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Genome Research Limited

Research and experimental development on biotechnology

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Who leads it

Previous officers 50

  1. Dr Michael Dunn 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Karen Chadwick 2024-2026 Director View profile
  3. Dr Daniel Mahony 2020-2025 Director View profile
  4. Cheryl Anne Moore 2020-2024 Director View profile
  5. Professor Gilean Mcvean 2020-2024 Director View profile
  6. Dame Cilla Snowball 2020-2024 Director View profile
  7. Dr Jeremy Farrar 2020-2023 Director View profile
  8. Dr Paul Jakob Robert Schreier 2019-2024 Director View profile
  9. Kathleen Poole 2019-2019 Director View profile
  10. Sir James Cuthbert Smith 2018-2021 Director View profile
  11. Kay Elizabeth Davies 2017-2023 Director View profile
  12. Lord David Lindsay Willetts 2017-2019 Director View profile
  13. Timothy James Livett 2015-2019 Director View profile
  14. Professor Rolf Dieter Heuer 2014-2020 Director View profile
  15. Dr Timothy James Rink 2014-2017 Director View profile
  16. Dr Kevin Moses 2011-2016 Director View profile
  17. Dr Patrick John Thompson Vallance 2010-2017 Director View profile
  18. Simon John Lewis Jeffreys 2009-2015 Director View profile
  19. Baroness Elizabeth Lydia Manningham-Buller 2008-2015 Director View profile
  20. Dr Alan John Schafer 2007-2010 Director View profile
  21. Professor Adrian Bird 2007-2010 Director View profile
  22. Ronald Plasterk 2006-2007 Director View profile
  23. Edward Ian Walker Arnott 2006-2010 Director View profile
  24. Professor Peter William Jack Rigby 2006-2014 Director View profile
  25. Dr Sohaila Rastan 2003-2007 Director View profile
  26. Sir Mark Jeremy Walport 2003-2013 Director View profile
  27. David Neil Davison 2001-2014 Director View profile
  28. Dr Richard William Fuller 2001-2003 Director View profile
  29. David Alan Phillipps 2001-2009 Director View profile
  30. Dr Allan Bradley 2001-2010 Director View profile
  31. John Cooper 2001-2012 Director View profile
  32. Michael James Morgan 2001-2002 Director View profile
  33. Dr Thomas Michael Dexter 1998-2003 Director View profile
  34. Dr Alan James Munro 1997-2001 Director View profile
  35. Professor Derek Clissold Burke 1997-1998 Director View profile
  36. Professor Martin Bobrow 1997-2001 Director View profile
  37. Professor James Julian Bennett Jack 1994-1997 Director View profile
  38. Professor Sir Aaron Klug 1993-1996 Director View profile
  39. Sir David Allan Rees 1993-1996 Director View profile
  40. Dame Bridget Margaret Ogilvie 1993-1997 Director View profile
  41. Sir Roger Geoffrey Gibbs 1992-1997 Director View profile
  42. Sir David John Weatherall 1997 Director View profile
  43. Sir David Arnold Stuart Plastow 1996 Director View profile
  44. Henry Parkinson 2017-2019 Secretary View profile
  45. Christopher James Bird 2012-2017 Secretary View profile
  46. John Gillespie Stewart 1999-2012 Secretary View profile
  47. Dianne Hayter 1997-1999 Secretary View profile
  48. William Murray Cairns 1993-1997 Secretary View profile
  49. Professor Sir William Stanley Peart 1992-1994 Secretary View profile
  50. Alexander Ian Macgregor 1992-1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Research and experimental development on biotechnology
Incorporated
20/08/1992
Registered office
Saffron Walden
Also a registered charity
Genome Research Limited

Group

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

6 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

30 grants · £3,187,431 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 Science, Innovation and Technology · £1,922,346 (14 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £1,265,085 (15 grants)
  • Nesta ·

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £16,2922023-09-27
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £211,7322023-07-25
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £12,4532023-04-24
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £193,4852023-03-09
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £100,8102023-01-31
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.

7 directors on the board

3.3y median 2.3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (5)

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.

Health and social care 3Professional services 2Other 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.

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
02742969
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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