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The British Society of Plant Breeders Limited
Research and experimental development on biotechnology
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Roger Anthony Luke KeelingDirector · since 2025
- Thomas James YewbreyDirector · since 2025
- Helen Elizabeth WilsonDirector · since 2025
- Sarah Anne IvesonDirector · since 2024
- Mark Burbank DoddsDirector · since 2024
- Jonathan TannDirector · since 2023
- Mark BuckinghamDirector · since 2023
- Douglas James HarleyDirector · since 2014
- Stephanie Clare SpiersSecretary · since 2023
Previous officers 37
- William George Compson 2023-2024 View profile
- Leslie Anne Sharp 2023-2024 View profile
- Christopher Michael Guest 2020-2025 View profile
- James Taylor-Alford 2020-2022 View profile
- Dr Timothy Robert Lacey 2019-2022 View profile
- Robin Laurie Wood 2017-2025 View profile
- William John Gilbert 2016-2019 View profile
- Andrew David Newby 2015-2023 View profile
- Samantha Charlotte Brooke 2015-2023 View profile
- Theodor Brunon Labuda 2011-2012 View profile
- Geoffrey Hall 2009-2019 View profile
- Robert Harvey Miles 2007-2017 View profile
- Robert John Hiles 2006-2015 View profile
- Dr Richard William Summers 2005-2025 View profile
- Nigel Henry Moore 2005-2015 View profile
- Salvador Patrick James Potter 2005-2005 View profile
- Alain Sicard 2004-2005 View profile
- Gary Mills-Thomas 2004-2006 View profile
- Dr Thomas Howard Jolliffe 2004-2021 View profile
- Jeffrey Stephen Cox 2003-2004 View profile
- Christopher Gavin Green 2001-2014 View profile
- John Alexander Blackman 2001-2004 View profile
- Stephen John Smith 1998-2003 View profile
- Paul Christopher Canham 1997-2006 View profile
- Raymond John Spreadbury 1995-2001 View profile
- Paul Roland Taylor 1993-1998 View profile
- Hayter, Anthony Michael, Doctor 1992-1997 View profile
- David Quentin Taylor 2002 View profile
- Frederick Michael Collins 1993 View profile
- Christopher Hugh Shaw 1995 View profile
- Peter Alfred Gammidge 1992 View profile
- Anthony Stuart Guthrie 2003 View profile
- Anthony Gordon Keeling 2007 View profile
- Stephanie Spiers 2020-2020 View profile
- Dr Penelope Anne Maplestone 2004-2020 View profile
- Dr Roger George Turner 1995-2003 View profile
- Donald Gordon Mcneil 1995 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Research and experimental development on biotechnology
- Incorporated
- 13/04/1966
- Registered office
- Ely
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
- Mark Burbank Dodds Director · appointed 2024
- Thomas James Yewbrey Director · appointed 2025
- Sarah Anne Iveson Director · appointed 2024
- Helen Elizabeth Wilson Director · appointed 2025
- Douglas James Harley Director · appointed 2014
- Mark Buckingham Director · appointed 2023
- Roger Anthony Luke Keeling Director · appointed 2025
- Jonathan Tann Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Douglas James Harley Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Mark Burbank Dodds Director · appointed 2024
- Sarah Anne Iveson Director · appointed 2024
- Helen Elizabeth Wilson Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Buckingham Director · appointed 2023
- Jonathan Tann Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (3)
- Thomas James Yewbrey Director · appointed 2025
- Douglas James Harley Director · appointed 2014
- Roger Anthony Luke Keeling Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Robin Laurie Wood Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
- Dr Richard William Summers Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2025
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
- 00876811
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 31/07/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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