Company
Foundation for Information Policy Research
Foundation for Information Policy Research is an active UK company (number 03574631), incorporated 1998, with 8 current directors including Professor Peter Sommer and Wendy Grossman. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Peter SommerDirector · since 2025
- Wendy GrossmanDirector · since 2025
- Dr Monica Heydi HortenDirector · since 2025
- Dr Benjamin James CollierDirector · since 2025
- Sam SmithDirector · since 2025
- Mark Alan RichardsDirector · since 2025
- Jen PerssonDirector · since 2025
- Guy Edwin Stephen HerbertDirector · since 2025
- Richard Neil ClaytonSecretary · since 2002
Previous officers 11
- Paul Chapple Whitehouse 2024-2026 View profile
- Professor Michael James Norton 2003-2025 View profile
- Nicholas David Frederick Bohm 2000-2024 View profile
- Timothy Lloyd Jones 1998-2000 View profile
- Andrew Winston Mawdsley Graham 1998-2000 View profile
- John Wadham 1998-2001 View profile
- Dr Peter Landrock 1998-2002 View profile
- Dr Fleur Fisher 1998-2025 View profile
- Ross John Anderson 1998-2024 View profile
- Roger Michael Needham 1998-2003 View profile
- Caspar Pemberton Scott Bowden 1998-2002 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 28/05/1998
Financials
- Net assets
- £4,323
- Total assets
- £5,322
- Employees
- 8
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Micro-entity accounts.
Five-year trend
| Period ending | Turnover | Net assets |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | Not reported | £4,323 |
| 2025-10-31 | Not reported | £4,323 |
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-10-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
8 directors on the board
- Professor Peter Sommer Director · appointed 2025
- Wendy Grossman Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Monica Heydi Horten Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Benjamin James Collier Director · appointed 2025
- Sam Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Alan Richards Director · appointed 2025
- Jen Persson Director · appointed 2025
- Guy Edwin Stephen Herbert Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Professor Peter Sommer Director · appointed 2025
- Wendy Grossman Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Benjamin James Collier Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (5)
- Dr Monica Heydi Horten Director · appointed 2025
- Sam Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Alan Richards Director · appointed 2025
- Jen Persson Director · appointed 2025
- Guy Edwin Stephen Herbert Director · appointed 2025
Left in the last 12 months
- Paul Chapple Whitehouse Director · appointed 2024 · 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
- 03574631
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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