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Institute for Public Policy Research

Institute for Public Policy Research is an active UK company (number 02292601), incorporated 1988, with 8 current directors including William Somerville and Simon James Steeden. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

Official record Companies House · updated 11th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 76

  1. Matthew Mcgregor 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Kirsty Mcneill 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Ulele Imoinda Burnham 2019-2024 Director View profile
  4. Naresh Ramchandani 2019-2026 Director View profile
  5. Elizabeth Farhat-Nicholson 2019-2024 Director View profile
  6. Kenneth Campbell Barclay 2019-2021 Director View profile
  7. Mariana Mazzucato CBE 2015-2021 Director View profile
  8. Dr Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin 2015-2018 Director View profile
  9. Baroness Alison Mary Suttie 2014-2024 Director View profile
  10. Sir John Alexander Armitt 2013-2016 Director View profile
  11. Caroline Frances Daniel 2013-2020 Director View profile
  12. Lord Andrew Adonis 2013-2018 Director View profile
  13. Alex Von Sponeck 2011-2012 Director View profile
  14. David John Claydon 2011-2015 Director View profile
  15. Jess Search 2010-2023 Director View profile
  16. Noreena Hertz 2010-2015 Director View profile
  17. James Mark Dakin Purnell 2010-2013 Director View profile
  18. Dr Gobind Nankani 2009-2009 Director View profile
  19. Donald Macinnes Peck 2008-2025 Director View profile
  20. John Crowther Makinson 2007-2013 Director View profile
  21. Nitin Bhikhu Parekh 2007-2011 Director View profile
  22. Baroness Kathryn Jane Parminter 2006-2018 Director View profile
  23. Carey Ruth Oppenheim 2006-2007 Director View profile
  24. Sir Michael Sidney Perry 2003-2007 Director View profile
  25. David James Pitt-Watson 2002-2019 Director View profile
  26. Dr Christopher Shaw Gibson Smith 2002-2005 Director View profile
  27. Prof Martin Rees of Ludlow 2001-2009 Director View profile
  28. Sir Richard Peter Lambert 2001-2006 Director View profile
  29. Lord David Terence Puttnam CBE 2001-2009 Director View profile
  30. Roger Mark Jowell 2001-2009 Director View profile
  31. Lord Neil Gordon Kinnock of Bedwellty 2001-2009 Director View profile
  32. Williams, Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain, Baroness Williams of Crosby 2001-2010 Director View profile
  33. David Prentis 2001-2009 Director View profile
  34. Edward Sweeney 2001-2006 Director View profile
  35. Professor Jane Katherine Humphries 2000-2009 Director View profile
  36. Baroness Barbara Scott Young 2000-2009 Director View profile
  37. Barbara Baroness Young of Old Scone 1999-2009 Director View profile
  38. John Christopher Powell 1999-2019 Director View profile
  39. Frances Lorraine O'Grady 1999-2009 Director View profile
  40. Charles Jeremy Mawdesley Hardie 1999-2009 Director View profile
  41. Lord Waheed Alli 1998-2002 Director View profile
  42. Janet Anne Royall 1997-2005 Director View profile
  43. Professor Lord Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya 1997-2009 Director View profile
  44. Lord Clive Brooke 1997-2009 Director View profile
  45. Rodney Kevan Bickerstaffe 1997-2001 Director View profile
  46. Anthony Barnes Atkinson 1996-2002 Director View profile
  47. Professor Anthony Giddens 1996-2005 Director View profile
  48. James Peters Cornford 1995-2000 Director View profile
  49. Hewitt, Patricia Hope, Mp 1995-1998 Director View profile
  50. Alan Raymond Jinkinson 1994-1996 Director View profile
  51. Baroness Valerie Ann Amos 1994-1998 Director View profile
  52. Judith Ann Church 1993-1995 Director View profile
  53. Symons, Elizabeth Conway, the Rt.Hon. Baroness 1992-1997 Director View profile
  54. Professor David Marquand 1992-2005 Director View profile
  55. Charles Rodway Clarke 1992-1997 Director View profile
  56. Lord Robert Gavron of Highgate 1991-2010 Director View profile
  57. Professor Paul Patrick Gordon Bateson 1995 Director View profile
  58. Lord Anthony Martin Grosvenor Christopher 1994 Director View profile
  59. Philip Arthur Booley Hughes 1999 Director View profile
  60. Jeremy Israel Isaacs 2000 Director View profile
  61. Tom Sawyer 1994 Director View profile
  62. Baroness Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone 1997 Director View profile
  63. Lord Bhikhu Chhotalal Parekh 1996 Director View profile
  64. John Walter Edmonds 2002 Director View profile
  65. Sir John Denis Forman 1998 Director View profile
  66. Lord Bernard Donoughue 1996 Director View profile
  67. Lord Clive Richard Hollick of Notting Hill 2020 Director View profile
  68. Lord Herman George Ouseley 1992 Director View profile
  69. Emma Rothschild 1993 Director View profile
  70. Katharine Mary Hope Mortimer 1992 Director View profile
  71. Paul Delaney 2017-2017 Secretary View profile
  72. Emma Porteous 2016-2017 Secretary View profile
  73. Dame Jane Elisabeth Roberts 2005-2016 Secretary View profile
  74. Chaitanya Bhupendra Patel 2000-2009 Secretary View profile
  75. Gail Ruth Rebuck 1994-2003 Secretary View profile
  76. Lord John Leonard Eatwell 2020 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
02/09/1988
Also a registered charity
Institute for Public Policy Research

Ownership

Owned by (6) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Andrew Adonis ceased 2017-03-22
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Thomas Kibasi ceased 2019-12-31
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Johanna Carys Roberts ceased 2024-08-09
    significant influence · notified 2021-01-08
  • Jess Search ceased 2021-06-02
    significant influence · notified 2021-01-08
  • Jess Search ceased 2023-07-17
    significant influence · notified 2021-06-02
  • Harry Quilter-Pinner ceased 2025-11-28
    significant influence · notified 2024-08-09

Group

  1. Institute for Public Policy Research is controlled by Andrew Adonis
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-03-22 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Andrew Adonis.

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

28 grants · £2,670,483 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

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.

8 directors on the board

2.8y median 2.6y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

Also govern a charity

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.

Other services 4Professional services 2Finance 1Tech and media 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
02292601
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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