Company · Harpenden
Lawes Agricultural Trust
Support activities for crop production
Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Lyndsay Elizabeth ChapmanDirector · since 2025
- Simon John HardwickDirector · since 2025
- John George LelliottDirector · since 2025
- Professor Quintin Archibald MckellarDirector · since 2025
- Julian Anthony SayersDirector · since 2023
- Dr Deborah Jane KeithDirector · since 2023
- William Andrew Lindsay GemmillDirector · since 2018
Previous officers (15)
- Katrina Elizabeth HayterDirector · 2025–2026
- Charles Richard PercyDirector · 2019–2025
- Professor Hugh Charles Jonathan GodfrayDirector · 2016–2025
- Dr Graham John BirchDirector · 2016–2025
- Sir Peter Ashley KendallDirector · 2015–2023
- Tina Lorraine BarsbyDirector · 2015–2025
- Lord John Ailwyn De RamseyDirector · 2014–2016
- Professor Edward Charles Daniel CockingDirector · 2014–2015
- Lord Ewen James Hanning CameronDirector · 2014–2019
- Sir David Charles BaulcombeDirector · 2014–2025
- Lord Christopher Robin HaskinsDirector · 2014–2016
- Lord Donald Thomas Younger CurryDirector · 2014–2017
- Sir Gordon Richard ConwayDirector · 2014–2017
- Peter Duncan OxleySecretary · 2017–2026
- Stephen JamesSecretary · 2014–2017
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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- LAT Redbourn Limited 2 shared directors
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- Orpwood Limited 1 shared director
- JTL 1 shared director
- Saxon Weald Capital PLC 1 shared director
- Scmgt LTD 1 shared director
- Repton Property Developments Limited 1 shared director
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About
- What it does
- Support activities for crop production; Support activities for animal production (other than farm animal boarding and care) n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 19/02/2014
- Registered office
- Harpenden
- Also a registered charity
- Lawes Agricultural Trust
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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.
7 directors on the board
- William Andrew Lindsay Gemmill Director · appointed 2018
- Simon John Hardwick Director · appointed 2025
- John George Lelliott Director · appointed 2025
- Julian Anthony Sayers Director · appointed 2023
- Professor Quintin Archibald Mckellar Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Deborah Jane Keith Director · appointed 2023
- Lyndsay Elizabeth Chapman Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- William Andrew Lindsay Gemmill Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Professor Quintin Archibald Mckellar Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Deborah Jane Keith Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (5)
- William Andrew Lindsay Gemmill Director · appointed 2018
- Simon John Hardwick Director · appointed 2025
- John George Lelliott Director · appointed 2025
- Julian Anthony Sayers Director · appointed 2023
- Lyndsay Elizabeth Chapman Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Charles Richard Percy Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Katrina Elizabeth Hayter Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
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.
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Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 08901784
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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