411
- Expenditure Total
- 2026721
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 34462
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 45028
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 561244
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 33294
- Gain Loss Investment
- 315052
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 96394
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £5,787,344
- Assets Total Fixed
- 5102342
- Assets Own Use
- 789887
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 4312455
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,257,842
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £536,340
- Assets Current Investment
- 294472
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,823,844
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 536340
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £963,370
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 5787344
- Funds Restricted
- 36500
- Funds Total
- 5823844
- Count Employees
- 16
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 17 September 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 65196
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 25735
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1496858
- Income Investments
- 92722
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1680511
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £43,212
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,781,073
- Expenditure Other
- 2140
- Expenditure Total
- 1826425
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 43212
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 41633
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 625399
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 30737
- Gain Loss Investment
- 202306
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 66149
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £5,416,888
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4744094
- Assets Own Use
- 712276
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 4031818
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,147,504
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £443,670
- Assets Current Investment
- 448340
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,447,928
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 443670
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £669,164
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 5416888
- Funds Restricted
- 31040
- Funds Total
- 5447928
- Count Employees
- 15
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 4 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 14432
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 24999
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1764792
- Income Investments
- 81983
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1886206
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £41,275
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,835,849
- Expenditure Other
- 2515
- Expenditure Total
- 1879639
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 41275
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 37802
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 483868
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 27425
- Gain Loss Investment
- 125327
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £5,303,546
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4523395
- Assets Own Use
- 656271
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 3867124
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,114,191
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £312,199
- Assets Current Investment
- 289330
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,325,387
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 312199
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £824,861
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 5303546
- Funds Restricted
- 21841
- Funds Total
- 5325387
- Count Employees
- 14
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 10 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 8081
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 24007
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1278261
- Income Investments
- 92027
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1402376
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £42,758
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,480,664
- Expenditure Other
- 1884
- Expenditure Total
- 1525306
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 42758
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 309569
- Expenditure Governance
- 51886
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 446353
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 36276
- Gain Loss Investment
- -451679
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £5,174,329
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4449004
- Assets Own Use
- 666309
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 3782695
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,139,302
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £394,813
- Assets Current Investment
- 332764
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,193,493
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 394813
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £806,538
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 5174329
- Funds Restricted
- 19164
- Funds Total
- 5193493
- Count Employees
- 14
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 6 October 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 7327
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 11696
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1073234
- Income Investments
- 67419
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1159676
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £43,701
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,048,880
- Expenditure Other
- 2183
- Expenditure Total
- 1094764
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 43701
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 17697
- Expenditure Governance
- 28010
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 339412
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 36213
- Gain Loss Investment
- 434810
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 384226
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £5,752,799
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4961796
- Assets Own Use
- 693291
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 4268505
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £950,214
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £143,908
- Assets Current Investment
- 755516
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,768,102
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 143908
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £194,698
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 15303
- Funds Restricted
- 5752799
- Funds Total
- 5768102
- Count Employees
- 14
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 301
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1965-07-26T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 28TH AUGUST 1867 AND BY-LAWS AS AMENDED FEBRUARY 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 15TH MAY 1980 AND 21ST MAY 1984, AMENDED 3 JULY 2000 as amended on 03 Jul 2019 And Royal Charter granted on 23 Jan 2023as amended by an Order in Council on 23 Jan 2023
- Charitable Objects
- TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF MICROSCOPICAL SCIENCE BY SUCH MEANS AS THE DISCUSSION AND PULBICATION OF RESEARCH INTO IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND MODE OF APPLICATION OF MICROSCOPES AND INTO THOSE BRACHES OF SCIENCE WHERE MICROSCOPY IS IMPORTANT.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management