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EDF Energy R&D UK Centre Limited

Other business support service activities n.e.c.

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

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Previous officers 34

  1. Daniel Arthur Edwin Hopcroft 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Richard Bradfield 2020-2026 Director View profile
  3. Richard Tudor Hughes 2020-2023 Director View profile
  4. Carmen Munoz-Dormoy 2020-2024 Director View profile
  5. Alain Le Gac 2019-2023 Director View profile
  6. Jean-Philippe Laurent 2018-2020 Director View profile
  7. Andrew Kenneth Goddard 2016-2020 Director View profile
  8. Jean-Benoit Marie Ritz 2015-2020 Director View profile
  9. Jacques Marcel Marin Sacreste 2015-2025 Director View profile
  10. Thierry Michel Louis Camille Le Boucher 2015-2018 Director View profile
  11. Michel Maschi 2012-2019 Director View profile
  12. Allan Paul Spence 2012-2024 Director View profile
  13. Stuart Crooks 2012-2014 Director View profile
  14. Sidney Robert Salvador Cox 2012-2015 Director View profile
  15. Jean-Pierre West 2012-2015 Director View profile
  16. Pierre-Louis Viollet 2012-2012 Director View profile
  17. Bernard Delpech 2012-2014 Director View profile
  18. Thomas Andreas Kusterer 2009-2011 Director View profile
  19. Humphrey Alan Edward Cadoux-Hudson 2003-2009 Director View profile
  20. Andrew Edgoose 2003-2008 Director View profile
  21. Emelyn John Davies 2000-2006 Director View profile
  22. Derek Arthur Lickorish MBE 2000-2003 Director View profile
  23. Corinne Ann Sharpe 1999-2000 Director View profile
  24. Robert Ian Higson 1998-2009 Director View profile
  25. David Alan Willock 1998-1999 Director View profile
  26. Malcolm James Stennett 1994-1998 Director View profile
  27. Steven Ian Wallace 1994-1998 Director View profile
  28. Stephen John Bott 1994-2003 Director View profile
  29. Anthony George Gajadharsingh 1994-1996 Director View profile
  30. Claire Rachel Gooding 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  31. Lisa Deverick 2012-2018 Secretary View profile
  32. Joe Souto 2009-2012 Secretary View profile
  33. Andrew James Whittaker 1997-1998 Secretary View profile
  34. Andrew Bruce Robertson 1994-1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
14/07/1994
Registered office
London
Previous names
Knight Debt Recovery Services Limited (until 14/03/2012)

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. EDF Energy R&D UK Centre Limited is controlled by EDF Energy Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-03-28 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. EDF Energy Holdings Limited is controlled by EDF Energy (UK) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by EDF Energy (UK) Limited.

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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

29 grants · £2,905,441 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 Energy Security and Net Zero · £1,650,624 (5 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £1,089,787 (16 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £165,030 (8 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £5,6252024-09-12
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £15,8772024-07-17
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £10,1812024-05-03
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero £187,8872023-12-15
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero £911,4512023-12-15
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

3.1y median 1.7y
average tenure
11.9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (4)

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.

Utilities 28Construction 5Professional services 5Finance 4Manufacturing 4Dormant 2Business 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02948613
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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