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Alzheimer's Research UK

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 33

  1. Shirley Cramer 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Kathryn Elizabeth Swann 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Professor Rob John Howard 2018-2023 Director View profile
  4. Caroline Van Den Brul 2017-2025 Director View profile
  5. Christopher Carter 2015-2024 Director View profile
  6. Barry Townsley CBE 2015-2018 Director View profile
  7. Nicholas Paul Antill 2015-2025 Director View profile
  8. Dr Rupert William Evenett 2014-2024 Director View profile
  9. Dr Fiona Hamilton Marshall 2014-2018 Director View profile
  10. Shirley Christine Cramer 2014-2022 Director View profile
  11. Michael John Cooper 2014-2025 Director View profile
  12. David Mayhew 2012-2023 Director View profile
  13. Jo Tanner 2011-2015 Director View profile
  14. Helen Jane Pattinson 2011-2015 Director View profile
  15. Alison Tilbe 2010-2015 Director View profile
  16. Professor James William Fawcett 2008-2018 Director View profile
  17. John Patrick Battersby 2007-2014 Director View profile
  18. Anthony John Thompson 2006-2016 Director View profile
  19. Frank Barry Abramson 2004-2010 Director View profile
  20. John Adrian Watney 2004-2012 Director View profile
  21. Lantos, Peter Laszlo, Professor Emeritus 2002-2014 Director View profile
  22. Robert Smith Leighton 2001-2014 Director View profile
  23. Richard Capel Bell 2001-2014 Director View profile
  24. Sheila Helen Lyon Clark 2001-2011 Director View profile
  25. Stephen Jeffrey Barry 1999-2004 Director View profile
  26. Janet Enid Morgan 1998-2002 Director View profile
  27. Professor Alexander Robert Lieberman 1998-2009 Director View profile
  28. Joseph Pollock 1998-2001 Director View profile
  29. Eric George Barratt 1998-1999 Director View profile
  30. Martin Robert Weale 1998-2008 Director View profile
  31. Patricia Eva Sofroniew 1998-2000 Director View profile
  32. Helen Bester 2011-2018 Secretary View profile
  33. Rebecca Ann Wood 1998-2011 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other human health activities
Incorporated
10/12/1998
Registered office
Cambridge
Also a registered charity
Alzheimer's Research UK
Previous names
Alzheimer's Research Trust (until 30/07/2010)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Alzheimer's Research UK on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

3 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

8 grants · £353,098 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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £187,900
  • R S Macdonald Charitable Trust · £164,898 (5 grants)
  • Essex Community Foundation · £300 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Essex Community Foundation £1502026-03-25
  • Essex Community Foundation £1502025-02-26
  • R S Macdonald Charitable Trust £47,7732019-11-27
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £187,9002019-04-01
  • R S Macdonald Charitable Trust £40,0002018-05-30
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

3.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
9.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (7)

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.

Professional services 4Business services 3Health and social care 2Public administration 2Agriculture 1Education 1Finance 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
03681291
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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