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NDE Research Association

Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 11

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Patricia Ann Liddicott 2022-2025 Director View profile
Professor Robert Alan Smith 2020-2023 Director View profile
Thomas Samuel Barber 2020-2023 Director View profile
Dr Gareth Thomas Bolton 2016-2020 Director View profile
Dr Thomas Knox 2014-2016 Director View profile
Dr Keith Newton 2011-2020 Director View profile
Dr Colin Robert Brett 2010-2016 Director View profile
Anthony Keith Dunhill 2010-2015 Director View profile
Paul Crowther 2010-2014 Director View profile
Dr Christopher Brian Scruby 2007-2010 Director View profile
Professor Peter Cawley 2007-2010 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated: 28/06/2007

Financials

Total assets: £1,110,452
Cash: £1,349,786
Employees: 5
Turnover: Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Small company accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

5 directors on the board

Caroline Elizabeth Bull Director · appointed 2022
Peter John Thayer Director · appointed 2007
Dr Timothy James Barden Director · appointed 2015
Maria Del Carmen Arias Martin Director · appointed 2022
Dr Kathryn Jane Atherton Director · appointed 2016

9.7y median 9.9y

average tenure

19y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Peter John Thayer Director · appointed 2007
Dr Timothy James Barden Director · appointed 2015
Dr Kathryn Jane Atherton Director · appointed 2016

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Caroline Elizabeth Bull Director · appointed 2022
Peter John Thayer Director · appointed 2007
Dr Timothy James Barden Director · appointed 2015
Maria Del Carmen Arias Martin Director · appointed 2022
Dr Kathryn Jane Atherton Director · appointed 2016

Also govern a charity

Caroline Elizabeth Bull The British Institute of NON-Destructive Testing Benevolent Fund

Left in the last 12 months

Patricia Ann Liddicott Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving directors could step down together
No director brings board experience from anywhere else
Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

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

Record details

Company number: 06296693
Status: Active
Type: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition: Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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