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Illumina Cambridge Limited

Research and experimental development on biotechnology

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Previous officers 35

  1. Bastiaan Abram Willem Verhoef 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Nicola Letha Cranfield 2021-2025 Director View profile
  3. Rebecca Jane Edwards 2018-2021 Director View profile
  4. Mark David Van Oene 2017-2018 Director View profile
  5. Ronald James Mcgrath 2017-2018 Director View profile
  6. Paula Lynn Dowdy 2016-2021 Director View profile
  7. Andre Jacques Nel 2015-2019 Director View profile
  8. Richard Alan Compton 2015-2016 Director View profile
  9. Francis Desouza 2015-2017 Director View profile
  10. Timothy Sean Orpin 2013-2015 Director View profile
  11. Marc Andrew Stapley 2012-2015 Director View profile
  12. Christian Ogren Henry 2007-2017 Director View profile
  13. Jay Flatley 2007-2015 Director View profile
  14. John Stephen West 2004-2007 Director View profile
  15. Hermann Maria Hauser 2004-2005 Director View profile
  16. Dr Quentin Lionel Genghis Lloyd Harris 2004-2005 Director View profile
  17. Stephen David Allen 2004-2007 Director View profile
  18. Anthony John Smith 2002-2007 Director View profile
  19. Dr Sam Eletr 2002-2004 Director View profile
  20. Tom Daniel 2001-2005 Director View profile
  21. Mark Carthy 2001-2005 Director View profile
  22. Nicholas John Mccooke 2001-2004 Director View profile
  23. Dr Timothy James Rink 2000-2007 Director View profile
  24. Dr Alan Rowe Williamson 2000-2004 Director View profile
  25. Dr Shankar Balasubramanian 1998-2007 Director View profile
  26. John Edward Berriman 1998-2004 Director View profile
  27. Dr Richard Charles Jennings 1998-2001 Director View profile
  28. David Klenerman 1998-2001 Director View profile
  29. Michael William Rich 1998-1998 Nominee-director View profile
  30. Barbara Reeves 1998-1998 Nominee-director View profile
  31. Andrew Kevin Doogan 2024-2025 Secretary View profile
  32. Charles Dadswell 2013-2024 Secretary View profile
  33. Christian Cabou 2007-2013 Secretary View profile
  34. Leigh Graham Palmer 2001-2007 Secretary View profile
  35. James Foster Abell 1998-2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

26 contracts · £5,202,700,099 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.

  • UKHSA Diagnostics & Research Open Framework Buyer: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency £5,200,000,000 2026-09-03 Source: Find a Tender

    UKHSA Diagnostics & Research Open Framework (DRF) This is a competitive tendering procedure pursuant to the Notices published on the Find a Tender Central Digital Platform. UK02 Preliminary Market Engagement October 25 2025/S 000-069968, PI…

    Framework
  • Next Generation Sequencing Reagents and Consumables Buyer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust £156,201 2026-09-01 Source: Find a Tender

    The Authority operates an existing Illumina MiSeq next generation sequencing platform and requires reagents that are technically compatible with this equipment and established laboratory workflows. Due to standardisation, validation and int…

  • C453568 Buyer: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust £40,833 2026-06-15 CPV 50420000 Source: Contracts Finder

    GOSH - MAINT7182- Illumina Seq Silver Support Asset M00755 2023/S 000-028831

  • CA17777 - MAINT7133-GOSH-illumina Nextseq Buyer: Partners Procurement Service (PPS) £112,916 2026-05-08 CPV 50000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Great Ormand Street Hospital Foundation Trust has entered into a 5 year Silver maintenance agreement which Includes full coverage for parts, labor, and travel; Reagent replacement upon HW failures; 1 PM; Remote Technical Support 18x5; 2 bus…

  • CA17666 - MAINT7133-GOSH-Illumina Dragen Server Buyer: Partners Procurement Service (PPS) £42,411 2026-04-22 CPV 72261000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Great Ormond Street Hospital Foundation Trust has entered into a 1 year support contract with the supplier Illumina Cambridge Ltd via NHS Supply Chain URN ref:CPQ 29936 LAB 26 for Dragen Server & licenses which includes remote technical s…

  • Maintenance contract for MiSeq & NovaSeq Buyer: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust £705,126 2026-03-09 CPV 50420000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Aligned renewal for MiSeq & NovaSeq equipment from quote ref 4785492 under URN number CPQ 46433 LAB 26 Additional information: Aligned renewal for MiSeq & NovaSeq equipment from quote ref 4785492 under URN number CPQ 46433 LAB 26

  • Purhcase of Illumina Miseq sysem plus assoicated servicing and consumables Buyer: UK Health Security Agency £237,536 2026-02-24 CPV 38000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Purchase of Illumina Miseq system plus associated servicing and consumables via the National Microbiology Framework.

  • Ageing sequencing equipment replacement with MiSeq i100 Plus NextSeq 2000 Buyer: UK Health Security Agency £323,930 2026-02-19 CPV 38430000 Source: Contracts Finder

    To replace sequencing equipment across the Genomics networks of laboratories

  • CA17008 - MAINT7099-RFL-Emedgene Support Buyer: Partners Procurement Service (PPS) £69,780 2026-01-13 CPV 50421000 Source: Contracts Finder

    MAINT7099-RFL-Emedgene Support To access this competition: Registered: Login to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity CA17008. Not registered: Visit https://suppliers.multiquote.com then register and quote C…

  • Next Generation Sequencer Buyer: ASTON UNIVERSITY £282,662 2026-01-12 CPV 51430000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Aston University, College of Health and Life Sciences, School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biosciences was seeking quotations for the supply, installation, and commissioning of a next generation sequencer to support the teaching of medical and…

  • Maintenance contract for NovaSeq 6000 Buyer: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust £119,360 2026-01-08 CPV 33100000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Maintenance contract for NovaSeq 6000 quote ref:4759535 Contract ref: 2023/S 000-028831, Cat number - 20019988, URN #: CPQ 67464 LAB 25 Additional information: Maintenance contract for NovaSeq 6000 quote ref:4759535 Contract…

  • UKRI-5373 MRC LMS Sequencing System Buyer: UK Research & Innovation £39,281 2025-11-07 CPV 38000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Sequencing System

  • Awarded contract for MiSeq i100 System Buyer: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory £43,645 2025-09-24 CPV 38434000 Source: Contracts Finder

    This contract has already been awarded.

  • High-throughput sequencing (HTS) suite Buyer: The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology £214,896 2025-09-16 CPV 38000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    This opportunity was for the provision of upgrades to the current High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS) suite. The Procurement Team followed an open tender process for this planned purchase. Further details are available in the tender documents-…

  • IScan Silver Support Plan, Illumina Product Care LiHa Preventative Maintenance Plan, Autoloader 2 Silver Support Plan 2025-26 Buyer: University of Bristol £60,457 2025-08-08 CPV 50000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    IScan Silver Support Plan, Illumina Product Care LiHa Preventative Maintenance Plan, Autoloader 2 Silver Support Plan 2025-26

  • Emedgene support & maintenance Buyer: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust £251,064 2025-06-18 CPV 48000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    MFT procurement for Emedgene-annual support & maintenance & analysis under NHS Supply chain framework

  • Supply of a Short Read Sequencer Buyer: University of Leeds Value not published Date not published CPV 38434540 Source: Find a Tender

    The University of Leeds intends to enter into a contract with Illumina Cambridge to purchase a Next Generation Sequencing System in order to meet funding deadlines.

  • Whole Exome and Whole Genome Sequencing Buyer: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Value not published Date not published CPV 33696500 Source: Find a Tender

    The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, hosted by Velindre NHS Trust are acting on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board who are seeking to establish a contract for the supply of Whole Exome and Whole Genome Sequencing…

  • Contract for the supply of aCGH slides and associated Analyser Buyer: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Value not published Date not published CPV 33696500 Source: Find a Tender

    Contract for the supply of aCGH slides and associated Analyser with maintenance and support included for a period of 24 months with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months

  • NextSeq 550 Seuqencer Purchase Buyer: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) Value not published Date not published CPV 39180000 Source: Find a Tender

    Purchase of two NextSeq 550 Sequencers.

  • UE280420_2026 Buyer: University of Exeter Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    7 flow cells for ongoing sequencing

  • MRC LMS NextSeq2000 Maintenance Service Buyer: UK Research & Innovation Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Repair and maintenance service agreement for NextSeq2000

  • G Cloud 15 Buyer: Government Commercial Agency Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    G-Cloud 15 (GC15) is the replacement for G-Cloud 14 (GC14), G-Cloud 14 Lot 4 (GC14.4) and Cloud Compute 2 (CC2). It is the largest framework of its kind in the public sector. G-Cloud spend for FY23/24 was £3.1bn and Cloud Compute was £0.5m.…

    Framework
  • Sequencing consumables Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Sequencing consumables for use in existing machines.

  • Procurement of New Benchtop Genome Sequencer and all consumables and servicing for ten years Buyer: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    AFBI is committed to modernising its veterinary microbiology capabilities in order to improve services to our sponsoring Government Department, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). Expanding on use of microb…

  • CSP26852 - Relocation of Sequencer 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, servi…

About

What it does
Research and experimental development on biotechnology
Incorporated
02/09/1998
Registered office
Cambridge
Previous names
Solexa Limited (until 04/01/2008)

Grants received

2 grants · £133,895 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 Science, Innovation and Technology · £87,799
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £46,097

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £46,0972022-04-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £87,7992021-11-25
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.

2 directors on the board

3.9y median 3.9y
average tenure
6.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
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.

Manufacturing 1Other 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
03625145
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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