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Challenger Society for Marine Science

Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

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Previous officers 114

  1. Professor Michael Meredith 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Professor Rosalind Emily Mayors Rickaby 2020-2022 Director View profile
  3. Professor Rob Upstill-Goddard 2019-2020 Director View profile
  4. Dr Alessadro Tagliabue 2018-2018 Director View profile
  5. Dr Nicholas Higgs 2018-2018 Director View profile
  6. Professor Robert Upstill-Goddard 2017-2020 Director View profile
  7. Dr Alejandra Sanchez-Franks 2017-2018 Director View profile
  8. Dr Edward Mawji 2017-2024 Director View profile
  9. Professor Peter Henry Burkill 2017-2018 Director View profile
  10. Professor Richard Sanders 2016-2018 Director View profile
  11. Dr Robert Hall 2016-2018 Director View profile
  12. Dr Emma Cavan 2016-2018 Director View profile
  13. Professor Rachel Mills 2015-2019 Director View profile
  14. Dr Louisa Watts 2015-2018 Director View profile
  15. Dr Luisa Cristini 2015-2017 Director View profile
  16. Dr Gideon Henderson 2014-2018 Director View profile
  17. Dr Johan Mattias Green 2014-2022 Director View profile
  18. Dr John Christopher Bacon 2014-2019 Director View profile
  19. Dr Ruth Airs 2014-2018 Director View profile
  20. Dr Christopher John Comyn 2014-2015 Director View profile
  21. Dr Matthew Palmer 2013-2016 Director View profile
  22. Dr Sinhue Torres Valdes 2013-2017 Director View profile
  23. Timothy David Jickells 2013-2018 Director View profile
  24. Dr Clare Florence Sharples Postlethwaite 2013-2014 Director View profile
  25. Dr Abigail Mcquatters-Gollop 2013-2016 Director View profile
  26. Professor Karen Joy Heywood 2013-2014 Director View profile
  27. Dr Hugh James Venables 2011-2013 Director View profile
  28. Dr Clare Florence Sharples 2011-2012 Director View profile
  29. Kennedy, Hilary Anne, Doctor 2011-2015 Director View profile
  30. Dr Alejandro Jose Souza 2010-2013 Director View profile
  31. Terence Henry Anthony Sloane 2010-2018 Director View profile
  32. Dr Claire Hughes 2010-2011 Director View profile
  33. Dr Anna Elizabeth Hickman 2010-2014 Director View profile
  34. Professor Harry Leonard Bryden 2010-2013 Director View profile
  35. Dr Christopher Mark Moore 2009-2013 Director View profile
  36. Dr Claire Mahaffey 2009-2012 Director View profile
  37. Dr Angela Dawn Hatton 2009-2013 Director View profile
  38. Stephen Robin Dye 2009-2013 Director View profile
  39. Dr Joanna Lee Dixon 2008-2010 Director View profile
  40. Dr Andrew John Davies 2008-2011 Director View profile
  41. Dr Joanna Lee Dixon 2008-2008 Director View profile
  42. Dr Luke Cameron Skinner 2008-2009 Director View profile
  43. Dr Alexander Piotrowski 2007-2009 Director View profile
  44. Dr Timothy James O'Hare 2007-2010 Director View profile
  45. Caldwell, Gary Stephen, Doctor 2007-2010 Director View profile
  46. Dr Elaine Louise Mcdonagh 2007-2011 Director View profile
  47. Dr Simon John Holgate 2007-2010 Director View profile
  48. Professor Axel Edward Jason Miller 2006-2009 Director View profile
  49. Professor Peter Simon Liss 2006-2009 Director View profile
  50. Dr Geraint Andrew Tarling 2006-2009 Director View profile
  51. Dr Gary Roland Fones 2005-2008 Director View profile
  52. Dr Yolanda Lucy Margaret Foote 2005-2007 Director View profile
  53. Dr Andrew Paul Rees 2005-2008 Director View profile
  54. Dr Phillip Williamson 2005-2008 Director View profile
  55. Dr Duncan Alastair Purdie 2005-2007 Director View profile
  56. Dr Eleanor Ruth Parker 2004-2007 Director View profile
  57. Professor Richard John Geider 2004-2005 Director View profile
  58. Professor Christopher Russell German 2004-2005 Director View profile
  59. Dr Jennifer Pike 2004-2007 Director View profile
  60. Dr Luke Ross Toby Tyrrell 2004-2007 Director View profile
  61. Dr Jonathan Sharples 2003-2006 Director View profile
  62. Roland Jeremy Rogers 2003-2006 Director View profile
  63. Eric Pieter Achterberg 2002-2005 Director View profile
  64. Dr William Hector Wilson 2002-2005 Director View profile
  65. Paul Stuart Ridout 2001-2004 Director View profile
  66. Purdie, Duncan Alastair, Doctor 2001-2004 Director View profile
  67. Julian Hartley Priddle 2001-2004 Director View profile
  68. Professor John Graham Shepherd 2000-2003 Director View profile
  69. Alan John Elliott 2000-2003 Director View profile
  70. Cornell, Sarah Elisabeth, Doctor 2000-2007 Director View profile
  71. Kenneth Dugald Black 2000-2003 Director View profile
  72. Richard John Burt 1999-2005 Director View profile
  73. Kelvin John Boot 1998-2001 Director View profile
  74. Dr John Taylor Allen 1998-2018 Director View profile
  75. Dr Deborah Jane Curtis 1998-2001 Director View profile
  76. Dr Roy Edward Lewis 1997-2000 Director View profile
  77. Nichola Mary Lane 1997-2004 Director View profile
  78. Stephen Peter Hall 1997-2000 Director View profile
  79. Professor Henry Elderfield 1997-2001 Director View profile
  80. Dr Carol Mary Turley 1997-2000 Director View profile
  81. Professor Graham Barry Shimmield 1996-1999 Director View profile
  82. Michael John Howarth 1996-1999 Director View profile
  83. Trevor Howard Guymer 1995-1998 Director View profile
  84. Keith Brander 1995-1996 Director View profile
  85. Alison Rosemary Weeks 1995-1998 Director View profile
  86. Prof Michael Whitfield 1995-1999 Director View profile
  87. Professor Andrew Charles Clarke 1994-1997 Director View profile
  88. Charles Penruddocke Quartley 1994-1999 Director View profile
  89. Arthur John Phillips 1994-1997 Director View profile
  90. Ronald Barry Heywood 1994-1997 Director View profile
  91. Prof John Harold Simpson 1993-1996 Director View profile
  92. Dr Anthony Douglas Heathershaw 1993-1996 Director View profile
  93. Howard Stanley James Roe 1992-1995 Director View profile
  94. Dr Ernest John Wallace Jones 1992-1995 Director View profile
  95. Dr Brian Stanley Mccartney 1992-1995 Director View profile
  96. Dr Simon John Wakefield 1994 Director View profile
  97. Dr Edward Hill 1992 Director View profile
  98. Peter Foxton 1992 Director View profile
  99. David John Tryon Carter 1995 Director View profile
  100. Dr Paul Alan Tyler 1994 Director View profile
  101. Professor Raymond Beverton 1992 Director View profile
  102. Dr Karen Heywood 1993 Director View profile
  103. Vincent Adrian Lawford 1994 Director View profile
  104. Dr Martin Vivian Angel 1992 Director View profile
  105. Dr John Scott 1993 Director View profile
  106. Dr Martin Ross Preston 1994 Director View profile
  107. Dr Mattias Green 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  108. Dr Jacobus Hugo Baas 2011-2014 Secretary View profile
  109. Dr Barbara Edgar Madeleine Berx 2009-2014 Secretary View profile
  110. Dr Rachael Samantha Shreeve 2003-2009 Secretary View profile
  111. Jane Frances Read 1999-2005 Secretary View profile
  112. Dr Carol Robinson 1996-2011 Secretary View profile
  113. John Malcolm Walker 1994-1997 Secretary View profile
  114. Dr John Margarson Huthnance 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Incorporated
06/07/1988
Registered office
Southampton
Also a registered charity
Challenger Society for Marine Science

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Challenger Society for Marine Science is controlled by Maeve Carrole Lohan
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2024-09-25 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Maeve Carrole Lohan.

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.

Financials

Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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.

3 directors on the board

2.3y median 2.1y
average tenure
3.8y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02274855
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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