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Progressive Farming Trust Limited

Support activities for crop production

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 37

  1. Seeta Jayanti Rajani 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jake Lewis Pickering 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Roger Kerr 2019-2022 Director View profile
  4. Prof Christine Anne Watson 2018-2025 Director View profile
  5. Timothy Mark Bennett 2018-2023 Director View profile
  6. Andrea Claire Stewart 2017-2019 Director View profile
  7. Adrian James Michael Blackshaw 2017-2021 Director View profile
  8. Margaret Ann Wagner 2017-2019 Director View profile
  9. Ned Jonathan Westaway 2017-2025 Director View profile
  10. Donald Macinnes Peck 2017-2025 Director View profile
  11. John Stuart Pawsey 2015-2015 Director View profile
  12. Clare Marriage 2015-2016 Director View profile
  13. Patricia Ann Thomas 2015-2016 Director View profile
  14. Vikas Agrawal 2013-2019 Director View profile
  15. Dr David Frederick Harris Wolfe 2013-2017 Director View profile
  16. Michael Richard Turnbull 2012-2020 Director View profile
  17. Alice Margaret Francis Astor 2010-2021 Director View profile
  18. Jeanette Anne Longfield 2010-2013 Director View profile
  19. Jennifer Frances Jones 2010-2013 Director View profile
  20. Andrew Michael Jedwell 2010-2018 Director View profile
  21. David John Wilson 2009-2018 Director View profile
  22. Alexander Bielenberg 2004-2012 Director View profile
  23. Rachel Dene Serena Hood 2004-2011 Director View profile
  24. James Peters Cornford 1997-2005 Director View profile
  25. Desmond Roger Wingate Harrison 1997-2015 Director View profile
  26. Richard David Astor 1996-1997 Director View profile
  27. Sarah Georgina Harriet Astor 1996-2001 Director View profile
  28. Christopher Albrecht Bielenberg 2012 Director View profile
  29. Dr Adam Onken 2002 Director View profile
  30. Bridget Aphra Astor 1998 Director View profile
  31. Lord David Charles Poole 1993 Director View profile
  32. James Steuart Skinner 2015 Director View profile
  33. Honourable Francis David Langhorne Astor 2001 Director View profile
  34. Dr Hartmut Vogtmann 2011 Director View profile
  35. Richard John Skerrett Holmes 2018-2020 Secretary View profile
  36. Dr Nicolas Harry Lampkin 2009-2018 Secretary View profile
  37. Lawrence Woodward 2009 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Support activities for crop production; Support activities for animal production (other than farm animal boarding and care) n.e.c.; Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Incorporated
19/08/1980
Registered office
Olney
Also a registered charity
Progressive Farming Trust Limited

Grants received

10 grants · £377,601 total

360Giving 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 · £214,087 (4 grants)
  • John Ellerman Foundation · £95,000
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £68,479 (4 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £35

Most recent

  • John Ellerman Foundation £95,0002024-03-28
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £13,6582022-09-30
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £55,7082022-09-12
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £37,5372022-09-12
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £107,1852022-07-06
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

1.8y median 0.8y
average tenure
5.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

1
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.

Professional services 1Tech and media 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

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01513190
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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