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The Francis Crick Institute Limited

Other service activities n.e.c.

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 31

  1. Professor John Peter Iredale 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. Professor Richard Charles Trembath 2020-2024 Director View profile
  3. Dr Paul Jakob Robert Schreier 2020-2024 Director View profile
  4. Dr Iain Walter Foulkes 2018-2025 Director View profile
  5. Dr Fiona Mary Watt 2018-2022 Director View profile
  6. Professor Henrietta Miriam Ottoline Leyser Day 2018-2020 Director View profile
  7. Professor Sir Robert Ian Lechler 2016-2020 Director View profile
  8. Lord David Lindsay Willetts 2015-2018 Director View profile
  9. Professor David Arthur Lomas 2015-2023 Director View profile
  10. Professor Doreen Ann Cantrell 2015-2018 Director View profile
  11. Professor Peter Gruss 2015-2018 Director View profile
  12. Sir James Cuthbert Smith 2014-2015 Director View profile
  13. Dr Jeremy Farrar 2013-2020 Director View profile
  14. Dr Kevin Moses 2013-2013 Director View profile
  15. Christopher John Mottershead 2012-2016 Director View profile
  16. Dr Wendy Rosemary Ewart 2012-2014 Director View profile
  17. Dr Lynne Christine Gailey 2011-2017 Director View profile
  18. James Frederick Trevor Dundas 2011-2014 Director View profile
  19. Professor Sir Richard Trainor 2011-2012 Director View profile
  20. Prof Margaret Jane Dallman 2011-2023 Director View profile
  21. Hilary Jane Newiss 2011-2015 Director View profile
  22. Philip Edward Yea 2011-2018 Director View profile
  23. Sir Mark Jeremy Walport 2010-2013 Director View profile
  24. David John Jeans 2010-2012 Director View profile
  25. Harpal Singh Kumar 2010-2018 Director View profile
  26. Sir David Cooksey 2010-2017 Director View profile
  27. Sir John Tooke 2010-2015 Director View profile
  28. Mitre Directors Limited 2009-2010 Corporate-director View profile
  29. Joseph Daniel Fitz 2018-2023 Secretary View profile
  30. Mark Chambers 2018-2018 Secretary View profile
  31. Melanie Chatfield 2010-2018 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other service activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
23/04/2009
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
The Francis Crick Institute Limited
Previous names
Ukcmri Limited (until 04/07/2012)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Francis Crick Institute Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

3 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

189 grants · £26,667,455 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 · £13,449,907 (47 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £13,192,148 (141 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £25,400

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £108,8102024-09-23
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £4,148,2842024-07-17
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £48,0742024-06-24
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £52,0132024-06-21
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £52,0132024-06-21
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

5y median 4.2y
average tenure
9.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (7)

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.

Professional services 8Education 4Finance 2Business 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
06885462
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
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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