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Company · Harpenden

Rothamsted Enterprises 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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Who leads it

Previous officers 15

  1. Professor Patrick Dawson Bailey 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Dr Lee Beniston 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Christopher Martin Earnshaw 2024-2025 Director View profile
  4. Baroness Margaret Beryl Jones 2018-2024 Director View profile
  5. Professor Angela Karp 2018-2025 Director View profile
  6. Derek Thomas Edward Jones 2017-2023 Director View profile
  7. Carol Ann Newman 2017-2018 Director View profile
  8. Peter Duncan Oxley 2017-2026 Director View profile
  9. Donna Marie Lipsky 2015-2017 Director View profile
  10. Zahir Husein Sachak 2015-2024 Director View profile
  11. Stephen Richard Perry 2013-2014 Director View profile
  12. Christopher James Dunkley 2013-2017 Director View profile
  13. Stephen James 2005-2017 Director View profile
  14. Professor Ian Richard Crute 2001-2009 Director View profile
  15. Peter Stuart Thomas 2001-2005 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
04/03/1999
Registered office
Harpenden
Previous names
Rothamsted Centre for Research and Enterprise Limited (until 24/01/2019)
Rothamsted Research Centres Limited (until 04/03/2015)
Dessac International Limited (until 31/01/2008)

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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. Rothamsted Enterprises Limited is controlled by Rothamsted Research Limited
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Rothamsted Research 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.

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.

5 directors on the board

3y median 2.6y
average tenure
8.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (4)

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 6Business services 2Education 2Agriculture 1Manufacturing 1Other services 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03726930
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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