The Council of BSHM is elected at the AGM in October to serve for the whole of the following calendar year.  The Council for 2018 is as follows:

President: Mark McCartney, Secretary: Fenny Smith, Treasurer: Klaas Sijbrandij, Membership Secretary: Ken Lord, Meetings Co-ordinator: Jane Wess, Education Officer: Snezana Lawrence, Webmaster: Isobel Falconer, Immediate Past President: Philip Beeley, Elected (ordinary) Council Members: Christopher Hollings, Dorothy Leddy Co-opted Council Members:  June Barrow-Green.

The Bulletin Editor for 2018 is Benjamin Wardaugh, who is not a member of Council.