The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Wellcome Limited

Company 01955498 Active

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Board DNA

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1
directors on the board
4.5y median 4.5y
average tenure
4.5y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years
0 vs 1 portfolio
first-time directors
0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months
1
corporate seats

Where else this board sits

Professional services 7Business services 2Finance 1

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Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

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Company details

Number01955498
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated06/11/1985
Address79 NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON, WC1A 1DG
Accounts next due30/09/2026
Accounts last made up31/12/2024

Industry (SIC)

70100 - Activities of head offices

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

  • Glaxosmithkline Finance Plc
    ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors

Officers (32)

  • Guittard, Laura Director · appointed 2022
  • Glaxo Group Limited Corporate-director · appointed 2001
  • Edinburgh Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Corporate-secretary · appointed 2001
  • Whyte, Victoria Anne Secretary · appointed 1998
  • Lynch, Ciara Martha Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2022
  • Panagiotidis, Charalampos Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2020
  • Dingemans, Simon Paul Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2019
  • Heslop, Julian Spenser Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2011
  • Bicknell, Simon Michael Former Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
  • Cowden, Stephen John Former Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2001
  • Lance, Sean Patrick Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
  • Morris, Nicholas Guy Usher Former Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
  • Strachan, Jeremy Alan Watkin Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2000
  • Coombe, John David Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2005
  • Sykes, Richard Brook, Sir Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2002
  • Keswick, Simon Lindley Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1995
  • Walls, John Russell Fotheringham Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1995
  • Tennant, Anthony John, Sir Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1995
  • Cipau, Gabriel Radu, Doctor Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
  • Thompson, Clive Malcolm, Sir Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
  • Hearne, Graham James, Sir Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Precious, John Richard Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Cochrane, James Michael Thomas Former Director · resigned 2001
  • Robb, John Weddell, Sir Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Barry, David Walter Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Lever, Jeremy Frederick, Sir Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Butler, Michael Dacres, Sir Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Tracy, Philip Reid Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Jones, Trevor Mervyn, Professor Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Gledhill, Gisela Maria Aloisia Former Secretary · resigned 1995
  • Merrifield, Keith James Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Frame, Alistair Gilchrist, Sir Former Director · resigned 1993

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