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Woolf Institute

Company 03540878 Active

Registered charity: Woolf Institute

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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
3.9y median 3.5y
average tenure
9.4y
longest tenure
3
directors past 6 years
10 vs 1 portfolio
first-time directors
2
also govern a charity
2
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 1Property 1Tech and media 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.

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  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

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Company details

Number03540878
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated03/04/1998
AddressWOOLF INSTITUTE, MADINGLEY ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, CB3 0UB
Accounts next due31/05/2027
Accounts last made up31/08/2025

Industry (SIC)

85422 - Post-graduate level higher education

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (39)

  • Tattersall, John Hartley, the Reverend Canon Director · appointed 2026
  • Bickerton, Christopher John, Professor Director · appointed 2026
  • Sopher, Rick Director · appointed 2026
  • Adelman, Sally Helen Secretary · appointed 2025
  • Irvani, Roya Director · appointed 2025
  • Ravat, Riaz Ismail Director · appointed 2024
  • Cherry, Stephen Arthur, Revd Dr Director · appointed 2024
  • Dangoor, Simon Richard Maurice Director · appointed 2021
  • Hale, Brenda Marjorie, Lady Director · appointed 2021
  • Carlile CBE QC, Alexander Charles, Lord Director · appointed 2020
  • Woolf, Jeremy Richard George Director · appointed 2020
  • Yamani, Sarah Director · appointed 2018
  • Stevens, Timothy John, Rt Rev Director · appointed 2017
  • Kessler, Edward David Secretary · appointed 1998
  • Harris, Emma Tanya, Dr Former Secretary · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
  • Carleton Paget, James, Dr Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025
  • Rhys-Davies, Amy Former Secretary · appointed 2018 · resigned 2023
  • Lyon, John Macdonald Former Secretary · appointed 2016 · resigned 2018
  • Randeree, Shabir Ahmed Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2024
  • Williams, Edward John Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
  • Brenninkmeijer-Schuerholz, Beatrix Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2023
  • Cohen, Shana Rebecca, Dr Former Secretary · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
  • Blair of Boughton, Lord Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2023
  • Woolf, Marguerite Leah, Lady Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2019
  • Harries, Richard Douglas, Right Reverend Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2017
  • Ahmad, Waqar, Prof Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2018
  • Haworth, Esther Charlotte Former Secretary · appointed 2007 · resigned 2012
  • Paisner, Martin David Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2018
  • Hameed of Hampstead CBE DL, Khalid, Lord Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2016
  • Pickering, John Adrian Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
  • Halban, Peter Francis Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2021
  • Lipner, Julius, Dr Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2020
  • Glatter, Robert Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2018
  • Leibowitz, David Uri Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2020
  • Fenton, Barry Dominic, the Reverend Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2006
  • Nathan, Clemens Neumann Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2006
  • Forward, Martin, Rev Doctor Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2022
  • Patterson-Jones, Debbie Former Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 2004
  • Mendel, Paul David Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1998

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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