Biochemical Society(the)

Company 00892796 Active

Registered charity: The Biochemical Society

Connected board network

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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

Hooper, Nigel Mark, Professor Director · appointed 2022
Smith, David Paul, Professor Director · appointed 2024
Chisholm-Britt, Hannah Mary, Dr Director · appointed 2023
Campbell, Susan Gerarda, Dr Director · appointed 2023
Reece, Richard Jonathan, Professor Director · appointed 2024
Morton, Nicholas Michael, Professor Director · appointed 2025
Soares DA Rocha, Sonia Maria Campos, Professor Director · appointed 2026
Goodfellow, Julia Mary, Professor Dame Director · appointed 2022

2.6y median 2.9y

average tenure

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Smith, David Paul, Professor Director · appointed 2024
Chisholm-Britt, Hannah Mary, Dr Director · appointed 2023
Campbell, Susan Gerarda, Dr Director · appointed 2023
Morton, Nicholas Michael, Professor Director · appointed 2025

Portfolio (4)

Hooper, Nigel Mark, Professor Director · appointed 2022
Reece, Richard Jonathan, Professor Director · appointed 2024
Soares DA Rocha, Sonia Maria Campos, Professor Director · appointed 2026
Goodfellow, Julia Mary, Professor Dame Director · appointed 2022

Also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Vieira DE Mello Rigden, Luciane, Professor Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
Sargent, Frank, Professor Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025
Chakrabarti, Lisa, Professor Director · appointed 2022 · 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.

Tech and media 3Professional services 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

Narrow spread of sectors across the board

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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.

Related organisations

Portland Press Limited 3 shared directors

Connected through a shared director

Higher Education Policy Institute 1 shared director
Scholar's Green Cheadle Hulme Limited 1 shared director

Deterministic, from public records.

Company details

Number	00892796
Status	Active
Type	PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated	25/11/1966
Address	C/O SEDULO, OFFICE 605, ALBERT HOUSE, 256-260 OLD STREET, LONDON, EC1V 9DD
Accounts next due	30/09/2026
Accounts last made up	31/12/2024

Industry (SIC)

94120 - Activities of professional membership organizations94990 - Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (0)

No persons with significant control recorded.

Owns 1 company iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.

Portland Press Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2025-01-03

Officers (100)

Soares DA Rocha, Sonia Maria Campos, Professor Director · appointed 2026
Morton, Nicholas Michael, Professor Director · appointed 2025
Reece, Richard Jonathan, Professor Director · appointed 2024
Smith, David Paul, Professor Director · appointed 2024
Sarah Jane Jenner Secretary · appointed 2023
Chisholm-Britt, Hannah Mary, Dr Director · appointed 2023
Campbell, Susan Gerarda, Dr Director · appointed 2023
Hooper, Nigel Mark, Professor Director · appointed 2022
Goodfellow, Julia Mary, Professor Dame Director · appointed 2022

Show 91 former officers

Lindley, Martin, Dr Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2023
Chakrabarti, Lisa, Professor Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
Amour, Augustin, Dr Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
Mercer, Derry, Dr Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2021
Graham, Sheila Veronica, Professor Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2024
Vieira DE Mello Rigden, Luciane, Professor Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
Downes, Charles Peter, Professor Sir Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
Sargent, Frank, Professor Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025
Edwards, Joanne, Dr Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2021
West, Michelle Joanne, Professor Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2024
Weir, Malcolm Peter, Dr Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2021
Pool, Martin Richard, Dr Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
Gruszka, Dominika Teresa, Dr Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
Roberts, Stefan, Professor Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2021
PYE, David Alexander, Dr Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2020
Watson, Helen, Dr Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2023
Adam Denis Hughes Secretary · appointed 2016 · resigned 2021
Dafforn, Timothy Richard, Professor Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2015
Baulcombe, David Charles, Sir Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
Carling, David, Professor Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2016
John Robert Misselbrook Secretary · appointed 2014 · resigned 2016
Beynon, Robert Jeffrey, Professor Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2018
Dell, Anne, Professor Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2019
Gray, Nicola Kemp, Dr Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2018
Reece, Richard, Professor Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2022
Wallace, Alan, Dr Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
Cooper, Chris Eric, Professor Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
Catherine Frances Baillie Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
Watmough, Nicholas James, Dr Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2017
Laskey, Ron, Professor Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
Fell, David, Professor Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
Burns, Shamus, Dr Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
Graham, Sheila, Dr Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
Wallace, Heather Mann, Prof. Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2012
Busby, Stephen John, Professor Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2016
Coggins, John Richard, Professor Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2013
Bulleid, Neil, Professor Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2011
East, Malcolm, Dr Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2011
Blundell, Tom, Professor Sir Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2011
Michelangeli, Francesco, Dr Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
Newbury, Henry John, Professor Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
Sayers, Jon Roland, Dr Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
Cogdell, Richard John, Professor Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
Shepherd, Peter Robin, Professor Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2014
Kleanthous, Colin, Professor Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2013
Wheatley, Mark, Dr Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
Paula Jane Booth Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
Dransfield, Ian, Professor Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2011
Cohen, Philip, Prof Sir Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008
Humphries, Martin James, Professor Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2010
Clark, John Benjamin, Professor Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2010
Tamara Susan Galloway Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
Mcewan, Iain Joseph, Dr Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2008
George Spencer Banting Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
Alison Jane Mcwhinnie Secretary · appointed 2003 · resigned 2014
Bailey, Kathryn Tessa, Dr Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2003
Thomas, Jean Olwen, Professor Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2005
Richard Jonathan Reece Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2004
Gartland, Kevan Michael Andrew, Professor Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2008
Grant, Michael Ernest, Professor Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2004
Trayer, Ian Patrick, Professor Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2007
Stockley, Peter George, Prof Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2003
Leaver, Christopher John, Professor Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2007
Beechey, Ronald Brian, Professor Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
Barnett, Yvonne Annette, Dr Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
Peters, Timothy John, Professor Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
Lamond, Angus, Professor Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
Parker, Peter Joseph, Professor Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2003
Ragan, Charles Ian, Dr Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
Charles Peter Downes Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2004
Skidmore, Christopher John, Dr Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2003
Davies, Raymond Jeremy Hugh, Professor Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
Gull, Keith, Professor Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2001
Ryan, Norma Mary, Dr Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
Bruckdorfer, Karl Richard, Dr Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
Randle, Philip John, Professor Sir Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
Siddle, Kenneth, Professor Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
Wigglesworth, John Michael, Dr Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2001
Lagnado, John Raphael, Dr Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
Wood, Edward John, Professor Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
Freedman, Robert Ben, Professor Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1998
Eisenthal, Robert, Dr Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
Turner, Anthony John, Proffesor Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2004
Rice-Evans, Catherine Anne, Professor Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1995
Snell, Keith, Dr Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1993
Pogson, Chris Ian, Dr Director · resigned 1994
Burdon, Roy Hunter, Professor Director · resigned 1993
Baum, Harold, Professor Director · resigned 1994
Kornberg, Hans Leo, Professor Sir Director · resigned 1995
Glyn David Jones Secretary · resigned 2003
Malcolm, Alan David Blair, Professor Director · resigned 1995

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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