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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 24

  1. Professor Ajit Lalvani 2022-2026 Director View profile
  2. David Jeffrey Meek 2022-2026 Director View profile
  3. Christopher Spencer Cheetham 2021-2025 Director View profile
  4. Frederic Charles Josse Mutien Ghislain De Mevius 2019-2021 Director View profile
  5. Dame Fiona Woolf 2019-2023 Director View profile
  6. Ravi Rajagopal 2018-2025 Director View profile
  7. Claudia Harding 2018-2021 Director View profile
  8. Mike Blackburn 2018-2021 Director View profile
  9. Mark Austin 2017-2020 Director View profile
  10. Professor Richard Clegg 2016-2023 Director View profile
  11. Paul Adrian Barlow Beecroft 2016-2017 Director View profile
  12. Robert Douglas Cowell 2016-2016 Director View profile
  13. Lord Geoffrey Robert James Borwick 2014-2020 Director View profile
  14. Alan Michael Hoffman 2013-2019 Director View profile
  15. Edwina Dunn 2013-2019 Director View profile
  16. Donald Hood Brydon 2012-2021 Director View profile
  17. Sir Martin Smith 2012-2018 Director View profile
  18. Professor Lord Martin John Rees 2012-2018 Director View profile
  19. Howard Covington 2012-2016 Director View profile
  20. Andreas Josef Goss 2012-2013 Director View profile
  21. Michael Gregg Wilson CBE 2012-2016 Director View profile
  22. Ashley Wang 2019-2019 Secretary View profile
  23. Jane Ellis 2013-2019 Secretary View profile
  24. Carlo Rizzo 2012-2013 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
25/07/2012
Also a registered charity
Science Museum Foundation

Grants received

19 grants · £10,130,236 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 Energy Security and Net Zero · £5,704,880 (3 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £1,807,460 (3 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £1,671,172 (10 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £921,724 (2 grants)
  • Community Foundation North East · £25,000

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £118,2392024-08-06
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £17,2442024-04-03
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £60,9172023-12-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £10,0922023-04-27
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero £300,8342023-02-08
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.

9 directors on the board

4.5y median 3.9y
average tenure
10.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

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.

Business services 7Finance 3Professional services 2Dormant 1Education 1Health and social care 1Other services 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
08156772
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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