Company
Wcmc
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Katherine Elizabeth JonesDirector · since 2024
- Rajkumar SethurajanDirector · since 2023
- Suraya MailvaganamDirector · since 2023
- Mette WilkieDirector · since 2022
- Professor Bhaskar ViraDirector · since 2021
- James Fergus SloaneDirector · since 2019
- Dr Robin BidwellDirector · since 2016
- Robert Andrew PowellDirector · since 2015
- Alasdair David PooreDirector · since 2000
- Katie PenfoldSecretary · since 2023
Previous officers 32
- Saleha Racheal Williams 2023-2026 View profile
- Charlotte Wolff-Bye 2018-2024 View profile
- Idunn Eidheim 2017-2024 View profile
- Dr Kathleen Sylvia Mackinnon 2015-2023 View profile
- Dr Camilla Toulmin 2015-2016 View profile
- Dr Jennifer Zerk 2014-2022 View profile
- Professor William Mark Adams 2013-2025 View profile
- Robin John David Mortimer 2012-2020 View profile
- Dr Rita Ann Moden Gardner 2008-2012 View profile
- Ian Stewart Cray 2008-2014 View profile
- Robert Stewart Napier 2007-2016 View profile
- Patrick John Haighton 2000-2018 View profile
- Professor David Stanley Ingram 2000-2004 View profile
- Jean Thie 1999-2000 View profile
- Patrick Dugan 1999-1999 View profile
- Adnan Amin 1998-2007 View profile
- Rodney Frank Chase 1997-2000 View profile
- David Keith Mcdowell 1995-1999 View profile
- Christopher Niklaus Imboden 1995-1998 View profile
- Robin Anthony Pellew 1994-2000 View profile
- Anthony Thomas Brough 1998 View profile
- Reuben James Olembo 2000 View profile
- Richard Charles Steele 1992 View profile
- Paul Henner Helmond Ehringhaus 1992 View profile
- Dr Claude Martin 2000 View profile
- Adrian Alexander Christian Phillips 2000 View profile
- Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance 1994 View profile
- Sir Rudolph Joseph Ion Agnew 2013 View profile
- Sir Martin Wyatt Holdgate 2002 View profile
- Sarah Jane Lowry 2021-2023 View profile
- Dr Ray Gambell 2000-2009 View profile
- Dr Nicholas Mark Collins 1994-2000 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 20/12/1988
- Also a registered charity
- Wcmc
- Previous names
- Wcmc 2000 (until 15/07/2010)
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.
- Robin Bidwell ceased 2020-11-13
significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2019-04-04
Group
- Wcmc
is controlled by Robin Bidwell
Evidence
ceased significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2019-04-04, ceased 2020-11-13 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Robin Bidwell.
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
18 grants · £1,535,437 total360Giving 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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £1,283,957 (9 grants)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £251,480 (9 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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.
9 directors on the board
- James Fergus Sloane Director · appointed 2019
- Rajkumar Sethurajan Director · appointed 2023
- Katherine Elizabeth Jones Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Bhaskar Vira Director · appointed 2021
- Alasdair David Poore Director · appointed 2000
- Robert Andrew Powell Director · appointed 2015
- Suraya Mailvaganam Director · appointed 2023
- Mette Wilkie Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Robin Bidwell Director · appointed 2016
Directors past 6 years
- James Fergus Sloane Director · appointed 2019
- Alasdair David Poore Director · appointed 2000
- Robert Andrew Powell Director · appointed 2015
- Dr Robin Bidwell Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Rajkumar Sethurajan Director · appointed 2023
- Katherine Elizabeth Jones Director · appointed 2024
- Alasdair David Poore Director · appointed 2000
- Robert Andrew Powell Director · appointed 2015
- Suraya Mailvaganam Director · appointed 2023
- Mette Wilkie Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Robin Bidwell Director · appointed 2016
Portfolio (2)
- James Fergus Sloane Director · appointed 2019
- Professor Bhaskar Vira Director · appointed 2021
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Saleha Racheal Williams Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- Professor William Mark Adams Director · appointed 2013 · 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
- 02330031
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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