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Scale-UP Institute

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 22

  1. Robert Mark Sykes 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Elizabeth Warburton 2024-2026 Director View profile
  3. Simon Bumfrey 2023-2025 Director View profile
  4. Louise Clare Brett 2022-2023 Director View profile
  5. Nicola Jopling 2022-2024 Director View profile
  6. Erin Marie Platts 2021-2022 Director View profile
  7. Georgia Harri Laura Lindsay 2021-2023 Director View profile
  8. Professor Thomas Hellmann 2020-2023 Director View profile
  9. Umerah Akram 2020-2024 Director View profile
  10. Adam Christopher Hale 2019-2022 Director View profile
  11. Dr Andrew John Mcglashan Richards 2018-2022 Director View profile
  12. Luca Peyrano 2016-2020 Director View profile
  13. Baroness Martha Lane Fox 2016-2018 Director View profile
  14. Jonathan Neal Steinberg 2016-2021 Director View profile
  15. Tamara Rajah 2016-2020 Director View profile
  16. Peter Tufano 2016-2020 Director View profile
  17. Thomas Christian Hoegh 2016-2021 Director View profile
  18. Jonathan Charles Rhodes 2016-2018 Director View profile
  19. Neil Sancho Simmonds 2016-2019 Director View profile
  20. Reid Garrett Hoffman 2016-2018 Director View profile
  21. Sherry Leigh Coutu CBE 2016-2019 Director View profile
  22. Louis Glass 2016-2017 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
19/01/2016

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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. Scale-UP Institute is controlled by Louis Glass
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-03-16 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Louis Glass.

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
£329,601
Cash
£185,745
Employees
14
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

8 grants · £9,270,436 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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £4,864,994 (4 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £4,405,442 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £499,9962022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £1,164,9982022-04-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £1,544,4892021-04-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £1,399,3632021-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £1,500,0002020-04-01
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.

7 directors on the board

5.6y median 6.1y
average tenure
10.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (6)

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 3Other services 3Professional services 3Arts and leisure 2Tech and media 2Finance 1Hospitality 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
09959547
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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