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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 49

  1. Elizabeth Anne Hewitt 2020-2024 Director View profile
  2. Amanda Jo Mesler 2018-2022 Director View profile
  3. Pierre Dufour 2017-2018 Director View profile
  4. Lucy Nicola Shaw 2016-2021 Director View profile
  5. Dean Lamont Seavers 2015-2019 Director View profile
  6. John Mark Pettigrew 2014-2025 Director View profile
  7. Therese Marie Esperdy 2014-2023 Director View profile
  8. Jonathan Donald Sherlock Dawson 2013-2022 Director View profile
  9. Mark David Williamson 2012-2021 Director View profile
  10. Nora Mead Brownell 2012-2019 Director View profile
  11. Dr Paul Golby 2012-2021 Director View profile
  12. Kelly, Ruth Maria, Rt Honorable 2011-2017 Director View profile
  13. Sir Peter Oliver Gershon 2011-2021 Director View profile
  14. Andrew Robert John Bonfield 2010-2018 Director View profile
  15. Philip Stanley Aiken 2008-2015 Director View profile
  16. Robert B Catell 2007-2009 Director View profile
  17. Thomas B King 2007-2015 Director View profile
  18. Mark Robert Fairbairn 2007-2011 Director View profile
  19. Linda Louise Adamany 2006-2012 Director View profile
  20. John Murray Allan 2005-2011 Director View profile
  21. Michael E Jesanis 2004-2006 Director View profile
  22. Maria Del Carmen Richter 2003-2014 Director View profile
  23. Nicholas Paul Winser 2003-2014 Director View profile
  24. George Wilfred Rose 2002-2013 Director View profile
  25. Stephen Charles Burrard-Lucas 2002-2010 Director View profile
  26. John Bryan Wybrew 2002-2003 Director View profile
  27. Kenneth George Harvey 2002-2013 Director View profile
  28. Stephen Raymond Pettit 2002-2012 Director View profile
  29. Sir Thomas John Parker 2002-2011 Director View profile
  30. William Edward Davis 2002-2002 Director View profile
  31. Hill, Bonnie Guiton, Doctor 2002-2003 Director View profile
  32. John Albert Martin Grant 2001-2006 Director View profile
  33. Robert Frederick William Faircloth 2001-2002 Director View profile
  34. Edward Morrison Astle 2001-2008 Director View profile
  35. Paul Lewis Joskow 2001-2007 Director View profile
  36. Richard Gurdon Reynolds 2001-2002 Director View profile
  37. James Hood Ross 2001-2004 Director View profile
  38. Steven John Holliday 2001-2016 Director View profile
  39. Dr Roger John Urwin 2001-2006 Director View profile
  40. Stephen John Box 2000-2002 Director View profile
  41. David Harold Jones 2000-2001 Director View profile
  42. Richard P Sergel 2000-2004 Director View profile
  43. Michael William Rich 2000-2000 Director View profile
  44. William Warner 2000-2000 Director View profile
  45. Justine Campbell 2021-2024 Secretary View profile
  46. Alison Barbara Kay 2013-2020 Secretary View profile
  47. Helen Margaret Mahy 2002-2013 Secretary View profile
  48. Benedict John Spurway Mathews 2002-2002 Secretary View profile
  49. Fiona Brown Smith 2000-2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

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.

About

Incorporated
11/07/2000

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above National Grid PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

98 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

6 grants · £3,744,499 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 · £1,426,978
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £1,315,143 (2 grants)
  • Department for Education · £1,002,378 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Education £182,3082023-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £1,230,8502022-04-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £1,426,9782020-12-09
  • Department for Education £345,3132020-04-01
  • Department for Education £474,7582020-04-01
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.

11 directors on the board

4.9y median 4.9y
average tenure
7.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (7)

0
also govern a charity

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 6Finance 2Business services 1Property 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
04031152
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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