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The Manufacturing Technology Centre Limited

Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

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Previous officers 36

  1. Professor Stephen Andrew Jarvis 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Robin George Walton Williams 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Professor Timothy Simon Jones 2020-2023 Director View profile
  4. Sir David Martin Brown 2019-2021 Director View profile
  5. Heather Ann Clarke 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Doug Webb 2019-2023 Director View profile
  7. Christopher Paul Nex 2019-2024 Director View profile
  8. Victoria Jane Sanderson 2018-2025 Director View profile
  9. Melvyn Ewell 2016-2023 Director View profile
  10. Adrian James Cooper 2016-2022 Director View profile
  11. Andrew Paul Stephens 2016-2019 Director View profile
  12. Anthony John Hawken 2016-2016 Director View profile
  13. Professor Andrew John Schofield 2015-2020 Director View profile
  14. Andrew Vaughan Unitt 2015-2016 Director View profile
  15. Professor Steven Joseph Rothberg 2014-2023 Director View profile
  16. Aamir Khalid 2013-2018 Director View profile
  17. Professor Andrew Craig Long 2013-2018 Director View profile
  18. James Alexander Stephenson 2011-2019 Director View profile
  19. Sir Terence Keith Morgan 2011-2016 Director View profile
  20. Professor Richard Andrew Williams 2011-2015 Director View profile
  21. Professor Robert Parkin 2011-2014 Director View profile
  22. Stephen William Spinks 2010-2011 Director View profile
  23. Peter John Oakley 2010-2013 Director View profile
  24. Professor Nigel Peter Weatherill 2009-2011 Director View profile
  25. Robert John 2009-2010 Director View profile
  26. Judith Irene Petts 2009-2009 Director View profile
  27. Professor Philip Michael Dickens 2009-2010 Director View profile
  28. Professor Christopher Douglas Rudd 2009-2013 Director View profile
  29. Hammonds Directors Limited 2009-2009 Corporate-director View profile
  30. Mark Charles Thumpston 2023-2025 Secretary View profile
  31. Kumaraguruparan Govindasamy 2022-2023 Secretary View profile
  32. Bruce John Siddorn 2015-2017 Secretary View profile
  33. Leigh Nicholls 2012-2015 Secretary View profile
  34. Keith Alan White 2010-2012 Secretary View profile
  35. Richard Victor Michael Dawkins 2009-2010 Secretary View profile
  36. Hammonds Secretaries Limited 2009-2009 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts · £214,450 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • The Provision of Guidance for the Safe Deployment and Use of Collaborative Robots in Industry Buyer: Health and Safety Executive £14,450 2026-06-22 Source: Find a Tender

    HSE are looking to contract with two suppliers to help deliver a vendor-neutral, practical safety guidance document designed to support small or medium-sized enterprises (SME) adopting collaborative robot technologies. The proposed work di…

  • MTC membership Buyer: UK Fusion Energy Ltd £200,000 Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    MTC Industrial membership program is designed the Members designed from manufacturers, technology providers, SMEs, and large organisations together to collaborate on innovation, research, and industrial challenges. Membership supports MTC's…

About

What it does
Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Incorporated
10/02/2009
Registered office
Coventry

Ownership

Owned by (3) 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.

Group

  1. The Manufacturing Technology Centre Limited is controlled by The University of Birmingham
    Evidence
    active 25-50% voting · notified 2019-05-19 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by The University of Birmingham.

13 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

145 grants · £99,560,253 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 Science, Innovation and Technology · £58,642,358 (80 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £40,917,895 (65 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £26,2362024-07-29
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £38,3372024-06-10
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £15,5592024-05-03
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £34,6652024-04-11
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £70,3992024-04-02
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.

11 directors on the board

3.8y median 3.1y
average tenure
14.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (9)

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.

Professional services 7Education 4Business services 1Dormant 1Health and social care 1Manufacturing 1Other services 1Property 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
06815480
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
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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