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Who leads it
- Lucy Cornelia CafferyDirector · since 2026
- Professor Stephen Andrew JarvisDirector · since 2025
- Professor Stephen Dominick James McarthurDirector · since 2025
- Lindsay Helen JamiesonDirector · since 2023
- Andrew Courtney ChangDirector · since 2022
- Dr Carol BellDirector · since 2022
- Catriona Mary Robertson SchmolkeDirector · since 2022
- Dr Robert Michael SorrellDirector · since 2022
- Professor Graeme ReidDirector · since 2021
- Catherine Ward QuinnDirector · since 2020
- Penelope Jane HoltDirector · since 2018
- Dr Peter Anthony ThompsonDirector · since 2015
- Mark Lindsay ThomasSecretary · since 2024
Previous officers 52
- Professor Timothy James Lawson Dunne 2025-2025 View profile
- Dr Victoria Helen Saward 2023-2026 View profile
- David Keith Mcsweeney 2023-2024 View profile
- David Alexander Sandford 2023-2023 View profile
- Dr Robin Hart 2022-2023 View profile
- Harriet Wallace 2021-2023 View profile
- Louise Dunsby 2020-2021 View profile
- Dr Stephanie Hurst 2018-2020 View profile
- Gaoqing Max Lu 2017-2025 View profile
- Nigel John Perry 2016-2022 View profile
- Paul Simon Hadley 2016-2018 View profile
- Brigid Ann Sutcliffe 2016-2022 View profile
- Michael Kearney 2015-2017 View profile
- Professor Sir James Rufus Mcdonald 2015-2025 View profile
- Sir David Grant 2015-2021 View profile
- Professor Christopher Maxwell Snowden 2015-2015 View profile
- Dr Paul John Arton Howarth 2015-2021 View profile
- Amanda Melanie Kendall Brooks 2015-2016 View profile
- Nicola Anson 2013-2018 View profile
- Ian Wilson Downie 2011-2015 View profile
- Timothy Charles Lawlor 2010-2011 View profile
- Martyn Russell Sene 2009-2021 View profile
- Bowsher, Brian Robert, Doctor 2009-2015 View profile
- Keith Edward Archer-Jones 2007-2010 View profile
- Stephen Mcquillan 2005-2008 View profile
- David Charles Richardson 2004-2006 View profile
- Richard Anthony Brook 2004-2015 View profile
- Dr Maxwell Clive Marsh 2004-2008 View profile
- Sir Peter Michael Williams CBE Freng 2002-2015 View profile
- Dr Bennett, CBE, Seton John 2001-2009 View profile
- Dr Robert Clayton Mcguiness 2000-2007 View profile
- Kevin Stanley Beeston 1999-2003 View profile
- Dr David John Giachardi 1999-2001 View profile
- John Brynley Wyke 1998-1999 View profile
- Dr George Gowans Gray 1997-2002 View profile
- Dr Andrew John Wallard 1995-2002 View profile
- Dr Robert Charles Whelan 1995-1998 View profile
- Peter Alan Gange 1995-1996 View profile
- RAE, John, Doctor 1995-2005 View profile
- Professor Ronald Bullough 1995-1998 View profile
- Professor Archibald Howie 1995-2001 View profile
- Professor Anthony Kelly 1995-2001 View profile
- Everton Bryan 1995-1995 View profile
- Anthony Bruce Cornwell 1995-1995 View profile
- Nesta Margaret Lewis 1994-1994 View profile
- Rebecca Cordelia Hunter 2020-2024 View profile
- Andrew John Armstrong 2018-2019 View profile
- Serco Corporate Services Limited 2007-2015 View profile
- Francesca Anne Todd 2005-2006 View profile
- John Roger Bolster 2000-2001 View profile
- Alan Raymond Mann 1995-2013 View profile
- Deborah Price 1994-1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
7 contracts · £813,246 totalFrom 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.
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Continued UK Contribution to the MicroCarb Mission – CO₂ Retrieval Algorithm Development and Programme Support
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…
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Thermophysical Testing of Titanium Stabilised Austenitic Stainless-Steel Grades
Under lot 5 of the Materials Testing Framework for STEP - VIVS Thermophysical Tests. Thermophysical Testing of Titanium Stabilised Austenitic Stainless-Steel Grades
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Insulating Materials Testing
Testing of insulating materials under the Materials Testing Framework for STEP.
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National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme 2
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.
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ES RDE 073 - Development of regulatory guidance for hydrogen emissions monitori
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…
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CSP26777 - RAL ASD Spectrometer Investigation
***** 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…
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Materials Testing Framework for STEP
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…
Framework
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 total360Giving 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
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Contracts awarded
76 contracts · £94,483,486 totalFrom 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
- Unknown supplier · £86,483,486 (19 contracts)
- OROSTREAM INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS LIMITED · £8,000,000
- Black Duck Software Limited · £0
- Aerodyne Research, Inc. · £0
- W. Finch + Co. Ltd · £0
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
- Professor Graeme Reid Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Peter Anthony Thompson Director · appointed 2015
- Andrew Courtney Chang Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Stephen Andrew Jarvis Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Carol Bell Director · appointed 2022
- Catriona Mary Robertson Schmolke Director · appointed 2022
- Lucy Cornelia Caffery Director · appointed 2026
- Catherine Ward Quinn Director · appointed 2020
- Lindsay Helen Jamieson Director · appointed 2023
- Penelope Jane Holt Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Robert Michael Sorrell Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Stephen Dominick James Mcarthur Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Dr Peter Anthony Thompson Director · appointed 2015
- Penelope Jane Holt Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Professor Graeme Reid Director · appointed 2021
- Lucy Cornelia Caffery Director · appointed 2026
- Lindsay Helen Jamieson Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (9)
- Dr Peter Anthony Thompson Director · appointed 2015
- Andrew Courtney Chang Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Stephen Andrew Jarvis Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Carol Bell Director · appointed 2022
- Catriona Mary Robertson Schmolke Director · appointed 2022
- Catherine Ward Quinn Director · appointed 2020
- Penelope Jane Holt Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Robert Michael Sorrell Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Stephen Dominick James Mcarthur Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Dr Victoria Helen Saward Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
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.
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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