The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Company of Biologists

Company 00514735 Active

Registered charity: The Company of Biologists

Company details

Number00514735
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated31/12/1952
AddressBIDDER BUILDING, STATION ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, CB24 9LF
Accounts next due30/09/2026
Accounts last made up31/12/2024

Industry (SIC)

18130 - Pre-press and pre-media services18203 - Reproduction of computer media58141 - Publishing of learned journals58190 - Other publishing activities

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (79)

  • URBÉ, Sylvie, Professor Director · appointed 2025
  • Tait, Stephen, Professor Director · appointed 2025
  • Peifer, Mark Alan, Dr Director · appointed 2025
  • Mill, Pleasantine, Dr Director · appointed 2025
  • Smith, Austin Gerard, Professor Director · appointed 2024
  • Kelly, Steven Bryan, Professor Director · appointed 2024
  • Ward, Catherine Secretary · appointed 2023
  • Lowell, Sarah Elizabeth, Doctor Director · appointed 2019
  • Royle, Stephen John, Professor Director · appointed 2018
  • Shiels, Holly, Professor Director · appointed 2018
  • Bray, Sarah Jane, Professor Director · appointed 2016
  • Langdale, Jane Alison, Professor Director · appointed 2012
  • ST Johnston, Robert Daniel, Professor Director · appointed 1995
  • Griffiths, Gillian, Professor Former Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2024
  • Farooqi, Ismaa Sadaf, Professor Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2022
  • Rigby, Peter William Jack, Professor Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2026
  • Vyas, Paresh, Professor Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2021
  • Downie, Alastair Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2022
  • Munro, Bruce Sean, Dr Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2025
  • Machesky, Laura Marie, Professor Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2025
  • Nilsson, Goran Erik, Professor Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2024
  • Maddrell, Simon Hugh Piper, Professor Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2020
  • Isacke, Clare Margaret, Professor Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2026
  • Hunt, Tim, Sir Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2015
  • Tickle, Cheryll Anne, Professor Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2016
  • Laskey, Ronald Alfred, Professor Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2012
  • Wilson, Alan Martin, Professor Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2026
  • Dattani, Mehul Tulsidas, Professor Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
  • Storey, Kate Gillian, Professor Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2022
  • Sack, John Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2010
  • Speakman, John Roger, Professor Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2011
  • Horwitz, Alan Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2013
  • Cossins, Andrew Robert, Prof Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2018
  • Briscoe, James Michael, Dr Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2018
  • Gull, Keith, Professor Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
  • Somero, George N, Professor Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2008
  • Raff, Jordan, Dr Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2011
  • Freeman, Matthew, Dr Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2023
  • Andrew, Jeffrey Stewart Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2004
  • Lewin, Benjamin, Dr Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2004
  • Richmond, Kay Anita Former Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2023
  • Partridge, Linda, Professor Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2004
  • Brockes, Jeremy Patrick Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2004
  • Gurdon, John Bertrand, Professor Sir Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2011
  • Moody, William, Professor Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
  • Kehoe, Kathleen Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2011
  • Tublitz, Nathan Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2004
  • Hunt, Richard Timothy, Dr Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2009
  • Davies, Kay, Professor Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
  • Hall, Wendy, Professor Dame Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2004
  • Slack, Jonathan Michael Wyndham Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2000
  • Anstee, John Howard, Prof Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2015
  • Johnston, Ian Alastair, Professor Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1999
  • Thorndyke, Michael Charles, Professor Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
  • Heaney, Henry Joseph Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
  • Critchley, David Royston, Professor Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2003
  • Burke, Julian Francis Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2024
  • Williams, Jeffrey Graham, Dr Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1994
  • Raff, Martin Charles, Professor Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2016
  • Davies, Peter Spencer, Doctor Former Director · resigned 2000
  • Curtis, Adam Sebastian Genevieve, Professor Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Watt, Fiona Mary Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Akam, Michael Edwin Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Crompton, David William Thomasson Former Director · resigned 2001
  • Horn, Gabriel Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Warner, Anne Elizabeth, Professor Former Director · resigned 2004
  • Lockwood, Anthony Peter Murray Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Roser, Bruce Joseph, Dr Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Benjamin, Paul Robert, Dr Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Johnson, Martin Hume Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Hughes, George Morgan Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Skaer, Richard John, Dr Former Secretary · resigned 2001
  • Smith, James Cuthbert, Professor Sir Former Director · resigned 2002
  • Shelton, Graham Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Wells, Martin John Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Wolpert, Lewis, Professor Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Moreton, Roger Bernard Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Taylor, Edwin William, Professor Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Noble-Nesbitt, John, Doctor Former Director · resigned 2015

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