The Wellcome Trust Limited
Company 02711000 Active
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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
- Richard Dunnell Gillingwater Director · appointed 2019
- Powrie, Fiona, Professor Director · appointed 2018
- Julia Eileen Gillard Director · appointed 2021
- Stephen Augustus Lovegrove Director · appointed 2023
- Uchegbu, Ijeoma Florence, Professor Director · appointed 2021
- Elhadji Amadou Gueye Sy Director · appointed 2020
- Snowball, Cilla, Dame Director · appointed 2019
- Diana Georgina Noble Director · appointed 2023
- Leung, Gabriel Matthew, Professor Director · appointed 2021
5.5y median 5.3y
average tenure
8.5y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Richard Dunnell Gillingwater Director · appointed 2019
- Powrie, Fiona, Professor Director · appointed 2018
- Elhadji Amadou Gueye Sy Director · appointed 2020
- Snowball, Cilla, Dame Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Powrie, Fiona, Professor Director · appointed 2018
- Uchegbu, Ijeoma Florence, Professor Director · appointed 2021
- Elhadji Amadou Gueye Sy Director · appointed 2020
- Snowball, Cilla, Dame Director · appointed 2019
- Leung, Gabriel Matthew, Professor Director · appointed 2021
Portfolio (4)
- Richard Dunnell Gillingwater Director · appointed 2019
- Julia Eileen Gillard Director · appointed 2021
- Stephen Augustus Lovegrove Director · appointed 2023
- Diana Georgina Noble Director · appointed 2023
2
also govern a charity
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 4Finance 1Manufacturing 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
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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Spirax Group PLC 1 shared director
- Whitbread PLC 1 shared director
- Nameco (NO. 955) Limited 1 shared director
- Rolls-Royce SMR Limited 1 shared director
- Datrys Outcomes LTD 1 shared director
- Aldsworth Limited 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 02711000 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) |
| Incorporated | 24/04/1992 |
| Address | GIBBS BUILDING, 215 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON, NW1 2BE |
| Accounts next due | 30/06/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 30/09/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
96090 - Other service activities n.e.c.
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Owns 18 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Wellcome Trust GP Limited
75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst
25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - UK Biobank Limited
25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Wellcome Trust Finance PLC
75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - Wellcome Trust Nominees Limited
75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Wellcome Trust Investments 2 Unlimited
75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - Hinxton Hall Limited
50-75% voting, appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - W.T. Construction Limited
75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - Wellcome Trust Investments 1 Unlimited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Wellcome Trust Residential 1 Limited
75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - Wellcome Common Noteholder (Scottish) LP
part right to share surplus assets 75 to 100 percent · notified 2017-06-26 - Wellcome Trust Scottish Limited Partnership
part right to share surplus assets 75 to 100 percent (trust) · notified 2017-07-24 - Wellcome Leap Fund
75-100% voting · notified 2019-03-15 - W.T. Pelham Street Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-11-21 - W.T. Evelyn Gardens Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2026-04-21 - Oxehealth Limited ceased 2016-05-20
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Canbex Therapeutics Limited ceased 2019-07-16
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Wellcome Trust Residential 2 Limited ceased 2021-09-30
75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
Officers (55)
- Stephen Augustus Lovegrove Director · appointed 2023
- Diana Georgina Noble Director · appointed 2023
- Uchegbu, Ijeoma Florence, Professor Director · appointed 2021
- Leung, Gabriel Matthew, Professor Director · appointed 2021
- Julia Eileen Gillard Director · appointed 2021
- Elhadji Amadou Gueye Sy Director · appointed 2020
- Richard Dunnell Gillingwater Director · appointed 2019
- Snowball, Cilla, Dame Director · appointed 2019
- Powrie, Fiona, Professor Director · appointed 2018
- Christopher Bird Secretary · appointed 2016
Show 45 former officers
- Chakraborty, Arup Kumar, Professor Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
- Fawcett, Amelia Chilcott, Dame Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
- Naguib Kheraj Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2019
- William Burns Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2020
- Bonhoeffer, Tobias, Professor Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2021
- Grenfell, Bryan, Professor Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2021
- Susan Jean Wallcraft Secretary · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
- Buffini, Damon Marcus, Sir Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2018
- Alan John Brown Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2019
- Andrew Cossar Secretary · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
- Ferguson, Michael Anthony John, Professor Sir Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2021
- Johnson, Anne Mandall, Professor Dame Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2018
- Peter Graham Davies Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2011
- Manningham-Buller, Elizabeth Lydia, Baroness Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2021
- Roderick David Kent Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
- Fairburn, Christopher Granville, Professor Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
- Rigby, Peter William Jack, Professor Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2016
- Davies, Kay Elizabeth, Professor Dame Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2017
- Hynes, Richard O, Professor Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2016
- Castell, William Martin, Sir Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2015
- Borysiewicz, Leszek, Professor Sir Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
- Hodgson, Patricia Anne, Dame Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2008
- Smith, Peter George, Professor Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2014
- Ronald Plasterk Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
- Alastair Ross Goobey Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2008
- Thomas, Jean Olwen, Professor Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2007
- Bird, Adrian, Professor Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2010
- Edward Ian Walker Arnott Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2010
- Walport, Mark Jeremy, Professor Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2003
- John Gillespie Stewart Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2012
- Cadbury, Dominic, Sir Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2006
- Dianne Hayter Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- Bobrow, Martin, Professor Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2007
- Rutter, Michael Llewellyn, Professor Sir Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2004
- Cooksey, David James Scott, Sir Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
- Gurdon, John Bertrand, Professor Sir Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2000
- Edwards, Christopher, Professor Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2005
- Weatherall, David John, Sir Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2000
- Cazalet, Peter Grenville, Sir Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1996
- Anderson, Roy Malcolm, Professor Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2000
- Kornberg, Hans Leo, Professor Sir Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1994
- Peart, William Stanley, Professor Sir Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1994
- Jack, James Julian Bennett, Professor Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2004
- Gibbs, Roger Geoffrey, Sir Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1999
- Alexander Ian Macgregor Secretary · appointed 1992 · resigned 1996
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