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Who leads it
Previous officers 18
- Dr Trevor John Nicholls 2023-2023 View profile
- Jacqueline Green 2021-2022 View profile
- Michael Patrick Norris 2020-2021 View profile
- Daniel Pulling 2018-2021 View profile
- Philip Leslie Wyndham Green 2018-2021 View profile
- Richard Whitfield Hopkins 2016-2024 View profile
- Steven Peter Webb 2016-2025 View profile
- Rosie May Freshwater 2015-2021 View profile
- Jonathan Zwinkels 2010-2021 View profile
- Christopher Peter Moncrieff 2009-2021 View profile
- Gerald Hayman 2007-2009 View profile
- David John Godsmark 2007-2018 View profile
- George Clive Lisher 2007-2016 View profile
- Paul Ian Sopp 2007-2017 View profile
- Kenneth Richard Cox 2007-2013 View profile
- James Mcalpine 2007-2016 View profile
- Steven Webb 2016-2025 View profile
- Colin Goddard 2007-2016 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 01/10/2007
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.
- Fargroup Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-05-04
Group
- Fargro Limited
is controlled by Fargroup Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-05-04 · source: Companies House PSC register - Fargroup Limited
is controlled by Richard Whitfield Hopkins
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-03-10, ceased 2021-05-04 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Richard Whitfield Hopkins.
4 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.
Financials
- Net assets
- £2,183,887
- Total assets
- £11,115,322
- Cash
- £693,623
- Employees
- 0.68
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- -£6,214,206
Filed as Full 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.
Grants received
7 grants · £125,220 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
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £120,999 (6 grants)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £4,221
Most recent
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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.
5 directors on the board
- Dr Andrew Jones Director · appointed 2023
- Emma Birkbeck Director · appointed 2021
- Rob Bartley Director · appointed 2025
- David Mark Sherratt Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Joshua Burnstone Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Dr Joshua Burnstone Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (5)
- Dr Andrew Jones Director · appointed 2023
- Emma Birkbeck Director · appointed 2021
- Rob Bartley Director · appointed 2025
- David Mark Sherratt Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Joshua Burnstone Director · appointed 2018
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 06386629
- 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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