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Rothamsted Research Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 46

  1. Professor Andrew Paul Balmford 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Professor Bridget Anne Emmett 2021-2025 Director View profile
  3. Professor Louise Joan Manning 2019-2024 Director View profile
  4. William John Haywood 2019-2023 Director View profile
  5. Professor Louise Joan Manning 2019-2019 Director View profile
  6. Dr Oliver Peter Doubleday 2015-2024 Director View profile
  7. Dr Alastair Roland Leake 2015-2019 Director View profile
  8. Stuart James Jarvis 2015-2023 Director View profile
  9. Russell Leon Brooks 2015-2019 Director View profile
  10. Professor David Michael Winter 2014-2023 Director View profile
  11. Sir John Rex Beddington 2014-2024 Director View profile
  12. Sir David Charles Baulcombe 2013-2022 Director View profile
  13. Professor Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray 2013-2021 Director View profile
  14. Sally Ann Smith 2013-2021 Director View profile
  15. Jonathan Philip Illtyd Flowers 2008-2012 Director View profile
  16. Professor Richard David Bardgett 2008-2019 Director View profile
  17. Paul Keith Leonard 2008-2019 Director View profile
  18. Professor Mark Jonathan Bailey 2007-2015 Director View profile
  19. Professor Nicholas Jose Talbot 2007-2014 Director View profile
  20. Caroline Jane Drummond 2007-2015 Director View profile
  21. Dr Graham John Birch 2007-2015 Director View profile
  22. Dr David Kenneth Lawrence 2007-2015 Director View profile
  23. Dr David Kenneth Brightman 2006-2013 Director View profile
  24. Richard Marriott Ellis 2005-2008 Director View profile
  25. Professor Carol Vivien Robinson 2004-2008 Director View profile
  26. Dr Valerie Kathleen Brown 2002-2004 Director View profile
  27. Professor Brian James Legg 2000-2008 Director View profile
  28. Professor Christopher Charles Payne 2000-2001 Director View profile
  29. Dr David Anthony Evans 2000-2006 Director View profile
  30. Dr Ian James Graham Bryce 2000-2004 Director View profile
  31. Dr Roger George Turner 2000-2008 Director View profile
  32. Michael Calvert 2000-2003 Director View profile
  33. Philip Walter Chamberlain 2000-2012 Director View profile
  34. Dr Sarah Jane Gurr 2000-2006 Director View profile
  35. David John Read 2000-2013 Director View profile
  36. Professor Kenneth Stuart Killham 2000-2009 Director View profile
  37. Dr Michael William Elves 1999-2013 Director View profile
  38. Iain George Thomas Ferguson 1996-2005 Director View profile
  39. Doyle, Peter, Doctor 1992-1998 Director View profile
  40. Anthony Trafford James 1993 Director View profile
  41. Professor Edward Charles Daniel Cocking 2013 Director View profile
  42. Antony Francis Pemberton Ma Dl 2004 Director View profile
  43. Sir Ralph Riley 1999 Director View profile
  44. Stephen James 2003-2015 Secretary View profile
  45. Peter Stuart Thomas 1996-2003 Secretary View profile
  46. William Barnes 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £748,456 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Demonstration Test Catchment Phase 2 Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS £748,456 2015-03-12 CPV 73000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Defra is planning to extend the Demonstration Test Catchments (DTC) programme for 3 years to continue ongoing research on the catchment-scale mitigation of agricultural water pollution. DTC was commissioned in 2009 and established a nationa…

About

Incorporated
07/06/1989
Also a registered charity
Rothamsted Research Limited

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Rothamsted Research Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

10 other companies 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

173 grants · £34,877,300 total

360Giving 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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £22,259,603 (120 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £12,375,644 (50 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £242,054 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £61,4302024-11-12
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £33,4502024-06-24
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £95,2652024-05-29
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £44,1342024-04-03
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £59,2782024-04-01
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.

6 directors on the board

3.5y median 3.5y
average tenure
5.2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Agriculture 4Professional services 1Utilities 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
02393175
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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