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Nesta

Nesta is an active UK company (number 07706036), incorporated 2011, with 9 current directors including Shaunak Mazumder and Swarna Ramanathan. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

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Who leads it

Previous officers 36

  1. Richard Anthony Lloyd-Owen 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jeremy John Leonard Bennett 2024-2024 Director View profile
  3. Lord Richard Irwin Harrington 2024-2026 Director View profile
  4. Elizabeth Jean Ditchburn 2022-2025 Director View profile
  5. Seun Akindele 2022-2025 Director View profile
  6. Ian Pierre Gomes 2021-2024 Director View profile
  7. Jimmy Donal Wales 2020-2023 Director View profile
  8. Vijaykumar Champaklal Thakrar 2020-2020 Director View profile
  9. Sarah Elizabeth Hunter 2020-2026 Director View profile
  10. Joanna Killian 2019-2021 Director View profile
  11. Heider Ridha 2019-2024 Director View profile
  12. Christina Margaret Mccomb 2019-2023 Director View profile
  13. Anthony William Lilley 2017-2023 Director View profile
  14. Imran Khan 2017-2022 Director View profile
  15. Moira Wallace 2017-2022 Director View profile
  16. Judith Mary Gibbons 2017-2025 Director View profile
  17. Natalie Patricia Tydeman 2016-2021 Director View profile
  18. Linnett, Simon John, Lawrence 2014-2020 Director View profile
  19. Edward James Wray 2014-2019 Director View profile
  20. Jonathan Piers Daniel Linney 2014-2019 Director View profile
  21. David James Pitt-Watson 2013-2019 Director View profile
  22. Kersten Elizabeth England 2012-2018 Director View profile
  23. Michelle Ann Harrison 2012-2017 Director View profile
  24. Kim Danila Shillinglaw 2012-2018 Director View profile
  25. Robert Stanley Lawrence Woodward 2012-2016 Director View profile
  26. Sir John Alexander Raymond Chisholm 2012-2016 Director View profile
  27. Nicholas Frederick Starr 2012-2013 Director View profile
  28. John Nicholas Sheldrick 2012-2014 Director View profile
  29. Jitesh Gadhia 2011-2013 Director View profile
  30. Sir John Gieve 2011-2022 Director View profile
  31. Dame Julie Mellor 2011-2017 Director View profile
  32. Professor Madeleine Julia Atkins 2011-2017 Director View profile
  33. Corinna Marie Alstromer 2019-2020 Secretary View profile
  34. Delores Francesca Rajkumari Mohan 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  35. Corinna Marie Theuma 2016-2018 Secretary View profile
  36. Clare Louise Goodman 2012-2016 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

3 contracts · £546,301 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.

About

Incorporated
15/07/2011
Also a registered charity
Nesta

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Nesta on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

16 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

14 grants · £12,192,070 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £6,635,974 (5 grants)
  • Department for Education · £3,126,607
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £2,300,000
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £69,678 (2 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £59,811 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £29,5252022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £30,2942022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £-82022-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £19,6782021-10-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £50,0002021-04-01
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.

9 directors on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
4.5y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (7)

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.

Finance 8Professional services 6Education 3Tech and media 3

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
07706036
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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