The Council of BSHM is elected at the AGM to serve for the whole of the following calendar year. The Council for 2026 is as follows:

• President: Christopher Hollings
• Vice President: Deborah Kent
• Secretary: Patrick J. Burchell
• Treasurer: David Wilkinson
• Membership Secretary: Tony Mann
• Communications Officer: Dorothy Leddy
• Meetings Co-ordinator: Brigitte Stenhouse
• Education Officer: Ciarán Mac an Bhaird
• Web Administrator: Meg Briers 
• Elected (ordinary) Council Members:  Tom Briggs, Clare Moriarty, Raffaele Pisano

The Journal Editor is Isobel Falconer, who is not a member of Council.