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The Wellcome Trust Limited

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

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Previous officers 45

  1. Professor Arup Kumar Chakraborty 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dame Amelia Chilcott Fawcett 2019-2023 Director View profile
  3. Naguib Kheraj 2019-2019 Director View profile
  4. William Burns 2016-2020 Director View profile
  5. Professor Tobias Bonhoeffer 2014-2021 Director View profile
  6. Professor Bryan Grenfell 2014-2021 Director View profile
  7. Sir Damon Marcus Buffini 2012-2018 Director View profile
  8. Alan John Brown 2012-2019 Director View profile
  9. Professor Sir Michael Anthony John Ferguson 2012-2021 Director View profile
  10. Professor Dame Anne Mandall Johnson 2011-2018 Director View profile
  11. Peter Graham Davies 2009-2011 Director View profile
  12. Baroness Elizabeth Lydia Manningham-Buller 2008-2021 Director View profile
  13. Roderick David Kent 2008-2012 Director View profile
  14. Professor Christopher Granville Fairburn 2008-2011 Director View profile
  15. Professor Peter William Jack Rigby 2008-2016 Director View profile
  16. Professor Dame Kay Elizabeth Davies 2008-2017 Director View profile
  17. Professor Richard O Hynes 2007-2016 Director View profile
  18. Sir William Martin Castell 2006-2015 Director View profile
  19. Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz 2006-2007 Director View profile
  20. Dame Patricia Anne Hodgson 2004-2008 Director View profile
  21. Professor Peter George Smith 2004-2014 Director View profile
  22. Ronald Plasterk 2004-2007 Director View profile
  23. Alastair Ross Goobey 2002-2008 Director View profile
  24. Professor Jean Olwen Thomas 2000-2007 Director View profile
  25. Professor Adrian Bird 2000-2010 Director View profile
  26. Edward Ian Walker Arnott 2000-2010 Director View profile
  27. Professor Mark Jeremy Walport 2000-2003 Director View profile
  28. Sir Dominic Cadbury 1999-2006 Director View profile
  29. Professor Martin Bobrow 1996-2007 Director View profile
  30. Professor Sir Michael Llewellyn Rutter 1996-2004 Director View profile
  31. Sir David James Scott Cooksey 1995-1999 Director View profile
  32. Professor Sir John Bertrand Gurdon 1995-2000 Director View profile
  33. Professor Christopher Edwards 1994-2005 Director View profile
  34. Sir David John Weatherall 1992-2000 Director View profile
  35. Sir Peter Grenville Cazalet 1992-1996 Director View profile
  36. Professor Roy Malcolm Anderson 1992-2000 Director View profile
  37. Professor Sir Hans Leo Kornberg 1992-1994 Director View profile
  38. Professor Sir William Stanley Peart 1992-1994 Director View profile
  39. Professor James Julian Bennett Jack 1992-2004 Director View profile
  40. Sir Roger Geoffrey Gibbs 1992-1999 Director View profile
  41. Susan Jean Wallcraft 2012-2016 Secretary View profile
  42. Andrew Cossar 2012-2012 Secretary View profile
  43. John Gillespie Stewart 1999-2012 Secretary View profile
  44. Dianne Hayter 1996-1999 Secretary View profile
  45. Alexander Ian Macgregor 1992-1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
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Incorporated
24/04/1992
Registered office
London

Group

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

14 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

7 grants · £4,632,731 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 International Development · £4,582,288 (3 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £50,443 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £16,8642023-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £20,4492022-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £1,5502020-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £11,5812019-04-01
  • Department for International Development £607,2882018-04-01
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.

9 directors on the board

5.5y median 5.3y
average tenure
8.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

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

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
02711000
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/06/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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