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The Company of Biologists

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 66

  1. Professor Gillian Griffiths 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. Professor Ismaa Sadaf Farooqi 2019-2022 Director View profile
  3. Professor Peter William Jack Rigby 2016-2026 Director View profile
  4. Professor Paresh Vyas 2014-2021 Director View profile
  5. Alastair Downie 2013-2022 Director View profile
  6. Dr Bruce Sean Munro 2012-2025 Director View profile
  7. Professor Laura Marie Machesky 2011-2025 Director View profile
  8. Professor Goran Erik Nilsson 2011-2024 Director View profile
  9. Professor Simon Hugh Piper Maddrell 2011-2020 Director View profile
  10. Professor Clare Margaret Isacke 2011-2026 Director View profile
  11. Sir Tim Hunt 2011-2015 Director View profile
  12. Professor Cheryll Anne Tickle 2010-2016 Director View profile
  13. Professor Ronald Alfred Laskey 2009-2012 Director View profile
  14. Professor Alan Martin Wilson 2009-2026 Director View profile
  15. Professor Mehul Tulsidas Dattani 2007-2013 Director View profile
  16. Professor Kate Gillian Storey 2007-2022 Director View profile
  17. John Sack 2005-2010 Director View profile
  18. Professor John Roger Speakman 2005-2011 Director View profile
  19. Alan Horwitz 2005-2013 Director View profile
  20. Prof Andrew Robert Cossins 2004-2018 Director View profile
  21. Dr James Michael Briscoe 2004-2018 Director View profile
  22. Professor Keith Gull 2003-2009 Director View profile
  23. Professor George N Somero 2003-2008 Director View profile
  24. Dr Jordan Raff 2003-2011 Director View profile
  25. Dr Matthew Freeman 2003-2023 Director View profile
  26. Jeffrey Stewart Andrew 2002-2004 Director View profile
  27. Dr Benjamin Lewin 2002-2004 Director View profile
  28. Professor Linda Partridge 2001-2004 Director View profile
  29. Jeremy Patrick Brockes 2000-2004 Director View profile
  30. Professor Sir John Bertrand Gurdon 2000-2011 Director View profile
  31. Professor William Moody 1998-2000 Director View profile
  32. Kathleen Kehoe 1997-2011 Director View profile
  33. Nathan Tublitz 1996-2004 Director View profile
  34. Dr Richard Timothy Hunt 1995-2009 Director View profile
  35. Professor Kay Davies 1995-1999 Director View profile
  36. Professor Dame Wendy Hall 1995-2004 Director View profile
  37. Jonathan Michael Wyndham Slack 1994-2000 Director View profile
  38. Prof John Howard Anstee 1994-2015 Director View profile
  39. Professor Ian Alastair Johnston 1994-1999 Director View profile
  40. Professor Michael Charles Thorndyke 1993-1997 Director View profile
  41. Henry Joseph Heaney 1993-1998 Director View profile
  42. Professor David Royston Critchley 1993-2003 Director View profile
  43. Julian Francis Burke 1993-2024 Director View profile
  44. Dr Jeffrey Graham Williams 1992-1994 Director View profile
  45. Professor Martin Charles Raff 1992-2016 Director View profile
  46. Davies, Peter Spencer, Doctor 2000 Director View profile
  47. Professor Adam Sebastian Genevieve Curtis 1999 Director View profile
  48. Fiona Mary Watt 1992 Director View profile
  49. Michael Edwin Akam 1995 Director View profile
  50. David William Thomasson Crompton 2001 Director View profile
  51. Gabriel Horn 1993 Director View profile
  52. Professor Anne Elizabeth Warner 2004 Director View profile
  53. Anthony Peter Murray Lockwood 1993 Director View profile
  54. Dr Bruce Joseph Roser 1995 Director View profile
  55. Dr Paul Robert Benjamin 1993 Director View profile
  56. Martin Hume Johnson 1994 Director View profile
  57. George Morgan Hughes 1992 Director View profile
  58. Professor Sir James Cuthbert Smith 2002 Director View profile
  59. Graham Shelton 1995 Director View profile
  60. Martin John Wells 1995 Director View profile
  61. Professor Lewis Wolpert 1999 Director View profile
  62. Roger Bernard Moreton 1996 Director View profile
  63. Professor Edwin William Taylor 1994 Director View profile
  64. Noble-Nesbitt, John, Doctor 2015 Director View profile
  65. Kay Anita Richmond 2001-2023 Secretary View profile
  66. Dr Richard John Skaer 2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • The Company of Biologists Read and Publish 2027-2028 Buyer: JISC Value not published 2026-09-10 Source: Find a Tender

    Jisc Services Limited is entering into a contract with The Company of Biologists to give Jisc member institutions the right to subscribe to The Company of Biologists online journals at preferential rates and publish open access articles in …

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About

Incorporated
31/12/1952
Also a registered charity
The Company of Biologists
Board analysis for researchers

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

7.2y median 4.5y
average tenure
31.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (4)

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 2Business services 1Education 1Property 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00514735
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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