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Diamond Light Source Limited

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 38

  1. Professor Sir Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Dr Alan Partridge 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Anna Curson 2021-2022 Director View profile
  4. Professor Charles Michael Robertson Turner 2019-2021 Director View profile
  5. Professor Mark Andrew Thomson 2018-2023 Director View profile
  6. Dr Brian Robert Bowsher 2016-2018 Director View profile
  7. Professor Keith Sanderson Wilson 2016-2025 Director View profile
  8. Timothy James Livett 2015-2019 Director View profile
  9. Jane Helen Mary Tirard 2015-2019 Director View profile
  10. Professor Adrian Frederick Melhuish Smith 2014-2024 Director View profile
  11. Professor Andrew Harrison 2014-2022 Director View profile
  12. Professor William John Womersley 2012-2016 Director View profile
  13. Simon John Lewis Jeffreys 2010-2015 Director View profile
  14. Andrew Christopher Akerman 2009-2014 Director View profile
  15. Professor Anthony John Ryan 2008-2016 Director View profile
  16. Baron Alec Nigel Broers 2008-2014 Director View profile
  17. Dr Alan John Schafer 2007-2010 Director View profile
  18. Philip Leon Marshall Davies 2007-2023 Director View profile
  19. Dr Richard Wade 2007-2012 Director View profile
  20. Professor Keith Burnett 2007-2008 Director View profile
  21. Colson, Deborah Jill, Doctor 2007-2007 Director View profile
  22. Professor James Henderson Naismith 2007-2016 Director View profile
  23. Dr Barbara Irene Skene 2006-2007 Director View profile
  24. Professor Graham James Davies 2003-2007 Director View profile
  25. Nigel Philip Moulding 2002-2009 Director View profile
  26. Dr Richard Henderson 2002-2006 Director View profile
  27. Sir David James Scott Cooksey 2002-2008 Director View profile
  28. Professor John Vivian Wood 2002-2007 Director View profile
  29. Robert Hughes Williams 2002-2003 Director View profile
  30. Philip Charles Ruffles 2002-2007 Director View profile
  31. Michael James Morgan 2002-2006 Director View profile
  32. Dr Ian Paul Gibson 2002-2002 Director View profile
  33. Professor Gerhard Materlik 2002-2013 Director View profile
  34. Linda Gregory 2022-2024 Secretary View profile
  35. Dr Christopher James Green 2021-2021 Secretary View profile
  36. Andrew Peter Richards 2014-2021 Secretary View profile
  37. John Comfort 2002-2013 Secretary View profile
  38. John Gillespie Stewart 2002-2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
18/02/2002

Grants received

31 grants · £2,462,083 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 · £1,353,387 (9 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £1,104,696 (20 grants)
  • Department for Education · £4,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £7,4082024-01-18
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £7,0942023-08-16
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £46,7742023-07-03
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £10,6342023-04-24
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £96,1082023-02-27

Contracts awarded

13 contracts · £5,510,924 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

Most recent

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

4y median 2.8y
average tenure
9.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

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.

Finance 2Business services 1Manufacturing 1Professional 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
04375679
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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