The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Rothamsted Research Limited

Registered charity 802038 Registered since 1989

Operates: Central Bedfordshire, Devon, Hertfordshire, Suffolk

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Board DNA

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6
trustees on the board
3.3y median 3.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
11.4y
average years in governance
6 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 6

Commercial experience

Professional services 8Agriculture 5Business services 1

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Contact

Websitewww.rothamsted.ac.uk
Emaillouise.warren@rothamsted.ac.uk
Phone01582763133
AddressROTHAMSTED RESEARCH, WEST COMMON, HARPENDEN, AL5 2JQ

Finances

£29,253,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£35,468,000£31,141,000
2022£36,278,000£32,352,000
2023£39,994,000£33,698,000
2024£39,719,000£33,616,000
2025£29,253,000£34,103,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECT IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF AGRICULTURE BY THE INITIATION, PROSECUTION, DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUANCE OF INVESTIGATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS RELATED THERETO AND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:1. THE CHEMISTRY PHYSICS AND BIOLOGY OF SOILS ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE RESPONSES OF CROPS TO MINERAL NUTRIENTS WATER SOIL COMPACTION DRAINAGE TILLAGE PRACTICES AND MICROBIAL PROCESSES.2. THE BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND ARABLE CROPS.3. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF PLANTS AND ARABLE CROPS TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRONOMIC FACTORS AND THE PHYSICS OF CROP MICROCLIMATE.4. THE BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOUR AND DISPERSAL OF PLANTS, ANIMALS, FUNGI, BACTERIA AND VIRUSES.5. PROCESSES COMPOUNDS AND ORGANISMS CAPABLE OF MONITORING PREDICTING AND CONTROLLING PESTS AND DISEASES OF CROPS.6. BIOMATHEMATICS INCLUDING STATISTICAL AND COMPUTING SERVICES.7. THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND OPERATIONS ON THE NATURAL AND SEMI-NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND MEANS OF MINIMISING OR ELIMINATING DAMAGING OR UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS PRODUCED BY SUCH PRACTICES AND OPERATIONS.8 THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOIL, MICROBES, PLANTS, ANIMALS, WATER AND THE ATMOSPHERE WITHIN GRASSLAND-DOMINATED AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE, MULTIFUNCTIONAL LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THAT ARE ADAPTABLE TO DIFFERENT PRODUCTION AND/OR ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS; THAT HELP PROTECT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES; THAT HELP MITIGATE AGAINST, AND ADAPT TO, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THAT TAKE ACCOUNT OF CHANGING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, POLICY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/06/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/05/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/07/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/07/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/07/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/06/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13/10/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/12/2013

Trustees (6)

6trustees
64median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Rothamsted Research Limited · 02393175 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 07/06/1989

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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