Our last update was in July (below) when we announced that our application to become a CIO had been accepted by the Charity Commission and that we had transferred our bank balance to our new Co-operative Bank account.
We are now very pleased to say that the final step was completed on 18th October 2023, with the Charity Commission approving the Vesting Deed, which transferred all the assets from ‘old’ RGSC to the new CIO and so the merger of the two charities. As explained in July, the CIO trustees (Hilary Mitchell, Frances Wall (members of the ‘old’ RGSC Council) and Stephanie Clemens, Gareth Parry, Kathryn Moore (Independent Trustees) will now appoint as trustees, the members of ‘old’ RGSC Council who were not already trustees of the CIO: Loveday Jenkin (Vice President), Linda Beskeen (Secretary), Nick Farrell (Treasurer), Beatrice Kerno (Membership Secretary) and Caradoc Peters (Council member). Gareth will then stand down as a trustee but we are delighted that Stephanie and Kathryn will stay on the RGSC Council.
To confirm, the new RGSC CIO Council will then be:
President: Professor Frances Wall
Vice President: Dr Loveday Jenkin,
Secretary: Linda Beskeen
Treasurer: Nick Farrell
Membership Secretary: Beatrice Kerno
Ordinary Members of Council: Stephanie Clemens, Hilary Mitchell, Dr Kathryn Moore, Dr Caradoc Peters