Registered charity · Lincoln
High Polymer Research Group
- 12 trustees
- Income £80k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Dame Athene DonaldChair · since 2022
- Dr Adrian BirchTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Amit KumarTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Amy GoddardTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Clare MahonTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Jennifer GardenTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Matthew GibsonTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Michael ElwellTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Neal St John WilliamsTrustee · since 2022
- Prof Paul TophamTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Cameron AlexanderTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Lorna DouganTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.highpolymer.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£80k£81k
- 2024£90k£77k
- 2023£76k£63k
Earlier years
- 2022£38k£65k
- 2021£517£1k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF HIGH POLYMERS. (FOR DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION).
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
12 trustees on the board
- Professor Dame Athene Donald Chair since 2022
- Dr Adrian Birch since 2024
- Dr Amit Kumar since 2025
- Dr Amy Goddard since 2024
- Dr Clare Mahon since 2024
- Dr Jennifer Garden since 2024
- Dr Matthew Gibson since 2021
- Dr Michael Elwell since 2024
- Dr Neal St John Williams since 2022
- Prof Paul Topham since 2025
- Professor Cameron Alexander since 2021
- Professor Lorna Dougan since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Professor Dame Athene Donald Chair since 2022
- Dr Adrian Birch since 2024
- Dr Amit Kumar since 2025
- Dr Amy Goddard since 2024
- Dr Clare Mahon since 2024
- Dr Jennifer Garden since 2024
- Dr Matthew Gibson since 2021
- Dr Michael Elwell since 2024
- Dr Neal St John Williams since 2022
- Prof Paul Topham since 2025
- Professor Cameron Alexander since 2021
- Professor Lorna Dougan since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 206902
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION 1962
- Contact on the register
- 07729801238 · secretary@highpolymer.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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