Company · St Neots
Thalidomide Trust Company
Other human health activities
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Matthew ThorogoodDirector · since 2025
- Professor Gillian ManthorpeDirector · since 2025
- Dame Caroline Jane SwiftDirector · since 2023
- Mohammad Shahnawaz AbdullahDirector · since 2022
- Ruthe Catherine IsdenDirector · since 2021
- Professor Rosemary Ann VarleyDirector · since 2020
- Professor William Andrew OwensDirector · since 2020
- Professor Adrian Charles NewlandDirector · since 2020
- David Ivor Bradley BodyDirector · since 2018
- Mark Watson BensteadDirector · since 2018
Previous officers 7
- Prof Caroline Glendinning 2018-2019 View profile
- Professor Timothy William Roy Briggs 2018-2022 View profile
- Kevin Richard Wesbroom 2018-2022 View profile
- Sir Robert Franklyn Nelson 2018-2023 View profile
- John Henry Howard 2018-2018 View profile
- David Mark Spofforth 2018-2024 View profile
- Marlene Clair Winfield 2018-2021 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other human health activities
- Incorporated
- 19/01/2018
- Registered office
- St Neots
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Thalidomide Trust Company on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
1 other company 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.
Financials
- Net assets
- £0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-09-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
10 directors on the board
- Matthew Thorogood Director · appointed 2025
- Mohammad Shahnawaz Abdullah Director · appointed 2022
- Dame Caroline Jane Swift Director · appointed 2023
- David Ivor Bradley Body Director · appointed 2018
- Professor William Andrew Owens Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Adrian Charles Newland Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Gillian Manthorpe Director · appointed 2025
- Professor Rosemary Ann Varley Director · appointed 2020
- Mark Watson Benstead Director · appointed 2018
- Ruthe Catherine Isden Director · appointed 2021
Directors past 6 years
- David Ivor Bradley Body Director · appointed 2018
- Professor William Andrew Owens Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Adrian Charles Newland Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Rosemary Ann Varley Director · appointed 2020
- Mark Watson Benstead Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Matthew Thorogood Director · appointed 2025
- Dame Caroline Jane Swift Director · appointed 2023
- Professor William Andrew Owens Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Adrian Charles Newland Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Rosemary Ann Varley Director · appointed 2020
- Ruthe Catherine Isden Director · appointed 2021
Portfolio (4)
- Mohammad Shahnawaz Abdullah Director · appointed 2022
- David Ivor Bradley Body Director · appointed 2018
- Professor Gillian Manthorpe Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Watson Benstead Director · appointed 2018
Also govern a charity
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.
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
- 11160424
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/06/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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