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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 50

  1. Dr Rima Makarem 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Lynne Robb 2020-2026 Director View profile
  3. Dr Melanie Georgina Lee 2019-2023 Director View profile
  4. Andrew Paul Mercieca 2019-2021 Director View profile
  5. Dr Jessica Maria Mann 2017-2019 Director View profile
  6. Aisling Maria Burnand 2017-2022 Director View profile
  7. Stephen Visscher 2016-2020 Director View profile
  8. Dr Les Hughes 2016-2022 Director View profile
  9. Dr Mike Romanos 2016-2023 Director View profile
  10. Dr John Frederick Stageman OBE 2014-2022 Director View profile
  11. Paul Justin Mussenden 2014-2021 Director View profile
  12. Dr Sally Burtles 2013-2021 Director View profile
  13. Peter Keen 2013-2021 Director View profile
  14. Dr Annette Marian Doherty 2012-2018 Director View profile
  15. Prof Sir Philip Cohen 2012-2016 Director View profile
  16. Dr Mark Robert Edwards 2011-2016 Director View profile
  17. David John Jeans 2009-2014 Director View profile
  18. Dr Declan Mulkeen 2008-2019 Director View profile
  19. Diane Mellett 2007-2014 Director View profile
  20. Dr Ian Frederick Skidmore 2007-2015 Director View profile
  21. Smerdon, Stephen John, Doctor 2006-2012 Director View profile
  22. Michael James Brooks 2006-2016 Director View profile
  23. Dr Hugh Reginald Brentnall Pelham 2006-2012 Director View profile
  24. Dr Susan Elizabeth Foden 2005-2006 Director View profile
  25. David William Quysner 2004-2013 Director View profile
  26. Dr Gurcharan Singh Sarna 2004-2008 Director View profile
  27. Derek Thomas Flint 2000-2006 Director View profile
  28. Professor Robert Peter Millar 2000-2011 Director View profile
  29. Dr Richard Henderson 1999-2006 Director View profile
  30. Dr Diane Jaqualine Mclaren 1999-2004 Director View profile
  31. Dr Michael Alexander Dalrymple 1998-2001 Director View profile
  32. Nicholas Hugh Winterton 1996-2009 Director View profile
  33. Dr Vrolyr Paul Gerskowitch 1996-1997 Director View profile
  34. Sword, Ian Pollock, Doctor 1995-1998 Director View profile
  35. Iain Cameron Baillie 1993-1999 Director View profile
  36. Dr Christopher Clive Gabriel Hentschel 1992-1990 Director View profile
  37. Dr David Andrew Arlwydd Owen 2001 Director View profile
  38. Sir John James Skehel 2006 Director View profile
  39. Gilmour, Roger Hugh, Doctor 1999 Director View profile
  40. Dr Diana Rosemary Dunstan 1996 Director View profile
  41. Robert Patten Bauman 1995 Director View profile
  42. Mark Richard Chambers 2025-2026 Secretary View profile
  43. Janusz Lasik 2025-2025 Secretary View profile
  44. Rachael Jennifer Davidson 2023-2025 Secretary View profile
  45. Edward Robert Clegg Bliss 2015-2023 Secretary View profile
  46. Erica Wilkinson 2013-2015 Secretary View profile
  47. Dr Jane Susan Fisher 2012-2013 Secretary View profile
  48. Peter Ronald Eldridge 1996-2012 Secretary View profile
  49. Dr David Neil Copsey 1992-1994 Secretary View profile
  50. Anthony Michael Nixon 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
18/03/1992
Also a registered charity
Lifearc

Group

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

4 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.

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.

12 directors on the board

4y median 4.4y
average tenure
8.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (8)

Left in the last 12 months

  • Lynne Robb Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026

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 11Health and social care 2Business 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
02698321
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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