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Food Ethics Council

Non-trading company

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 23

  1. Dr Nigel Dower 2019-2025 Director View profile
  2. Patricia Levi Hicks Whaley 2017-2025 Director View profile
  3. Pete Ritchie 2016-2019 Director View profile
  4. Joanna Beatrice Gray Lewis 2016-2022 Director View profile
  5. Jane Elizabeth Harris 2016-2017 Director View profile
  6. Ruth Layton 2015-2022 Director View profile
  7. Jon Alexander 2015-2020 Director View profile
  8. Professor David Pink 2015-2018 Director View profile
  9. David Croft 2015-2019 Director View profile
  10. Dr Richard Charles Clutterbuck 2009-2015 Director View profile
  11. Professor Christopher Ritson 2008-2015 Director View profile
  12. Colin Hiram Tudge 2005-2007 Director View profile
  13. Prof Elizabeth Ann Dowler 2005-2014 Director View profile
  14. Peter Adrian Lund 2005-2007 Director View profile
  15. David Nicholas Challacombe 2003-2005 Director View profile
  16. Geoffrey William Tansey 2003-2016 Director View profile
  17. Helen Mary Browning 2001-2016 Director View profile
  18. Professor Anthony John Francis Webster 2000-2001 Director View profile
  19. Professor Terence Ben Mepham 2000-2005 Director View profile
  20. John Harold Verrall 2000-2008 Director View profile
  21. Susan Elizabeth Dibb 2012-2012 Secretary View profile
  22. Dr Thomas Charles Macmillan 2003-2012 Secretary View profile
  23. Mary Rose Kenning 2000-2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Non-trading company
Incorporated
04/01/2000
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
The Food Ethics Council
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.

7 directors on the board

3.9y median 4.2y
average tenure
7.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

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 4Construction 3Retail and trade 2Education 1Finance 1Manufacturing 1Other services 1Utilities 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
03901671
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
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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