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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 8

  1. Linda Anne Naylor 2019-2025 Director View profile
  2. Fiona Mary Evans 2018-2020 Director View profile
  3. Neil Grant Scragg 2018-2024 Director View profile
  4. Dr Paul Leinster 2018-2020 Director View profile
  5. Lord Ewen James Hanning Cameron 2018-2024 Director View profile
  6. Professor Mark Jonathan Bailey 2018-2023 Director View profile
  7. Professor Iain Miles Macgregor Gillespie 2018-2025 Director View profile
  8. Kathleen Margaret Parsons 2018-2020 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

6 contracts · £187,773 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Monitoring groundwater microbial communities (operational practice) Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS £92,778 2025-11-10 CPV 73200000 Source: Contracts Finder

    The ultimate purpose of this work is to establish a reliable and efficient protocol for eDNA collection and analysis of microbes contributing to the broader understanding of groundwater ecosystems. Contract awarded by Defra.

  • Exploring hydro-ecological relationships along the River Severn Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS £44,996 2024-09-16 CPV 73200000 Source: Contracts Finder

    We need to update our understanding of the ecology of the River Severn to better enable us to review the requirements and potentially update the way we operate the River Severn Regulation to balance water resource requirements and better se…

  • Collate a suite of natural capital evidence and metrics for 'best value Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS £49,999 2024-08-12 CPV 73200000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Collate a suite of natural capital evidence and metrics for 'best value' water industry appraisals. Contract awarded by Defra.

  • ES RDE 131 - Developing an analytical framework for saltmarsh denitrification Buyer: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Environment Agency self-service direct award. The Environment Agency (EA) want to investigate the development of an analytical framework that may better capture drivers of denitrification in intact saltmarshes. This work follows from recomm…

  • Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme Buyer: NATURAL ENGLAND Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    The primary aim of the agreement is to continue the long-term monitoring program of contaminants in birds of prey, known as the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS). The agreement sets out to continue a core program of sample collection …

  • ES RDE 072 - Otter tissue analysis for PFAS and other persistent chemicals Buyer: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Environment Agency Self-Service Direct Award. This project, to be delivered between August 2026 and March 2027, aims to enhance the Environment Agency’s understanding of the presence of PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) in the envi…

About

Incorporated
17/04/2018
Also a registered charity
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 other companies 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.

Grants received

107 grants · £9,967,132 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 Science, Innovation and Technology · £8,656,988 (86 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £1,098,430 (15 grants)
  • William Grant Foundation · £91,500
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £70,348 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £49,865

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £48,9472024-12-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £330,2132024-02-09
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £6,2342024-01-26
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £17,5852023-12-04
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £46,6022023-08-30

Contracts awarded

1 contract · £660,000 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

  • Unknown supplier · £660,000

Most recent

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.

13 directors on the board

3.3y median 2.1y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (8)

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.

Professional services 8Education 2Tech and media 2Business services 1Dormant 1Health and social care 1Mining 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
11314957
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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