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

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Previous officers 59

  1. Thierry Dominique Gerard Garnier 2021-2026 Director View profile
  2. Charles Wilson 2018-2018 Director View profile
  3. Stephen William Golsby 2016-2022 Director View profile
  4. Elizabeth Alison Platt 2016-2025 Director View profile
  5. Simon Iain Patterson 2016-2022 Director View profile
  6. Lindsey Jane Pownall 2016-2023 Director View profile
  7. Byron Elmer Grote 2015-2024 Director View profile
  8. John Murray Allan 2015-2023 Director View profile
  9. Richard John Cousins 2014-2017 Director View profile
  10. Anders Bertil Mikael Olsson 2014-2021 Director View profile
  11. Alan James Stewart 2014-2021 Director View profile
  12. David John Lewis 2014-2020 Director View profile
  13. Mark Henry Armour 2013-2021 Director View profile
  14. Olivia Garfield 2013-2015 Director View profile
  15. Deanna Watson Oppenheimer 2012-2021 Director View profile
  16. Sir Richard John Broadbent 2011-2015 Director View profile
  17. Stuart John Chambers 2010-2015 Director View profile
  18. Gareth Richard Bullock 2010-2015 Director View profile
  19. Kenneth George Hanna 2009-2015 Director View profile
  20. Patrick Jean Pierre Cescau 2009-2015 Director View profile
  21. Laurence Patrick Mcilwee 2009-2014 Director View profile
  22. Jacqueline Anne Tammenoms Bakker 2009-2015 Director View profile
  23. Carolyn Julia Mccall 2005-2008 Director View profile
  24. Karen Rachel Cook 2004-2013 Director View profile
  25. David Edward Reid 2004-2011 Director View profile
  26. Lucy Jeanne Neville-Rolfe 2004-2013 Director View profile
  27. Richard William Peter Brasher 2004-2012 Director View profile
  28. Kenneth John Hydon 2004-2013 Director View profile
  29. Evan Mervyn Davies 2003-2008 Director View profile
  30. Rodney Frank Chase 2002-2010 Director View profile
  31. Veronique Morali 2000-2005 Director View profile
  32. Dr Harald Einsmann 1999-2010 Director View profile
  33. Charles Lamb Allen 1999-2010 Director View profile
  34. Philip Andrew Clarke 1998-2014 Director View profile
  35. David Thomas Potts 1998-2011 Director View profile
  36. Andrew Thomas Higginson 1997-2012 Director View profile
  37. John William Melbourn 1996-2002 Director View profile
  38. Timothy John Rollit Mason 1995-2012 Director View profile
  39. Lesley James 1995-1999 Director View profile
  40. Graham Fenwick Pimlott 1993-2005 Director View profile
  41. Sir Terence Patrick Leahy 1992-2011 Director View profile
  42. Rowley Stuart Ager 1992-2004 Director View profile
  43. Miah Gwynfor Jones 1992-1998 Director View profile
  44. Lord Ian Charter Maclaurin 1997 Director View profile
  45. John Michael Wemms 2000 Director View profile
  46. John Gildersleeve 2004 Director View profile
  47. Dennis Charles Tuffin 1994 Director View profile
  48. Alfred David Malpas 1997 Director View profile
  49. Francis Rudolph Nelson Krejsa 1993 Director View profile
  50. Michael Darnell 1994 Director View profile
  51. Victor Woolf Benjamin 1996 Director View profile
  52. Baroness Detta O'Cathain 2000 Director View profile
  53. John Mario Faskally Padovan 1994 Director View profile
  54. John Anthony Gardiner 2004 Director View profile
  55. Sara Thomson 2024-2025 Secretary View profile
  56. Robert John Welch 2016-2024 Secretary View profile
  57. Darren Elliot Lennark 2016-2016 Secretary View profile
  58. Paul Anthony Moore 2015-2016 Secretary View profile
  59. Jonathan Mark Lloyd 2006-2015 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
27/11/1947

Group

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

201 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.

Grants received

2 grants · £674,249 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

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £674,249 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £31,8612023-03-08
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £642,3882021-11-10
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.

10 directors on the board

4.8y median 5.1y
average tenure
8.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (10)

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.

Professional services 9Finance 7Tech and media 4Arts and leisure 2Business services 2Education 2Property 2Retail and trade 2

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
00445790
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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