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DON Whitley Scientific Limited

DON Whitley Scientific Limited is an active UK company (number 01342672), incorporated 1977, with 6 current directors including Michael Charles Halliday and Fergus Murray. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

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Who leads it

Previous officers 12

  1. Keith Richard Hillam 2015-2021 Director View profile
  2. Evan Jonathan Kitsell 2012-2024 Director View profile
  3. Judith Margaret Walton 2012-2017 Director View profile
  4. Georgia Carlisle 2012-2026 Director View profile
  5. Steven John Robertson 2008-2024 Director View profile
  6. Nykolas Kosmirak 1993-2013 Director View profile
  7. Andrew Jonathan Skinn 1993 Director View profile
  8. Dr Peter Silley 2006 Director View profile
  9. Donald Charles Whitley 2019 Director View profile
  10. Jane Elizabeth Walton 1993 Director View profile
  11. Paul Walton 2013-2015 Secretary View profile
  12. Kenneth Booth 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

8 contracts · £5,202,325,818 total

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.

  • UKHSA Diagnostics & Research Open Framework Buyer: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency £5,200,000,000 2026-09-03 Source: Find a Tender

    UKHSA Diagnostics & Research Open Framework (DRF) This is a competitive tendering procedure pursuant to the Notices published on the Find a Tender Central Digital Platform. UK02 Preliminary Market Engagement October 25 2025/S 000-069968, PI…

    Framework
  • Provision of Anaerobic Workstations Buyer: UK Health Security Agency £104,223 2026-08-17 CPV 38000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has awarded a contract to Don Whitley Scientific Limited for the provision of anaerobic workstations.

  • Don Whitley WASP Maintenance 2026/2027 Buyer: UK Health Security Agency £1,047,711 2026-06-01 CPV 50420000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Don Whitley Maintenance Contract

  • M35 Workstation Buyer: UK Health Security Agency £52,455 2025-11-05 CPV 33000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    UKHSA Provision for a microaerophilic workstation for the Gastrointestinal Bacterial Reference Unit (GBRU) at UKHSA Colindale

  • Purchase of Double Incubator and Imaging Module Buyer: UK Health Security Agency £1,008,222 2025-10-16 CPV 38000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Purchase of Double Incubator and Imaging Module for MCR WASPLAB

  • Purchase of a media preparator Buyer: UKHSA £50,750 2025-10-10 CPV 42912100 Source: Contracts Finder

    Purchase of a media preparator

  • C384369 - Manchester TLA Slide Prep Buyer: UK Health Security Agency £62,457 2025-08-28 CPV 38000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Purchase and installation Copan Slide Prep Module 25/26

  • Servicing of Specialist Lab Equipment Buyer: Oxford Brookes University Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Service contract for a specialist piece of lab equipment, MLDVFLEX3-SC-ACAD Molecular Devices FlexStation3 Microplate Reader with SoftMax Pro software

About

Incorporated
06/12/1977

Ownership

Owned by (4) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. DON Whitley Scientific Limited is controlled by Paul Nicolas Walton
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2026-02-26 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Paul Nicolas Walton.

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

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.

6 directors on the board

11.3y median 12.7y
average tenure
14.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Finance 2Property 2

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
01342672
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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