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The Rosalind Franklin Institute
Research and experimental development on biotechnology
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Graham Nigel SpittleDirector · since 2026
- Prof Ian George CharlesDirector · since 2025
- Professor Andrew Raymond MountDirector · since 2025
- Prof John William HollowayDirector · since 2025
- Caroline Jane CarterDirector · since 2024
- Dr Malcolm SkingleDirector · since 2024
- Hilary Jane NewissDirector · since 2024
- Bruce Philip PritchardDirector · since 2024
- Professor Paul MatthewsDirector · since 2024
- Dr David Charles ReesDirector · since 2022
- Dr Barbara Maria Gigliola GhinelliDirector · since 2019
- Dr Gillian Munro BurgessDirector · since 2018
Previous officers 17
- Professor Benjamin Guy Davis 2023-2024 View profile
- Professor Helen Jill Cooper 2021-2024 View profile
- Professor Mathias Gautel 2020-2025 View profile
- Professor Nora Henriette De Leeuw 2020-2024 View profile
- Professor James Henderson Naismith 2019-2023 View profile
- Dr Jennifer Jennings 2019-2020 View profile
- Professor Nigel Titchener-Hooker 2019-2025 View profile
- Dr Anthony Wood 2019-2022 View profile
- Stephen Benedict Dauncey 2019-2025 View profile
- Professor Stephen Caddick 2018-2023 View profile
- Dr Joanne Dekkers 2018-2019 View profile
- Professor Peter John Shand Smith 2018-2020 View profile
- Professor Ewan Gordon Mckendrick 2018-2024 View profile
- Dr Vivienne Cox 2018-2025 View profile
- Professor Andrew Guy Livingston 2018-2020 View profile
- Timothy John Gower Venables 2018-2019 View profile
- Prof Ian Alexander Walmsley 2018-2018 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Research and experimental development on biotechnology; Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering; Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 20/03/2018
- Registered office
- Didcot
- Also a registered charity
- The Rosalind Franklin Institute
Grants received
42 grants · £48,852,307 total360Giving 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 · £33,874,020 (28 grants)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £14,978,287 (14 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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
- Caroline Jane Carter Director · appointed 2024
- Bruce Philip Pritchard Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Paul Matthews Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Gillian Munro Burgess Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Malcolm Skingle Director · appointed 2024
- Hilary Jane Newiss Director · appointed 2024
- Prof Ian George Charles Director · appointed 2025
- Professor Andrew Raymond Mount Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Graham Nigel Spittle Director · appointed 2026
- Dr David Charles Rees Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Barbara Maria Gigliola Ghinelli Director · appointed 2019
- Prof John William Holloway Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Dr Gillian Munro Burgess Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Barbara Maria Gigliola Ghinelli Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Professor Paul Matthews Director · appointed 2024
- Prof Ian George Charles Director · appointed 2025
- Prof John William Holloway Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (9)
- Caroline Jane Carter Director · appointed 2024
- Bruce Philip Pritchard Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Gillian Munro Burgess Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Malcolm Skingle Director · appointed 2024
- Hilary Jane Newiss Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Andrew Raymond Mount Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Graham Nigel Spittle Director · appointed 2026
- Dr David Charles Rees Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Barbara Maria Gigliola Ghinelli Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Dr Vivienne Cox Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 11266143
- 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 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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