Company · Peterborough
Buglife - the Invertebrate Conservation Trust
Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
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Who leads it
- Katharine SzamuelyDirector · since 2025
- Emma Elizabeth WoodDirector · since 2025
- Rebecca GrattageDirector · since 2025
- Abigail Samantha HartDirector · since 2025
- Dave HedgesDirector · since 2025
- Nina SealeDirector · since 2021
- Sarah Louise DawkinsDirector · since 2021
- Christopher John SpreadburyDirector · since 2018
- Rachel Sophia HooperDirector · since 2016
- Richard Christian ForsterDirector · since 2016
Previous officers 32
- Eugenie Christine Regan 2021-2025 View profile
- Richard Powell OBE 2021-2023 View profile
- Michael Johnston 2021-2024 View profile
- Michael Mccarthy 2020-2021 View profile
- Wendy Brooks 2020-2025 View profile
- Hayley Coristine 2019-2022 View profile
- Professor Stephen James Ormerod 2018-2021 View profile
- Julie Anne Smith 2016-2021 View profile
- Dr Stewart Jonathon Clarke 2014-2019 View profile
- Dr Scot Mathieson 2014-2019 View profile
- Helen Franklin 2013-2017 View profile
- Dr Simon Brockington 2012-2017 View profile
- Mark Richard Felton 2012-2019 View profile
- Joanne Lilian Heath 2011-2013 View profile
- Angus Maxwell Thomas Mccullough Qc 2011-2021 View profile
- Wesley James Checkwick Ball 2011-2016 View profile
- Hien Vi Luong 2009-2020 View profile
- Gill Sanders 2008-2012 View profile
- Kate Waters 2008-2012 View profile
- Dr Jonathan Sadler 2008-2012 View profile
- Dr Margaret Anne Palmer 2007-2015 View profile
- Dr Andrew Edward Brown 2007-2010 View profile
- Dr Stephen Michael Head 2005-2007 View profile
- Richard Donoyou 2005-2009 View profile
- Andrew Joseph Cox 2004-2007 View profile
- David William Baldock 2004-2007 View profile
- Susan Margaret Walton 2003-2012 View profile
- Dr John Feltwell 2003-2012 View profile
- Dr David Lonsdale 2002-2008 View profile
- Stephen Ronald Miles 2000-2005 View profile
- Helen Pamela Joy Boothman 2005-2012 View profile
- Alan Edward Stubbs 2000-2013 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering; Other education n.e.c.; Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 29/12/2000
- Registered office
- Peterborough
- Also a registered charity
- Buglife the Invertebrate Conservation Trust
Grants received
36 grants · £2,469,987 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,102,316 (27 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £346,776 (5 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £24,719 (2 grants)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £2,000
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £-5,824
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
10 directors on the board
- Katharine Szamuely Director · appointed 2025
- Emma Elizabeth Wood Director · appointed 2025
- Rebecca Grattage Director · appointed 2025
- Abigail Samantha Hart Director · appointed 2025
- Nina Seale Director · appointed 2021
- Christopher John Spreadbury Director · appointed 2018
- Sarah Louise Dawkins Director · appointed 2021
- Richard Christian Forster Director · appointed 2016
- Dave Hedges Director · appointed 2025
- Rachel Sophia Hooper Director · appointed 2016
Directors past 6 years
- Christopher John Spreadbury Director · appointed 2018
- Richard Christian Forster Director · appointed 2016
- Rachel Sophia Hooper Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Katharine Szamuely Director · appointed 2025
- Rebecca Grattage Director · appointed 2025
- Abigail Samantha Hart Director · appointed 2025
- Nina Seale Director · appointed 2021
- Christopher John Spreadbury Director · appointed 2018
- Sarah Louise Dawkins Director · appointed 2021
- Dave Hedges Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Emma Elizabeth Wood Director · appointed 2025
- Richard Christian Forster Director · appointed 2016
- Rachel Sophia Hooper Director · appointed 2016
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.
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.
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04132695
- 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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