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

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Previous officers 137

  1. Edward Morrison Astle 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Matt Tee 2025-2025 Director View profile
  3. Dr Benjamin Duncan Calvert 2023-2025 Director View profile
  4. Melody Stephen 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Simon John Bates 2022-2025 Director View profile
  6. Professor Colin Bryan Riordan 2021-2023 Director View profile
  7. Katharine Rachel Purser 2021-2022 Director View profile
  8. Shuvo Saha 2021-2025 Director View profile
  9. Kathryn Trudy Norris-Grey 2020-2024 Director View profile
  10. Professor Koenraad Lamberts 2019-2020 Director View profile
  11. Caroline Hoddinott 2019-2025 Director View profile
  12. Professor Malcolm Colin Press 2019-2025 Director View profile
  13. Professor Elizabeth Tulip Treasure 2019-2021 Director View profile
  14. Thomas Jack Newman 2019-2022 Director View profile
  15. Professor Sally Louise Mapstone 2018-2023 Director View profile
  16. Edward William Peck 2018-2025 Director View profile
  17. Sian Elizabeth Thornhill 2017-2019 Director View profile
  18. Professor Karen Ann Stanton 2017-2019 Director View profile
  19. Thomas William Chambers 2017-2024 Director View profile
  20. Robert Fredrick Behrens 2017-2019 Director View profile
  21. Professor Robert Anthony Cryan 2015-2018 Director View profile
  22. Andrew Fraser Forbes 2015-2022 Director View profile
  23. Professor Toby Dominic Brodigan Salt 2013-2017 Director View profile
  24. Gerard Patrick Pennell 2013-2021 Director View profile
  25. Professor Joy Carter 2013-2020 Director View profile
  26. Dr David John Ashton 2013-2021 Director View profile
  27. Terence Michael Grote OBE 2013-2016 Director View profile
  28. Michele Sutton 2013-2014 Director View profile
  29. Dame Janet Patricia Beer 2013-2017 Director View profile
  30. Sir Ian David Diamond 2013-2018 Director View profile
  31. Professor David Norman Frank Fleming 2013-2015 Director View profile
  32. Professor Sir Steven Murray Smith 2013-2019 Director View profile
  33. Caragh Merrick 2013-2016 Director View profile
  34. Dr James Mcgeorge 2012-2013 Director View profile
  35. Professor Janet Patricia Beer 2012-2013 Director View profile
  36. Allan Graham Foulds 2012-2012 Director View profile
  37. Liam James Burns 2011-2013 Director View profile
  38. David Paul Adelman 2011-2013 Director View profile
  39. Professor Ellen Douglas-Cowie 2010-2013 Director View profile
  40. Rama Shankaran Thirunamachandran 2010-2013 Director View profile
  41. Aaron Ross Porter 2010-2011 Director View profile
  42. Peter John Walsh 2009-2013 Director View profile
  43. Dr Tim James Westlake 2009-2013 Director View profile
  44. Professor Dame Joan Kathleen Stringer 2009-2013 Director View profile
  45. Lynette Ann Cutting 2009-2013 Director View profile
  46. Professor Sir David Stephen Eastwood 2009-2012 Director View profile
  47. Colin Charles Tagg 2009-2010 Director View profile
  48. Wesley Paul William Streeting 2009-2010 Director View profile
  49. Professor David Butcher 2008-2013 Director View profile
  50. Brian Robert Foster 2008-2011 Director View profile
  51. Pamela Thorn Taylor 2007-2009 Director View profile
  52. Professor Antony John Chapman 2007-2013 Director View profile
  53. Susan Margaret Tuckett 2007-2008 Director View profile
  54. Dr Ambrose Joseph Smith 2007-2011 Director View profile
  55. Michael David Jesnick 2007-2009 Director View profile
  56. Connie Jean Cullen 2006-2010 Director View profile
  57. Norman David Black 2006-2010 Director View profile
  58. Timothy Keyes 2006-2011 Director View profile
  59. Paul Ashdown 2005-2007 Director View profile
  60. Professor John David Leaver 2005-2007 Director View profile
  61. Professor Neil Thomson Gorman 2005-2013 Director View profile
  62. Sir Alastair Muir Russell 2005-2009 Director View profile
  63. John Ryan 2005-2013 Director View profile
  64. Michael George Nicholson 2005-2006 Director View profile
  65. Professor Robert Fiddy 2005-2007 Director View profile
  66. Professor Eric Jackson Thomas 2005-2009 Director View profile
  67. Jane Catherine Nelson 2005-2013 Director View profile
  68. John Philip Morgan 2005-2012 Director View profile
  69. Dr Nigel Martin 2004-2005 Director View profile
  70. Steven John Cannon 2004-2012 Director View profile
  71. Professor Kenneth Lloyd Bell 2003-2006 Director View profile
  72. Dr John Michael Gledhill 2003-2006 Director View profile
  73. Jonathan Andrew Bursey 2003-2005 Director View profile
  74. Dr Christine Elizabeth King 2002-2007 Director View profile
  75. Margaret Florence Rudland 2002-2005 Director View profile
  76. Jane Anne Struthers 2002-2005 Director View profile
  77. Professor Anthony Cryer 2002-2008 Director View profile
  78. Dr Melvyn James Kershaw 2002-2004 Director View profile
  79. Michael Alcock 2001-2009 Director View profile
  80. Professor Michael John Howard Sterling 2001-2005 Director View profile
  81. Anthony Pitcher 2001-2003 Director View profile
  82. Professor Sir Robert George Burgess 2001-2011 Director View profile
  83. Professor Vernon David Vandelinde 2001-2006 Director View profile
  84. Neil Alan Hopkins OBE 2001-2009 Director View profile
  85. Prof Brown, CBE, Michael Alan 2001-2005 Director View profile
  86. Professor Richard Robert Barnett 2000-2003 Director View profile
  87. Professor William Stewart Stevely 2000-2005 Director View profile
  88. Richard Sperrin Fawcett 2000-2001 Director View profile
  89. Prof David Graham Vaughan 2000-2009 Director View profile
  90. Hugh Michael Pearson 1999-2007 Director View profile
  91. Eira Elizabeth Makepeace 1999-2003 Director View profile
  92. Professor Timothy Jerome Wheeler Dl 1999-2005 Director View profile
  93. Dugald Mabon Mackie 1999-2004 Director View profile
  94. Dr Kathleen Iris Millar 1999-2000 Director View profile
  95. Professor Kenneth James Overshott 1999-2001 Director View profile
  96. Miles Stuart Hedges 1998-1999 Director View profile
  97. Professor Ian Miller Jamieson 1998-2001 Director View profile
  98. Lynne Sedgmore 1997-1997 Director View profile
  99. Alison Kerr Scott 1997-2001 Director View profile
  100. Prof Bernard King 1997-2000 Director View profile
  101. John Roger Tredwell 1997-2005 Director View profile
  102. Dr Philip James Cheshire 1997-2002 Director View profile
  103. James Robertson Graeme Wright 1997-2000 Director View profile
  104. Roger Michael Geoffrey Clark 1997-2003 Director View profile
  105. Dr Stephen Leigh Bristow 1997-2002 Director View profile
  106. Brian Anthony Roper 1996-2002 Director View profile
  107. Ian Bevan Tailby Caves 1996-1997 Director View profile
  108. Professor Norman John Taylor 1996-1999 Director View profile
  109. Dr Renee Bella Paton 1995-1996 Director View profile
  110. Sir David Melville CBE 1995-1996 Director View profile
  111. Mary Patricia Sellers 1995-1996 Director View profile
  112. Professor John Maxwell Irvine 1995-2001 Director View profile
  113. Stirling Maurice Wisener 1995-1999 Director View profile
  114. Professor Graham John Zellick 1994-1997 Director View profile
  115. Sir John Ernest Dunford 1994-1997 Director View profile
  116. Susan Helen Stobbs 1994-1995 Director View profile
  117. Dr Julian Colin Axe 1993-1997 Director View profile
  118. Peter Bryan Hodson 1993-1997 Director View profile
  119. Michael Alan Miller 1993-1997 Director View profile
  120. Dr Michael Goldstein 1993-2001 Director View profile
  121. Dr Christopher Ben Turner 1993-1999 Director View profile
  122. Dorma Jane Urwin 1993-1999 Director View profile
  123. Lord Sutherland 1993-1995 Director View profile
  124. Roderick George Livingston 1993-1999 Director View profile
  125. Christopher John Sparrow 1993-1997 Director View profile
  126. Michael Sadler-Forster 1993-1996 Director View profile
  127. Keith Bruce Thompson 1993-1995 Director View profile
  128. Professor Samuel Berrick Saul 1993-1997 Director View profile
  129. Professor David John Edward Ingram 1993-1995 Director View profile
  130. Danya Young 2017-2019 Secretary View profile
  131. Helen Cornish 2012-2017 Secretary View profile
  132. Wendy Louise Trainor 2012-2012 Secretary View profile
  133. Richard Lee 2011-2012 Secretary View profile
  134. Mary Elizabeth Curnock Cook 2011-2011 Secretary View profile
  135. Michael John Spittle 2005-2011 Secretary View profile
  136. Graham Gerald Lewis 1993-2005 Secretary View profile
  137. Philip Abercrombie Oakley 1993-1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £240,000 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.

  • Pre-Applicant Communications Buyer: STUDENT LOANS COMPANY LIMITED £240,000 2026-11-01 CPV 80300000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Pre-Applicant Communication to Students

About

Incorporated
27/07/1993
Also a registered charity
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

3 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

2.2y median 1.4y
average tenure
6.9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (9)

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.

Education 11Other services 6Finance 2Health and social care 2Tech and media 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
02839815
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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