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Henry Doubleday Research Association

Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 77

  1. Leslie Robinson 2024–2025 Director View profile
  2. Rachel Blackburn Paddon 2023–2024 Director View profile
  3. Catherine Sara Dawson 2023–2026 Director View profile
  4. Nicola Hope 2023–2025 Director View profile
  5. Mark Gordon Mitchell 2022–2025 Director View profile
  6. Angela Wright 2022–2026 Director View profile
  7. Rhiannon Louise Taylor 2022–2025 Director View profile
  8. David Christopher Robinson 2021–2025 Director View profile
  9. Dr Emma Jane Sayer 2021–2023 Director View profile
  10. John Roger Horrocks Hoyle 2020–2020 Director View profile
  11. Keith Walker 2019–2022 Director View profile
  12. Renee Jeanne Elliott 2019–2020 Director View profile
  13. Eibhlin Catriona Peebles 2019–2020 Director View profile
  14. Liam Gaffney 2019–2022 Director View profile
  15. Rachel De Thample 2018–2020 Director View profile
  16. Amanda Jane Sandford 2018–2024 Director View profile
  17. Dr Tania Elizabeth Sayer 2017–2018 Director View profile
  18. Marjan Bartlett-Freriks 2017–2022 Director View profile
  19. Kevin James Wissett-Warner 2016–2021 Director View profile
  20. Adam David Alexander 2016–2024 Director View profile
  21. Foster Vander Elst, Nicole Jacqueline, Mariette 2015–2017 Director View profile
  22. Stephen Harcourt Howell 2014–2022 Director View profile
  23. Dr Andrew Richard Sherman Collins 2014–2023 Director View profile
  24. Naomi Helen L'Estrange 2014–2021 Director View profile
  25. John Robert Brown 2013–2015 Director View profile
  26. Philippa Mary Lyons 2013–2020 Director View profile
  27. Judith Wayne 2012–2021 Director View profile
  28. Martin Abraham Stott 2012–2018 Director View profile
  29. Dr Margaret Lynn Eyre 2011–2022 Director View profile
  30. Gail Marie Coleshill 2011–2018 Director View profile
  31. Margaret Ann Brown 2011–2016 Director View profile
  32. Peter Alan Roe 2010–2014 Director View profile
  33. Julie Ann Hutt 2010–2012 Director View profile
  34. Elaine Margaret Shaw 2010–2019 Director View profile
  35. Judith Steele 2008–2017 Director View profile
  36. Dr David Pearson 2008–2009 Director View profile
  37. Dr Martin Albrecht Kunz 2008–2010 Director View profile
  38. Irene Wilkinson 2008–2013 Director View profile
  39. Alan Booth 2006–2013 Director View profile
  40. Kim Warren Steele 2006–2007 Director View profile
  41. John Livingstone Milligan 2006–2014 Director View profile
  42. Martyn Farnworth Bradley 2004–2005 Director View profile
  43. Kathryn Pinder 2002–2012 Director View profile
  44. Roger Colin Key 2002–2017 Director View profile
  45. Caroline Mary Ungoed Thomas 2000–2011 Director View profile
  46. John Robert Wheeler Petrie 2000–2010 Director View profile
  47. Dr Sally Ann Bucknall 2000–2015 Director View profile
  48. David Hay Allan 1999–2010 Director View profile
  49. Wendy Elizabeth Ellicock 1996–2006 Director View profile
  50. Richard Andrew Bearman 1996–2006 Director View profile
  51. Julia Scott 1996–2006 Director View profile
  52. Mark Nicholas Fisher 1995–2001 Director View profile
  53. Susan Jacqueline Stickland 1993–1998 Director View profile
  54. Ruth Philippa Silver 1993–2001 Director View profile
  55. Pauline Russack 1991–2002 Director View profile
  56. Dr Alfred John Garrett 1991–2007 Director View profile
  57. Dr William Arthur Blyth 2004 Director View profile
  58. Dr Peggy Edith Ellis 1995 Director View profile
  59. Jonathan Tristram Lucas 2005 Director View profile
  60. Graham Frederick Dodd 1993 Director View profile
  61. Raymond Thompson 1991 Director View profile
  62. Dr Robert Reginald David Harris Hodges 1994 Director View profile
  63. Jeffrey David Bull 1996 Director View profile
  64. Dr Robert Allan Haskins 2014 Director View profile
  65. Anthony Graham William Harbour 2006 Director View profile
  66. Gerald Pearson 1997 Director View profile
  67. Kitchener, Henry Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum 2008 Director View profile
  68. Doreen Mary Wright 1992 Director View profile
  69. Dr William Francis Bourne 2007 Director View profile
  70. Robert Alan Mcculloch 2000 Director View profile
  71. Joanne Ford 2023–2023 Secretary View profile
  72. Patricia Jane Henderson 2022–2023 Secretary View profile
  73. Julie Sharon Court 2009–2022 Secretary View profile
  74. Susan Needham 2008–2009 Secretary View profile
  75. Ed Hart 2007–2008 Secretary View profile
  76. Susan Margaret Kay Williams 2003–2007 Secretary View profile
  77. Alan Gear 2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
04/11/1987
Also a registered charity
The Henry Doubleday Research Association
Board analysis for researchers

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

1.9y median 1.4y
average tenure
4.8y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

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.

Retail and trade 2Tech and media 2Dormant 1Health and social care 1Professional services 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
02188402
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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