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Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 37

  1. Julian Andrew Brown 2021-2024 Director View profile
  2. Steven James Beattie 2019-2021 Director View profile
  3. Adrienne Anne Airlie 2019-2019 Director View profile
  4. Hugh Peter Mcneal 2016-2023 Director View profile
  5. Prof Dame Lesley Anne Glover 2016-2025 Director View profile
  6. Professor Dame Julia Elizabeth King 2015-2021 Director View profile
  7. Frederick Stanislaus Hallsworth 2015-2024 Director View profile
  8. Robert William Saunders 2014-2015 Director View profile
  9. Baroness Helen Lawrie Liddell 2014-2016 Director View profile
  10. Miriam Valerie Greenwood 2014-2015 Director View profile
  11. Andrew John Jamieson 2014-2024 Director View profile
  12. Alan Geoffrey Moore 2014-2019 Director View profile
  13. Dr Colin William Hood 2014-2021 Director View profile
  14. Professor Sir James Rufus Mcdonald 2014-2020 Director View profile
  15. Dr Christopher Gordon Floyd 2012-2015 Director View profile
  16. Jeffrey Alder Mcintosh 2012-2014 Director View profile
  17. Trevor James Murch 2011-2014 Director View profile
  18. John William Clough 2011-2013 Director View profile
  19. Dr Anthony Ikwue 2011-2012 Director View profile
  20. William Francis Sebastian Rickett 2010-2013 Director View profile
  21. Ruth Thompson 2007-2013 Director View profile
  22. Professor Peter John Tavner 2006-2007 Director View profile
  23. Dr Anthony Alfred Leigh White 2006-2012 Director View profile
  24. Rt Hon Brian David Henderson Wilson 2005-2006 Director View profile
  25. Andrew Mill 2005-2019 Director View profile
  26. Dr Malcolm William Kennedy 2003-2012 Director View profile
  27. Dr Alan Gray Rutherford 2003-2011 Director View profile
  28. Ian Douglas Everard 2003-2005 Director View profile
  29. Richard John Linfoot 2003-2006 Director View profile
  30. Prof Ian Fells 2003-2005 Director View profile
  31. Steven James Beattie 2019-2021 Secretary View profile
  32. Shareen Bibi Gault 2017-2019 Secretary View profile
  33. David Bernard Currie 2015-2015 Secretary View profile
  34. David Bernard Currie 2014-2015 Secretary View profile
  35. Richard Donald Marr 2006-2014 Secretary View profile
  36. Jill Chipchase 2003-2006 Secretary View profile
  37. Ward Hadaway Company Secretarial Services Limited 2003-2003 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
07/02/2003
Registered office
Blyth
Previous names
National Renewable Energy Centre Limited (until 09/04/2014)
NEW and Renewable Energy Centre Limited (until 26/04/2010)

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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.

  • Andrew John Jamieson ceased 2020-10-06
    significant influence · notified 2016-06-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult is controlled by Andrew John Jamieson
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-06-01, ceased 2020-10-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Andrew John Jamieson.

5 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

37 grants · £23,458,963 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 · £23,370,383 (36 grants)
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £88,579

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £20,7452022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £3982022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £37,7362022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £20,735,0002022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £209,0912022-04-01

Contracts awarded

16 contracts · £25,475,700 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.

8 directors on the board

5.1y median 5.4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Business services 8Finance 7Professional services 4Manufacturing 1Other services 1Property 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
04659351
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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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