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NPL Management Limited

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

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Previous officers 52

  1. Professor Timothy James Lawson Dunne 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dr Victoria Helen Saward 2023-2026 Director View profile
  3. David Keith Mcsweeney 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. David Alexander Sandford 2023-2023 Director View profile
  5. Dr Robin Hart 2022-2023 Director View profile
  6. Harriet Wallace 2021-2023 Director View profile
  7. Louise Dunsby 2020-2021 Director View profile
  8. Dr Stephanie Hurst 2018-2020 Director View profile
  9. Gaoqing Max Lu 2017-2025 Director View profile
  10. Nigel John Perry 2016-2022 Director View profile
  11. Paul Simon Hadley 2016-2018 Director View profile
  12. Brigid Ann Sutcliffe 2016-2022 Director View profile
  13. Michael Kearney 2015-2017 Director View profile
  14. Professor Sir James Rufus Mcdonald 2015-2025 Director View profile
  15. Sir David Grant 2015-2021 Director View profile
  16. Professor Christopher Maxwell Snowden 2015-2015 Director View profile
  17. Dr Paul John Arton Howarth 2015-2021 Director View profile
  18. Amanda Melanie Kendall Brooks 2015-2016 Director View profile
  19. Nicola Anson 2013-2018 Director View profile
  20. Ian Wilson Downie 2011-2015 Director View profile
  21. Timothy Charles Lawlor 2010-2011 Director View profile
  22. Martyn Russell Sene 2009-2021 Director View profile
  23. Bowsher, Brian Robert, Doctor 2009-2015 Director View profile
  24. Keith Edward Archer-Jones 2007-2010 Director View profile
  25. Stephen Mcquillan 2005-2008 Director View profile
  26. David Charles Richardson 2004-2006 Director View profile
  27. Richard Anthony Brook 2004-2015 Director View profile
  28. Dr Maxwell Clive Marsh 2004-2008 Director View profile
  29. Sir Peter Michael Williams CBE Freng 2002-2015 Director View profile
  30. Dr Bennett, CBE, Seton John 2001-2009 Director View profile
  31. Dr Robert Clayton Mcguiness 2000-2007 Director View profile
  32. Kevin Stanley Beeston 1999-2003 Director View profile
  33. Dr David John Giachardi 1999-2001 Director View profile
  34. John Brynley Wyke 1998-1999 Director View profile
  35. Dr George Gowans Gray 1997-2002 Director View profile
  36. Dr Andrew John Wallard 1995-2002 Director View profile
  37. Dr Robert Charles Whelan 1995-1998 Director View profile
  38. Peter Alan Gange 1995-1996 Director View profile
  39. RAE, John, Doctor 1995-2005 Director View profile
  40. Professor Ronald Bullough 1995-1998 Director View profile
  41. Professor Archibald Howie 1995-2001 Director View profile
  42. Professor Anthony Kelly 1995-2001 Director View profile
  43. Everton Bryan 1995-1995 Director View profile
  44. Anthony Bruce Cornwell 1995-1995 Director View profile
  45. Nesta Margaret Lewis 1994-1994 Nominee-director View profile
  46. Rebecca Cordelia Hunter 2020-2024 Secretary View profile
  47. Andrew John Armstrong 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  48. Serco Corporate Services Limited 2007-2015 Corporate-secretary View profile
  49. Francesca Anne Todd 2005-2006 Secretary View profile
  50. John Roger Bolster 2000-2001 Secretary View profile
  51. Alan Raymond Mann 1995-2013 Secretary View profile
  52. Deborah Price 1994-1994 Nominee-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

7 contracts · £813,246 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.

  • Continued UK Contribution to the MicroCarb Mission – CO₂ Retrieval Algorithm Development and Programme Support Buyer: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology £578,750 2026-08-10 Source: Find a Tender

    The MicroCarb mission is a Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) led satellite mission designed to deliver high-precision measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂). The United Kingdom contributes to the mission through scientific…

  • Thermophysical Testing of Titanium Stabilised Austenitic Stainless-Steel Grades Buyer: UK Fusion Energy Ltd £42,405 2026-08-04 Source: Find a Tender

    Under lot 5 of the Materials Testing Framework for STEP - VIVS Thermophysical Tests. Thermophysical Testing of Titanium Stabilised Austenitic Stainless-Steel Grades

  • Insulating Materials Testing Buyer: UK Fusion Energy Ltd £192,091 2026-02-13 Source: Find a Tender

    Testing of insulating materials under the Materials Testing Framework for STEP.

  • National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme 2 Buyer: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme 2. The programme will build and operate an NTC to provide a resilient, terrestrial, sovereign, sustainable, and high-quality Timing Signal.

  • ES RDE 073 - Development of regulatory guidance for hydrogen emissions monitori Buyer: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Environment Agency self-service direct award. Hydrogen is expected to play a key role in decarbonising industrial processes and energy systems as part of the UK’s pathway to net zero. Although not a direct greenhouse gas, hydrogen emission…

  • CSP26777 - RAL ASD Spectrometer Investigation Buyer: UK Research and Innovation Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    ***** THIS IS A CONTRACT DETAILS NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded without competition due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, serv…

  • Materials Testing Framework for STEP Buyer: UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    UKIFS STEP programme seeks to establish a materials testing framework to enable timely and efficient testing of magnet and Vacuum vessel and in-vessel systems (ViVS) materials over the next eight years. The purpose of this procurement is to…

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About

Incorporated
10/06/1994

Group

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

2 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

246 grants · £21,292,982 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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £11,208,767 (76 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £9,320,244 (161 grants)
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £656,782 (4 grants)
  • Department for Education · £93,199 (3 grants)
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £13,990 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £6,7592024-10-04
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £25,7262024-08-07
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £27,0292024-08-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £8,1862024-07-12
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £22,1282024-07-12

Contracts awarded

76 contracts · £94,483,486 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

Most recent

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

4.2y median 4y
average tenure
10.9y
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.

Professional services 7Education 5Manufacturing 3Other services 3Arts and leisure 2Business services 2Tech and media 2Utilities 2

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
02937881
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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