Company
British Chemicals Association
British Chemicals Association is an active UK company (number 01763229), incorporated 1983, with 11 current directors including Dr Samantha Dawn Walker and Peter Philip Woodhead. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Samantha Dawn WalkerDirector · since 2025
- Peter Philip WoodheadDirector · since 2024
- Murray Ian SmedleyDirector · since 2022
- Fakhara JonesDirector · since 2021
- Lesley Mary TaylorDirector · since 2020
- Dr Nicholas John DixonDirector · since 2020
- Dr James Michael TaylourDirector · since 2018
- Dr Thomas Gerard LaffeyDirector · since 2018
- Steven Roy BrownDirector · since 2016
- John Leonard BelkDirector · since 2015
- James Warren ThomasDirector · since 2011
- John ReidSecretary · since 2001
Previous officers 51
- Stephen Cain 2022-2023 View profile
- Lisa Kelly 2017-2025 View profile
- Norman David John Lindeman 2014-2021 View profile
- Dr Darren Budd 2013-2017 View profile
- John Hibbs 2012-2022 View profile
- Iain Paul Rhodes De Grey 2012-2013 View profile
- David Wilson Ashworth 2012-2018 View profile
- Stephen Dominic Johnson 2011-2025 View profile
- Philip Evan Clark 2010-2013 View profile
- Martin Tonks 2010-2011 View profile
- Dr Jeffrey Alexander Parr 2010-2013 View profile
- Stephen William James 2009-2012 View profile
- Kornelia Brett 2008-2011 View profile
- Dr Darren John Budd 2008-2010 View profile
- Helen Margaret Ellis 2008-2012 View profile
- Rona Laird-Wright 2007-2011 View profile
- Ola Tengroth 2005-2006 View profile
- Clive Martin Gould 2005-2022 View profile
- Dr Richard Elsmore 2005-2024 View profile
- Francois Scheffler 2004-2005 View profile
- Dr Stephen Dalton 2004-2010 View profile
- Mark Richard Blackwell 2004-2005 View profile
- Peter David Hurford 2003-2009 View profile
- Harold Russell Motson 2003-2010 View profile
- Thomas Paul Wegener 2003-2005 View profile
- Raju Kattunilath Eipe 2002-2004 View profile
- John Ralph Young 2002-2006 View profile
- John Richard Bale 2001-2007 View profile
- William Henry Curran 2000-2005 View profile
- Wendy Marilyn Cameron 1999-2001 View profile
- David Robert Karsa 1998-2004 View profile
- John Marshall 1998-2001 View profile
- Richard Lowe 1997-2000 View profile
- Alan Lawrence Horsfall 1997-2000 View profile
- Baldry, Michael Gordon Charles, Doctor 1996-1998 View profile
- Peter Leslie Flagg 1996-2000 View profile
- Richard Michael Slack 1996-2003 View profile
- Kirkwood, Sheila, Doctor 1996-2000 View profile
- Charles Thomson Davis 1996-1996 View profile
- Daniel John Jeffrey 1995-1997 View profile
- John Rolls 1994-1995 View profile
- Dr Frederick Charles Saunders 1993-2000 View profile
- Leslie Williamson 1996 View profile
- Carol Elisabeth Lees 1999 View profile
- Ronald Arthur Stephenson 1993 View profile
- John Frederick Carr 1998 View profile
- Alan Lawrence Horsfall 1996 View profile
- Dr Adrian Philip Mather 1994 View profile
- Nigel Steven Matthews 1996 View profile
- Dr Karen Elizabeth Duff 2000 View profile
- Alan William Bernard Cowan 2002 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 20/10/1983
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above British Chemicals Association 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.
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.
11 directors on the board
- Dr James Michael Taylour Director · appointed 2018
- Peter Philip Woodhead Director · appointed 2024
- John Leonard Belk Director · appointed 2015
- Fakhara Jones Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Thomas Gerard Laffey Director · appointed 2018
- Lesley Mary Taylor Director · appointed 2020
- Steven Roy Brown Director · appointed 2016
- Dr Samantha Dawn Walker Director · appointed 2025
- James Warren Thomas Director · appointed 2011
- Dr Nicholas John Dixon Director · appointed 2020
- Murray Ian Smedley Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Dr James Michael Taylour Director · appointed 2018
- John Leonard Belk Director · appointed 2015
- Dr Thomas Gerard Laffey Director · appointed 2018
- Lesley Mary Taylor Director · appointed 2020
- Steven Roy Brown Director · appointed 2016
- James Warren Thomas Director · appointed 2011
- Dr Nicholas John Dixon Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Steven Roy Brown Director · appointed 2016
- Dr Samantha Dawn Walker Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (9)
- Dr James Michael Taylour Director · appointed 2018
- Peter Philip Woodhead Director · appointed 2024
- John Leonard Belk Director · appointed 2015
- Fakhara Jones Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Thomas Gerard Laffey Director · appointed 2018
- Lesley Mary Taylor Director · appointed 2020
- James Warren Thomas Director · appointed 2011
- Dr Nicholas John Dixon Director · appointed 2020
- Murray Ian Smedley Director · appointed 2022
Left in the last 12 months
- Lisa Kelly Director · appointed 2017 · 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
- 01763229
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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