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Previous officers 147

  1. Professor Yadvinder Singh Malhi 2020-2024 Director View profile
  2. Dr Melanie Jane Edgar 2020-2023 Director View profile
  3. Professor Zenobia Lewis 2020-2024 Director View profile
  4. Dr Yvonne Maria Buckley 2020-2022 Director View profile
  5. Dr Thorunn Helgason 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Dr Peter Manning 2019-2021 Director View profile
  7. Professor Richard Stafford 2019-2025 Director View profile
  8. Dr Stewart Jonathon Clarke 2018-2024 Director View profile
  9. Professor Mark Charles Emmerson 2018-2024 Director View profile
  10. Professor Jane Memmott 2018-2022 Director View profile
  11. Professor David James Hodgson 2017-2020 Director View profile
  12. Dr Alison Jane Birkett 2017-2020 Director View profile
  13. Professor Richard David Bardgett 2016-2020 Director View profile
  14. Dr Peter Arthur Thomas 2016-2019 Director View profile
  15. Professor Helen Elizabeth Roy 2016-2019 Director View profile
  16. Dr Cristina Camargo Banks Leite 2016-2019 Director View profile
  17. Dr Dawn Millicent Scott 2015-2017 Director View profile
  18. Peter Nicolas Meade Brotherton 2015-2018 Director View profile
  19. Dr Nina Hautekeete 2015-2018 Director View profile
  20. Professor Andrew Stuart Pullin 2014-2017 Director View profile
  21. Professor Susan Hartley 2014-2018 Director View profile
  22. Dr Lindsay Turnbull 2014-2017 Director View profile
  23. Professor Rosemary Susan Hails 2014-2018 Director View profile
  24. Dr Zoe Davies 2014-2018 Director View profile
  25. Dr Iain Stott 2014-2017 Director View profile
  26. Jane Hill 2013-2022 Director View profile
  27. Dr Diana Jane Gilbert 2013-2017 Director View profile
  28. Dr Joanna Randall 2013-2014 Director View profile
  29. Dr Emma Jane Sayer 2012-2016 Director View profile
  30. Professor Mick John Crawley 2012-2014 Director View profile
  31. Dr Lesley Claire Batty 2012-2014 Director View profile
  32. Dr Matthew John O'Callaghan 2012-2016 Director View profile
  33. Dr Owen Thomas Lewis 2012-2016 Director View profile
  34. Professor Gregory David Douglas Hurst 2011-2015 Director View profile
  35. Dr Paul John Raven 2011-2015 Director View profile
  36. Dr Julia Louise Blanchard 2011-2014 Director View profile
  37. Dame Georgina Mary Mace 2010-2014 Director View profile
  38. Professor Alan John Gray 2010-2016 Director View profile
  39. Dr William Daniel Gosling 2010-2020 Director View profile
  40. Dr Emma Goldberg 2010-2014 Director View profile
  41. Dr Andrew Beckerman 2010-2015 Director View profile
  42. Dr Juliet Anne Vickery 2010-2019 Director View profile
  43. Dr Drew William Purves 2010-2016 Director View profile
  44. Professor William James Sutherland 2010-2016 Director View profile
  45. Dr Ruth Joy Mitchell 2010-2014 Director View profile
  46. David Anthony Coomes 2009-2013 Director View profile
  47. Dr Thomas Harold George Ezard 2009-2022 Director View profile
  48. Dr Adam John Haddon Vanbergen 2008-2012 Director View profile
  49. LEE, John Anthony, Emeritus Professor 2008-2009 Director View profile
  50. Professor Timothy Michael Blackburn 2008-2012 Director View profile
  51. Professor Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray 2008-2012 Director View profile
  52. Professor Michael Edward Begon 2008-2011 Director View profile
  53. Professor Jeffrey Stuart Bale 2008-2012 Director View profile
  54. Timothy Daniel Rotheray 2007-2011 Director View profile
  55. Dr Catherine Mary Lessells 2007-2010 Director View profile
  56. Professor David John Thompson 2007-2011 Director View profile
  57. Dr Peter David Carey 2006-2010 Director View profile
  58. Dr David James Hodgson 2006-2015 Director View profile
  59. Professor Malcolm Colin Press 2006-2010 Director View profile
  60. Dr Margaret Anne Palmer 2006-2010 Director View profile
  61. Professor David George Raffaelli 2006-2008 Director View profile
  62. Gareth Kevin Phoenix 2005-2009 Director View profile
  63. Steven Mark Sait 2005-2009 Director View profile
  64. Dr Michael Booth Bonsall 2004-2008 Director View profile
  65. Prof Susan Elaine Hartley 2004-2010 Director View profile
  66. Sarah Dalrymple 2004-2008 Director View profile
  67. Calvin Dytham 2004-2010 Director View profile
  68. Sir John Hartley Lawton 2004-2008 Director View profile
  69. Professor Paul Richard Van Gardingen 2003-2007 Director View profile
  70. Professor Georgina Mary Mace 2003-2006 Director View profile
  71. Dr Sally Anne Power 2003-2007 Director View profile
  72. Professor Alastair Hugh Fitter 2002-2006 Director View profile
  73. Dr Philip Heath Warren 2002-2006 Director View profile
  74. Dr Keith James Kirby 2002-2007 Director View profile
  75. Osborn, Daniel, Doctor 2002-2010 Director View profile
  76. Bridget Anne Emmett 2001-2004 Director View profile
  77. Muller, Christine Beatrice, Doctor 2001-2005 Director View profile
  78. Dr Dylan Gwynn Jones 2001-2003 Director View profile
  79. Katherine Ling 2001-2006 Director View profile
  80. Dr Elizabeth Anne John 2001-2012 Director View profile
  81. Leather, Simon Robert, Doctor 2001-2007 Director View profile
  82. Jill Lancaster 2001-2005 Director View profile
  83. Dr David Francis Robert Philip Burslem 2001-2004 Director View profile
  84. Prof Esa Ranta 2001-2004 Director View profile
  85. Professor John Grace 2001-2004 Director View profile
  86. Dr Robin Jeffrey Pakeman 2001-2004 Director View profile
  87. Brian Moss 2001-2003 Director View profile
  88. Dr Francis Duncan Reavey 1999-2002 Director View profile
  89. Dr Michael David Morecroft 1999-2004 Director View profile
  90. Dr Thomas Hefin Jones 1999-2010 Director View profile
  91. Professor Paul Stanley Giller 1999-2002 Director View profile
  92. Mccracken, David Ian, Doctor 1999-2003 Director View profile
  93. Professor Patricia Monaghan 1999-2002 Director View profile
  94. Professor John Brian Whittaker 1999-2002 Director View profile
  95. Dr Alan Christopher Gange 1999-2001 Director View profile
  96. Professor Janet Irene Sprent 1999-2001 Director View profile
  97. Dr James Michael Bullock 1997-2001 Director View profile
  98. Professor Richard William Battarbee 1997-2001 Director View profile
  99. Dr Susan Barker 1997-2001 Director View profile
  100. Michael Patrick Hassell 1996-2001 Director View profile
  101. Professor John Davenport 1996-2001 Director View profile
  102. Prof Michael John Hutchings 1995-1998 Director View profile
  103. Dr William Charles Block 1995-1999 Director View profile
  104. Dr John Malcolm Cherrett 1995-1999 Director View profile
  105. Susan Elaine Hartley 1994-1999 Director View profile
  106. Gray, Alan John, Proffessor 1994-1997 Director View profile
  107. Margaret Anne Palmer 1994-1997 Director View profile
  108. Martin Henry Denham Auld 1994-1999 Director View profile
  109. David Rodney Slingsby 1994-2008 Director View profile
  110. Professor John Anthony Lee 1994-1999 Director View profile
  111. Brian Huntley 1994-1997 Director View profile
  112. Jeremy Ambler Thomas 1994-1997 Director View profile
  113. Rhys Edward Green 1994-1995 Director View profile
  114. Dr Michael William Pienkowski 1994-1994 Director View profile
  115. Dr David Shirley 1992-1997 Director View profile
  116. Ian Newton 1992-1996 Director View profile
  117. Dr Valerie Kathleen Brown 1992-1995 Director View profile
  118. Dr Alison Janet Hester 1992-1996 Director View profile
  119. Dr Mark Oliver Hill 1992-1996 Director View profile
  120. Penny Anderson 1992-1994 Director View profile
  121. Dr Paul Stanley Giller 1992 Director View profile
  122. Dr John Hugh Crothers 1992 Director View profile
  123. Dr Peter John Grubb 1992 Director View profile
  124. Dr Ian Frederick Spellerberg 1992 Director View profile
  125. Dr John Adrian Bayley 1992 Director View profile
  126. Laybourn Parry, Johanna, Profesor 1994 Director View profile
  127. Dr Peter Edwards 1992 Director View profile
  128. Dr David Arnold Hill 1994 Director View profile
  129. Alison Caroline Gimmingham 1995 Director View profile
  130. Dr Alan John Martin Baker 1994 Director View profile
  131. Dr Richard Stringer Clymo 1994 Director View profile
  132. Professor Robert Mccredie May 1994 Director View profile
  133. Dr John Sheail 1994 Director View profile
  134. Dr Angela Elizabeth Douglas 1995 Director View profile
  135. Dr Robert Hunter Marrs 1994 Director View profile
  136. David R Goode 1992 Director View profile
  137. Dr Martin Vivian Angel 1992 Director View profile
  138. Dr Rick Arthur Benton 1999 Director View profile
  139. Dr Paul Birch 1994 Director View profile
  140. Professor David Winston Harris Walton 2002 Director View profile
  141. Dr Jonathon Wendell Silvertown 1992 Director View profile
  142. Dr Sarah J Woodin 1994 Director View profile
  143. Dr Peter John Hudson 1994 Director View profile
  144. Dr Adam Vanbergen 2015-2021 Secretary View profile
  145. Dr Gregory James Masters 2003-2010 Secretary View profile
  146. Bryan Dennis Turner 1994-2003 Secretary View profile
  147. Dr Andrew John Cadoux Malloch 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
16/10/1980
Also a registered charity
The British Ecological Society

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The British Ecological Society on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

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.

Grants received

3 grants · £248,700 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 Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £223,830 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £24,870

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £24,8702021-06-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £99,4802021-06-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £124,3502021-06-21
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.

14 directors on the board

3.2y median 3.1y
average tenure
11.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (9)

Portfolio (5)

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.

Other services 2Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1Finance 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

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01522897
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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