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The Papworth Trust

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 54

  1. Penny Metcalf 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dominic Tait 2023-2023 Director View profile
  3. Michael Philip Burgess 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Richard Derek Rodgers 2022-2023 Director View profile
  5. Christina Olubukola Orekogbe 2021-2022 Director View profile
  6. Elizabeth Kym Jessop 2020-2022 Director View profile
  7. Jane Elizabeth Carmichael 2020-2026 Director View profile
  8. Isabel Ramos De Noronha Divanna 2020-2022 Director View profile
  9. David John Atkinson 2017-2023 Director View profile
  10. Diarmid James Ducas Ogilvy 2014-2017 Director View profile
  11. Sarah Jane Mitchell 2014-2016 Director View profile
  12. Geoffrey Burnand 2014-2017 Director View profile
  13. Andrew John Hirst 2014-2023 Director View profile
  14. Wes Paul Cuell 2013-2021 Director View profile
  15. Elizabeth Jane Railton 2013-2013 Director View profile
  16. Patrick John Hughes 2013-2022 Director View profile
  17. Rajan Upadhyaya 2012-2014 Director View profile
  18. Roy Langley O'Shaughnessy 2011-2013 Director View profile
  19. Debbie Martine Sorkin 2011-2020 Director View profile
  20. Andrew Reginald Rushworth Dixon 2011-2015 Director View profile
  21. Peter Lawson Agar 2011-2020 Director View profile
  22. Richard Michael Norton 2011-2020 Director View profile
  23. Andrew Robert Thompson 2010-2013 Director View profile
  24. Nigel John Atkinson 2010-2012 Director View profile
  25. Robert Charles Hammond 2010-2019 Director View profile
  26. Jill Alyson Millns 2009-2017 Director View profile
  27. Angela Catherine Scott 2008-2012 Director View profile
  28. Joanna Mary Womack 2006-2015 Director View profile
  29. Ashish Brata Dasgupta 2006-2011 Director View profile
  30. Dr Joseph Stanislavs Pajak 2005-2011 Director View profile
  31. Margaret Elspeth Thomas 2001-2010 Director View profile
  32. Harry John Faure Walker 2001-2005 Director View profile
  33. Linda Mary Hoggarth 1999-2007 Director View profile
  34. Professor Alan Walter Barrell 1999-2007 Director View profile
  35. John Willis 1997-1997 Director View profile
  36. Anthony Michael Barnes 1995-2010 Director View profile
  37. Sibyl Mary Marshall 1995-2001 Director View profile
  38. Sir Archibald Hugh Duberly 1992-2012 Director View profile
  39. Judith Penelope Glossop Bennett Gape Pearson 1992-2013 Director View profile
  40. Godfrey Richard Warde Wright 1997 Director View profile
  41. Dr Nigel Hugh Mosman Chancellor 1997 Director View profile
  42. Dr Katharine Elisabeth Martin 1999 Director View profile
  43. Adrian Alexander Bridgewater 2011 Director View profile
  44. George Wayet Derek Crookenden 2000 Director View profile
  45. John Robert Littlewood Brashaw 1992 Director View profile
  46. Joan Dorothy Parish 1995 Director View profile
  47. Chris Judson 2024-2025 Secretary View profile
  48. Sarah Louise Miller 2024-2024 Secretary View profile
  49. Mark Colin Blake 2016-2024 Secretary View profile
  50. Antony Eric Osborne 2010-2016 Secretary View profile
  51. David Oldham 2003-2009 Secretary View profile
  52. John Anthony Laverack 1994-2002 Secretary View profile
  53. Michael Cecil Rothera 1993-1994 Secretary View profile
  54. Richard Mann Roberts 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
16/11/1917
Also a registered charity
The Papworth Trust

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Papworth Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

5 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£28,409,000
Total assets
£50,481,000
Cash
£3,171,000
Employees
234
Turnover
£14,525,000
Profit/loss
£755,000

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

15 grants · £4,312,484 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,234,168 (10 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £49,194
  • Essex Community Foundation · £14,969 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £8,174
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £5,979

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £8,1742022-07-21
  • Department for Work and Pensions £5,9792022-04-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,5592021-11-11
  • Essex Community Foundation £9,9692021-05-07
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £49,1942020-07-29
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

12 directors on the board

3.7y median 3.2y
average tenure
8.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (6)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 3Health and social care 3Manufacturing 3Other services 2Property 1Retail and trade 1Tech and media 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00148906
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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