Company · Worthing
The ERA Foundation Limited
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Sir Iain Gilmour GrayDirector · since 2025
- William David Butler-AdamsDirector · since 2025
- Dame Helen Valerie AtkinsonDirector · since 2021
- Professor Bashir Mohammad Ali Al-HashimiDirector · since 2021
- Thomas Edward GordonDirector · since 2020
- Andrew James ChurchillDirector · since 2020
- Michael CarrDirector · since 2019
- Dr Paul GolbyDirector · since 2019
Previous officers 25
- Joanna Alicia Gore Kennedy 2014-2024 View profile
- Richard John Brook 2012-2015 View profile
- Dr Thomas Robert Rowbotham 2012-2019 View profile
- Professor Christopher Maxwell Snowden 2010-2025 View profile
- Bernard John Taylor 2010-2020 View profile
- Sir John James O'Reilly 2008-2021 View profile
- Professor Peter Brian Denyer 2007-2010 View profile
- David Andrew Wilson 2006-2016 View profile
- Frederick John Cahill 2006-2016 View profile
- John Christopher Hibbert 2000-2002 View profile
- Lydia Anne Garrett 1999-2000 View profile
- David Ball 1998-2007 View profile
- Sir David Evan Naunton Davies 1997-2007 View profile
- Professor Robert William Ernest Shannon 1997-1998 View profile
- Sir Alan Walter Rudge 1997-2012 View profile
- Professor Michael Thomas Wright 1995-2002 View profile
- Christopher Paul Newton Perks 1994-2001 View profile
- Dr James Cadzow Smith 1997 View profile
- Desvaux, Martin Patrick, Doctor 1996 View profile
- Michael John Withers 1999 View profile
- Bryson, Lindsay, Admiral Sir 1997 View profile
- Harold William Cross 1995 View profile
- Jeffrey Neil Kelly 2016-2017 View profile
- Joseph Edward Fewtrell 1994-2016 View profile
- Keith Sedgwick 1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 27/09/1920
- Registered office
- Worthing
Financials
- Net assets
- £28,172,525
- Total assets
- £29,714,197
- Cash
- £1,951,736
- Employees
- 0.11
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-09-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
8 directors on the board
- Dame Helen Valerie Atkinson Director · appointed 2021
- Professor Bashir Mohammad Ali Al-Hashimi Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Paul Golby Director · appointed 2019
- Thomas Edward Gordon Director · appointed 2020
- Andrew James Churchill Director · appointed 2020
- Michael Carr Director · appointed 2019
- Sir Iain Gilmour Gray Director · appointed 2025
- William David Butler-Adams Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Dr Paul Golby Director · appointed 2019
- Andrew James Churchill Director · appointed 2020
- Michael Carr Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Dame Helen Valerie Atkinson Director · appointed 2021
- Thomas Edward Gordon Director · appointed 2020
- Sir Iain Gilmour Gray Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (5)
- Professor Bashir Mohammad Ali Al-Hashimi Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Paul Golby Director · appointed 2019
- Andrew James Churchill Director · appointed 2020
- Michael Carr Director · appointed 2019
- William David Butler-Adams Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
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.
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00170454
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/06/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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