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John Innes Centre

Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

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

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Previous officers 75

  1. Professor Mark Searcey 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dr Celia Ann Caulcott 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Jason Leigh Vincent 2020-2023 Director View profile
  4. Professor Nicholas Jose Talbot 2018-2025 Director View profile
  5. John Hugh Innes 2018-2024 Director View profile
  6. Dr William Henry Lewarne West 2018-2021 Director View profile
  7. Professor John Colin Murrell 2017-2023 Director View profile
  8. Jennifer Kristin Midura 2017-2024 Director View profile
  9. Professor Ottoline Leyser 2016-2020 Director View profile
  10. Robert John Maskell 2015-2022 Director View profile
  11. Dr Deborah Jane Keith 2015-2022 Director View profile
  12. Professor Philip Mark Gilmartin 2013-2017 Director View profile
  13. David Richard White 2013-2016 Director View profile
  14. Keith Richard Norman 2012-2020 Director View profile
  15. Professor David John Richardson 2011-2013 Director View profile
  16. Tina Lorraine Barsby 2009-2013 Director View profile
  17. Professor Trevor David Davies 2009-2011 Director View profile
  18. Professor Alistair Macculloch Hetherington 2009-2010 Director View profile
  19. Professor William Donald Macmillan 2006-2009 Director View profile
  20. Professor Wayne Powell 2006-2012 Director View profile
  21. Dr Paul Schulze Lefert 2005-2007 Director View profile
  22. Prof John Edward Grimwade Mccarthy 2004-2011 Director View profile
  23. Stuart Lang Holmes 2004-2018 Director View profile
  24. Professor George Peacock Copland Salmond 2003-2010 Director View profile
  25. Sir Arthur Benjamin Norman Gill 2002-2014 Director View profile
  26. Ian George Bridges 2002-2005 Director View profile
  27. Professor David Stephen Eastwood 2002-2006 Director View profile
  28. Prof Dr Lothar Willmitzer 2002-2006 Director View profile
  29. Professor Ian Alexander Graham 2002-2017 Director View profile
  30. Peter David Innes 2001-2002 Director View profile
  31. Peter Francis Leadlay 2001-2004 Director View profile
  32. Sir John Evelyn Beringer 2001-2009 Director View profile
  33. Professor Anthony Trewavas 2000-2004 Director View profile
  34. Professor Colin Henry Self 2000-2003 Director View profile
  35. Dr Michael James Emes 2000-2002 Director View profile
  36. Dr John Peter Richard Herrmann 1999-2002 Director View profile
  37. Professor Nigel Leslie Brown 1999-2004 Director View profile
  38. Peter Ivor Payne 1998-2001 Director View profile
  39. Professor Karl Ernst Wieghardt 1998-1999 Director View profile
  40. Prof Gillian Murphy 1997-2000 Director View profile
  41. Vincent Challacombe Watts 1997-2010 Director View profile
  42. Professor Hugh Gordon Dickinson 1997-2015 Director View profile
  43. Selborne, John Roundell, the Earl of Selborne 1997-2000 Director View profile
  44. Dame Elizabeth Anne Loosemore Esteve Coll 1995-1997 Director View profile
  45. Dr Ian Gibson 1994-1997 Director View profile
  46. Professor Jozef Schell 1994-1998 Director View profile
  47. Lord Lord Phillips of Ellesmere 1994-1996 Director View profile
  48. Michael Gascoigne Falcon 1994-1998 Director View profile
  49. Professor Ian Richard Crute 1994-1999 Director View profile
  50. Professor Robert Joseph Paton Williams 1994-1998 Director View profile
  51. Professor Christopher Francis Higgins 1994-2000 Director View profile
  52. Dr Peter John Lillford 1994-2001 Director View profile
  53. Professor Andrew James Thomson 1994-2001 Director View profile
  54. Professor Christopher John Leaver 1994-2012 Director View profile
  55. Professor Thomas Ap Rees 1993-1994 Director View profile
  56. John Francis Oldfield 1993-2012 Director View profile
  57. Professor Frank Ian Woodward 1992-1994 Director View profile
  58. Professor James Arthur Callow 1992-1994 Director View profile
  59. Wootton, John Christopher, Doctor 1991 Director View profile
  60. Professor Donald Grierson 1992 Director View profile
  61. Professor Peter Douglas Savaria Caligari 1999 Director View profile
  62. Professor David Stanley Ingram 1991 Director View profile
  63. Professor Malcolm Leslie Hodder Green 1991 Director View profile
  64. Professor Donald Boulter 1997 Director View profile
  65. Simon Peregrine Mcclean 1994 Director View profile
  66. Professor John Robert Stanley Fincham 1991 Director View profile
  67. John Stanley Cross 1994 Director View profile
  68. William Henry Strawson 1992 Director View profile
  69. Professor Derek Clissold Burke 1995 Director View profile
  70. Reginald Fred Norman 2002 Director View profile
  71. Gareth Alun Williams 2010-2012 Secretary View profile
  72. Joseph William Hall 2007-2010 Secretary View profile
  73. Alan Giles 2005-2007 Secretary View profile
  74. Donald John O'Nions 1994-2005 Secretary View profile
  75. Denys Ralph Hadden 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Incorporated
25/09/1952
Registered office
Norwich
Also a registered charity
John Innes Centre

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. John Innes Centre is controlled by University of East Anglia
    Evidence
    active 25-50% voting (firm) · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by University of East Anglia.

11 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

328 grants · £56,116,941 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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £46,126,732 (264 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £9,933,233 (62 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £56,976 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £172,2582024-02-14
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £41,9142024-01-09
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £42,3472023-08-03
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £94,0632023-06-13
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £69,7862023-05-15

Contracts awarded

7 contracts

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

Most recent

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

2.8y median 2.4y
average tenure
5.7y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

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.

Professional services 8Property 4Finance 3Hospitality 3Manufacturing 3Tech and media 3Arts and leisure 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
00511709
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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