Company
The Design Research Society
The Design Research Society is an active UK company (number 15064224), incorporated 2023, with 5 current directors including Dr Fernando Del Caro Secomandi and Paulina Del Pilar Contreras Correa. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 6
- Dr Sara Lenzi 2024-2026 View profile
- Dr Emmanuel Tsekleves 2024-2026 View profile
- Professor Daniel John Garfield Lockton 2023-2024 View profile
- Professor Laura Forlano 2023-2024 View profile
- Professor Paulus Petrus Maria Hekkert 2023-2024 View profile
- Professor Peter Anthony Lloyd 2023-2026 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 11/08/2023
- Also a registered charity
- The Design Research Society
Financials
- Net assets
- £114,377
- Total assets
- £114,377
- Cash
- £110,885
- Employees
- 2
- 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.
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.
5 directors on the board
- Dr Fernando Del Caro Secomandi Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Colin Michael Gray Director · appointed 2023
- Paulina Del Pilar Contreras Correa Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Hua Dong Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Luca Simeone Director · appointed 2026
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Dr Fernando Del Caro Secomandi Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Colin Michael Gray Director · appointed 2023
- Paulina Del Pilar Contreras Correa Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Hua Dong Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Luca Simeone Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- Dr Sara Lenzi Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
- Dr Emmanuel Tsekleves Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
- Professor Peter Anthony Lloyd Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 15064224
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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