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Who leads it
- Professor James Frederick SpicerDirector · since 2024
- John William Edwards Ba AcaDirector · since 2021
- David BeadleDirector · since 2020
- Professor James Mitchell LeiperDirector · since 2019
- Simon John WedgewoodDirector · since 2019
- Patrick HeiningerDirector · since 2018
- Professor James ScottDirector · since 2018
Previous officers 1
- Dr Nigel Grahame Ramsden 2019-2023 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 01/11/2018
Financials
- Cash
- £445,526
- Employees
- 0.07
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- -£425,776
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-10-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
1 grant · £273,377 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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £273,377
Most recent
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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
- Simon John Wedgewood Director · appointed 2019
- Professor James Frederick Spicer Director · appointed 2024
- John William Edwards Ba Aca Director · appointed 2021
- Patrick Heininger Director · appointed 2018
- Professor James Mitchell Leiper Director · appointed 2019
- Professor James Scott Director · appointed 2018
- David Beadle Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Simon John Wedgewood Director · appointed 2019
- Patrick Heininger Director · appointed 2018
- Professor James Mitchell Leiper Director · appointed 2019
- Professor James Scott Director · appointed 2018
- David Beadle Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Patrick Heininger Director · appointed 2018
- Professor James Scott Director · appointed 2018
- David Beadle Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (4)
- Simon John Wedgewood Director · appointed 2019
- Professor James Frederick Spicer Director · appointed 2024
- John William Edwards Ba Aca Director · appointed 2021
- Professor James Mitchell Leiper Director · appointed 2019
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
- 11653696
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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