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The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (Crac) Limited
Post-graduate level higher education
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Who leads it
- Dr Lesley Ann ThompsonDirector · since 2026
- Charlotte Lilian Mcnichol-FardonDirector · since 2026
- Dr Shewly Khanam ChoudhuryDirector · since 2025
- Professor Jeremy Keith Morris SandersDirector · since 2025
- Dr Alexander HagsallDirector · since 2025
- Rachel Melanie Claire Lambert-ForsythDirector · since 2024
- Roger Marcus WhitakerDirector · since 2024
- Professor David John OswellDirector · since 2020
- Clare SwarbrickSecretary · since 2024
Previous officers 70
- Janet Juillerat 2020-2026 View profile
- Professor Roger Soulsby Eccleston 2020-2026 View profile
- Gabriel Silberman 2019-2025 View profile
- Professor David Lockhart Bogle 2019-2025 View profile
- Dr William Duncan 2018-2021 View profile
- Susan Mary Fleet 2018-2024 View profile
- Dr Mary Elizabeth Phillips 2016-2019 View profile
- Wissenburg, Astrid Maria, Drs 2015-2024 View profile
- Professor Jean Francois Chambaz 2014-2015 View profile
- Professor John Vivian Wood 2013-2019 View profile
- Inderjit Seehra 2013-2019 View profile
- Professor David Gani 2012-2018 View profile
- Jacqueline Mary Wilbraham 2012-2016 View profile
- Douglas Mark Richard 2009-2013 View profile
- Sir Richard Brook Sykes 2008-2014 View profile
- Andrew William Graham Summers 2007-2010 View profile
- Dame Mary Doreen Archer 2007-2012 View profile
- Brian Stevens 2005-2012 View profile
- Margaret Helene Dane 2005-2010 View profile
- Dr Annie Elizabeth Grant 2004-2008 View profile
- Shiona Anne Lenore Llewellyn 2004-2012 View profile
- Professor Anthony Gordon Watts 2004-2008 View profile
- Joseph A Divanna Ii 2002-2006 View profile
- Christopher John Lowe 2002-2006 View profile
- Mike Killingley 2002-2011 View profile
- Linda Mary Ammon 2002-2004 View profile
- Prof Stephen Roger Watson 2002-2007 View profile
- Jacqueline Ann Alexander 2002-2004 View profile
- Chris Last 2001-2012 View profile
- Patrick John Anson Coldstream 2001-2009 View profile
- Andrew Reed Holmes Bottomley 2001-2005 View profile
- Matthew Whitelaw 2000-2001 View profile
- Antony John Raban 1998-2002 View profile
- Andrew John Renton 1998-2001 View profile
- David Michael Schildt 1998-2006 View profile
- Dame Tamsyn Love Imison 1996-2002 View profile
- Elizabeth Violetta Rayner 1996-2001 View profile
- Dr Antony Elwyn Hughes 1994-2007 View profile
- John Charles Steele 1993-1997 View profile
- Dr Kenneth John Richard Edwards 1993-2008 View profile
- Gwynneth Gabriella Flower 1993-2006 View profile
- Sir William Stubbs 1993-2004 View profile
- Adrian Alexander Bridgewater 1993-2008 View profile
- John Bryan Wybrew 1992-2005 View profile
- Michael Elliott Richardson 1992-1998 View profile
- Marianne Teresa Neville-Rolfe 1991-1995 View profile
- Robert Arthur Hill 1963-1998 View profile
- Dr Kenneth Allan Glen Miller 1996 View profile
- Thomas Gordon Parry Rogers 1994 View profile
- Richard Taylor Worsley 1993 View profile
- John Richard Merchant 1994 View profile
- Jack Gale Wilmot Davies 1992 View profile
- Adrian Barlow Gozzard 2000 View profile
- James Arthur Brown 1992 View profile
- Sir Norman Lindop 1991 View profile
- Sir Gordon Higginson 1991 View profile
- Professor Anne Jones 1994 View profile
- Sir John Seton Cassels 1992 View profile
- Brian Richardson 1997 View profile
- Platt, Beryl Catherine, the Baroness Platt of Writtle 1993 View profile
- Sir Anthony John Patrick Vineall 1997 View profile
- Peter Stronach Linklater 1992 View profile
- John William Hougham 2000 View profile
- Michael Basil Smith 1994 View profile
- Breeda O'Leary 2008-2010 View profile
- Jeffrey Jack Defries 2006-2008 View profile
- Gillian Sandra Wilson Chalon 2005-2006 View profile
- David Russell Francis Thomas 1998-2005 View profile
- Donald Mcgregor 1996-2000 View profile
- Peter David Blandford 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Post-graduate level higher education
- Incorporated
- 29/10/1964
- Registered office
- Cambridge
- Also a registered charity
- The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (C R A C ) Limited
Grants received
7 grants · £163,753 total360Giving 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 · £105,970 (2 grants)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £36,543 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £7,240
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £7,000
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £7,000
Most recent
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
8 directors on the board
- Rachel Melanie Claire Lambert-Forsyth Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Lesley Ann Thompson Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Jeremy Keith Morris Sanders Director · appointed 2025
- Charlotte Lilian Mcnichol-Fardon Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Alexander Hagsall Director · appointed 2025
- Roger Marcus Whitaker Director · appointed 2024
- Professor David John Oswell Director · appointed 2020
- Dr Shewly Khanam Choudhury Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Professor David John Oswell Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Dr Lesley Ann Thompson Director · appointed 2026
- Charlotte Lilian Mcnichol-Fardon Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Alexander Hagsall Director · appointed 2025
- Professor David John Oswell Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (4)
- Rachel Melanie Claire Lambert-Forsyth Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Jeremy Keith Morris Sanders Director · appointed 2025
- Roger Marcus Whitaker Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Shewly Khanam Choudhury Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Janet Juillerat Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
- Professor Roger Soulsby Eccleston Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
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.
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
- 00825036
- 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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