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John Innes Centre

Company 00511709 Active

Registered charity: John Innes Centre

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Board DNA

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10
directors on the board
2.8y median 2.4y
average tenure
5.7y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years
4 vs 5 portfolio
first-time directors
6
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Professional services 8Property 4Finance 3Hospitality 3Manufacturing 3Tech and media 3Arts and leisure 2Retail and trade 2

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Company details

Number00511709
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated25/09/1952
AddressNORWICH RESEARCH PARK, COLNEY, NORWICH, NR4 7UH
Accounts next due31/12/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

72190 - Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Ownership - persons with significant control (3)

  • University of East Anglia
    voting rights 25-50% as firm
  • John Innes Foundation
    voting rights 25-50% as firm
  • The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
    voting rights 25-50% as firm

Officers (86)

  • Baulcombe, David Charles, Sir Director · appointed 2025
  • Field, Robert Andrew, Professor Director · appointed 2025
  • Sands, Sarah Louise Director · appointed 2024
  • Langdale, Jane Alison, Professor Director · appointed 2024
  • Kendall, William Bruce Director · appointed 2024
  • Hibberd, Julian Michael, Professor Director · appointed 2024
  • Mccafferty, James Daniel, Dr Director · appointed 2023
  • MAW, Christopher Director · appointed 2022
  • Hughes-Hallett, Thomas, Sir Director · appointed 2021
  • Armitage, Judith Patricia, Professor Director · appointed 2020
  • Foreman, David Secretary · appointed 2012
  • Searcey, Mark, Professor Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
  • Caulcott, Celia Ann, Dr Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
  • Vincent, Jason Leigh Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2023
  • Talbot, Nicholas Jose, Professor Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025
  • Innes, John Hugh Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2024
  • West, William Henry Lewarne, Dr Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2021
  • Murrell, John Colin, Professor Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2023
  • Midura, Jennifer Kristin Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2024
  • Leyser, Ottoline, Professor Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2020
  • Maskell, Robert John Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2022
  • Keith, Deborah Jane, Dr Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2022
  • Gilmartin, Philip Mark, Professor Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2017
  • White, David Richard Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
  • Norman, Keith Richard Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2020
  • Richardson, David John, Professor Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2013
  • Williams, Gareth Alun Former Secretary · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Barsby, Tina Lorraine Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
  • Davies, Trevor David, Professor Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2011
  • Hetherington, Alistair Macculloch, Professor Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2010
  • Hall, Joseph William Former Secretary · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
  • Macmillan, William Donald, Professor Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
  • Powell, Wayne, Professor Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2012
  • Giles, Alan Former Secretary · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
  • Schulze Lefert, Paul, Dr Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
  • Mccarthy, John Edward Grimwade, Prof Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2011
  • Holmes, Stuart Lang Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2018
  • Salmond, George Peacock Copland, Professor Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2010
  • Gill, Arthur Benjamin Norman, Sir Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2014
  • Bridges, Ian George Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2005
  • Eastwood, David Stephen, Professor Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2006
  • Willmitzer, Lothar, Prof Dr Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2006
  • Graham, Ian Alexander, Professor Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2017
  • Innes, Peter David Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
  • Leadlay, Peter Francis Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2004
  • Beringer, John Evelyn, Sir Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2009
  • Trewavas, Anthony, Professor Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2004
  • Self, Colin Henry, Professor Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2003
  • Emes, Michael James, Dr Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
  • Herrmann, John Peter Richard, Dr Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2002
  • Brown, Nigel Leslie, Professor Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2004
  • Payne, Peter Ivor Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
  • Wieghardt, Karl Ernst, Professor Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999
  • Murphy, Gillian, Prof Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Watts, Vincent Challacombe Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2010
  • Dickinson, Hugh Gordon, Professor Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2015
  • Selborne, John Roundell, the Earl of Selborne Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Esteve Coll, Elizabeth Anne Loosemore, Dame Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
  • Gibson, Ian, Dr Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
  • Schell, Jozef, Professor Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1998
  • Lord Phillips of Ellesmere, Lord Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1996
  • Falcon, Michael Gascoigne Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1998
  • Crute, Ian Richard, Professor Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1999
  • Williams, Robert Joseph Paton, Professor Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1998
  • Higgins, Christopher Francis, Professor Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2000
  • Lillford, Peter John, Dr Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2001
  • Thomson, Andrew James, Professor Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2001
  • Leaver, Christopher John, Professor Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2012
  • O'Nions, Donald John Former Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 2005
  • AP Rees, Thomas, Professor Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
  • Oldfield, John Francis Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2012
  • Woodward, Frank Ian, Professor Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1994
  • Callow, James Arthur, Professor Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1994
  • Wootton, John Christopher, Doctor Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Hadden, Denys Ralph Former Secretary · resigned 1994
  • Grierson, Donald, Professor Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Caligari, Peter Douglas Savaria, Professor Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Ingram, David Stanley, Professor Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Green, Malcolm Leslie Hodder, Professor Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Boulter, Donald, Professor Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Mcclean, Simon Peregrine Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Fincham, John Robert Stanley, Professor Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Cross, John Stanley Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Strawson, William Henry Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Burke, Derek Clissold, Professor Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Norman, Reginald Fred Former Director · resigned 2002

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