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The CO Research Trust

Non-trading company

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 28

  1. Bruce Allen 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Prof Baroness Ilora Gillian Finlay 2021-2025 Director View profile
  3. Adrian Francis Mcconnell 2019-2020 Director View profile
  4. Mark Hazelton 2019-2021 Director View profile
  5. Julian Peter Allsopp 2011-2026 Director View profile
  6. Philip William Brown 2010-2019 Director View profile
  7. Roger John Webb 2010-2025 Director View profile
  8. Robert Kerr 2010-2014 Director View profile
  9. William Hilton Wright 2010-2017 Director View profile
  10. Angela Love Gildea 2009-2010 Director View profile
  11. Helen Margaret Atkinson 2009-2020 Director View profile
  12. Jonathan Butterworth 2007-2019 Director View profile
  13. Christopher George Bielby 2007-2022 Director View profile
  14. Michael Andre Thompson 2007-2009 Director View profile
  15. Katherine Howard 2006-2010 Director View profile
  16. Ralph Lewis Ellis 2006-2007 Director View profile
  17. Stanley Killa Williams 2005-2006 Director View profile
  18. Professor Mary Benwell 2005-2018 Director View profile
  19. Charles John Nicholas Ward 2005-2005 Director View profile
  20. John Kenneth Lillicrapp 2005-2006 Director View profile
  21. Rachel Ollis 2018-2020 Secretary View profile
  22. Alison Heath 2013-2018 Secretary View profile
  23. Christopher Bielby 2012-2013 Secretary View profile
  24. Nigel Martin Dumbrell 2010-2012 Secretary View profile
  25. Richard Dale Garside 2009-2010 Secretary View profile
  26. Neil Michael Read 2008-2009 Secretary View profile
  27. Ian George Powney 2006-2008 Secretary View profile
  28. Phillippa Tracey Walther-Caine 2005-2006 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Non-trading company
Incorporated
28/06/2005
Registered office
Andover
Previous names
The GAS Safety Trust (until 13/07/2021)
The Corgi Trust (until 21/11/2009)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The CO Research Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 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.

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.

12 directors on the board

6.9y median 4.9y
average tenure
19.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

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.

Dormant 5Professional services 4Other services 3

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
05492850
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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