Company
Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan Cancer Support is an active UK company (number 02400969), incorporated 1989, with 11 current directors including Anne-Francoise Michele Nesmes and David Jonathan Bennett. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Anne-Francoise Michele NesmesDirector · since 2025
- David Jonathan BennettDirector · since 2025
- Sir Ronald James KerrDirector · since 2025
- Dr Anas NaderDirector · since 2025
- Dr Minal BakhaiDirector · since 2025
- Felicia NyaninDirector · since 2023
- Dr Jean Elizabeth AbrahamDirector · since 2021
- Rachel HighamDirector · since 2020
- Nicholas Robson OwenDirector · since 2020
- Mark Morrell WareDirector · since 2019
- Catherine Susannah HoweDirector · since 2019
- Sophia NicolaSecretary · since 2025
Previous officers 62
- Dr Helen Jayne Stokes-Lampard 2021-2024 View profile
- Mohammed Mehmet 2019-2025 View profile
- Dame Una Noelle O'Brien 2018-2021 View profile
- Susan Carol Langley 2017-2021 View profile
- Richard Andrew Murley 2017-2026 View profile
- Dr Jagjit Singh Ahluwalia 2017-2026 View profile
- Iain Charles Andrew Cornish 2017-2026 View profile
- Feilim Mackle 2015-2021 View profile
- Jane Frances Cummings 2014-2023 View profile
- Irene Patricia Crosswell 2014-2017 View profile
- Dr Naeem Ahmed 2014-2016 View profile
- Toby Emil Strauss 2013-2022 View profile
- Timothy George Eisen 2011-2021 View profile
- Clare Margaret Hollingsworth 2011-2014 View profile
- Suki Frances Allison Thompson 2011-2018 View profile
- Sir Hugh Henderson Taylor 2011-2017 View profile
- Andrew James Duff 2011-2020 View profile
- Simon John Newton Heale 2010-2016 View profile
- Professor Amanda-Jane Ramirez 2008-2011 View profile
- Maurice Louis Slevin 2008-2009 View profile
- Kenneth Lee Lacey 2007-2017 View profile
- Derek Jack Douglas 2006-2012 View profile
- Sir Joseph Grant Pilling 2005-2015 View profile
- Judith Helene Lancaster 2005-2010 View profile
- Dr David Charles Evered 2005-2015 View profile
- Tara Jane Margaret Cline 2005-2015 View profile
- Priscilla Deborah Snowball 2004-2008 View profile
- Dr Gareth David Tuckwell 2003-2013 View profile
- Joseph Patrick Machale 2002-2012 View profile
- Julia Charlotte Palca 2001-2019 View profile
- Professor Jessica Corner 2000-2004 View profile
- Simon Erroll Prior-Palmer 2000-2013 View profile
- Dr Ahmed Gulamabbas Hassam 2000-2004 View profile
- Dame Gillian Frances Oliver 1999-2000 View profile
- Victoria Petley 1999-2005 View profile
- Susan Kirk 1999-2014 View profile
- Professor Sir Kenneth Calman 1999-2005 View profile
- David Romer Paton 1999-2005 View profile
- Kent, Katharine Lucy Mary, the Duchess of Kent 1998-2001 View profile
- Zetland, Susan Rose, Marchioness of 1996-1998 View profile
- James Frederick Trevor Dundas 1996-2010 View profile
- Sir Christopher Walter France 1996-2004 View profile
- Sir Christopher John Benson 1995-2000 View profile
- Rev Thomas Hardy Scott 1993-1997 View profile
- Professor Geoffrey Warren Hanks 2001 View profile
- Jane Meriel Grosvenor 1993 View profile
- Professor Jeanifer Wilson-Barnett 1999 View profile
- Anthony James Joseph Simonds-Gooding 2001 View profile
- Douglas Andrew Scott 1995 View profile
- Beeley, Anthony Francis Mycroft, Captain 1996 View profile
- Richard Alexander Hambro 2001 View profile
- Jane Evelyn Micklethwait 1996 View profile
- David Ronald Male 2000 View profile
- Jonathan Paul Asquith 2006 View profile
- Martyn John Dudley Lewis 1995 View profile
- Andrew Charles Willis 2024-2025 View profile
- Elspeth Cox 2012-2024 View profile
- Christopher Severyn Somerville Priestley 2008-2009 View profile
- Marina Victoria Benson 2007-2018 View profile
- David John Farrington 2006-2006 View profile
- Emma Jane Moscrop 2005-2007 View profile
- Paul Nigel Rossi 2004 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 30/06/1989
- Also a registered charity
- Macmillan Cancer Support
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Macmillan Cancer Support on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
7 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
24 grants · £391,140 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £318,612
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £30,000
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £24,533
- Community Foundation North East · £17,695 (19 grants)
- CareTech foundation · £250
Most recent
Contracts awarded
1 contractFrom 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 · £0
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.
11 directors on the board
- Rachel Higham Director · appointed 2020
- David Jonathan Bennett Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Anas Nader Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Minal Bakhai Director · appointed 2025
- Nicholas Robson Owen Director · appointed 2020
- Dr Jean Elizabeth Abraham Director · appointed 2021
- Anne-Francoise Michele Nesmes Director · appointed 2025
- Felicia Nyanin Director · appointed 2023
- Sir Ronald James Kerr Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Morrell Ware Director · appointed 2019
- Catherine Susannah Howe Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Rachel Higham Director · appointed 2020
- Nicholas Robson Owen Director · appointed 2020
- Mark Morrell Ware Director · appointed 2019
- Catherine Susannah Howe Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Dr Jean Elizabeth Abraham Director · appointed 2021
- Anne-Francoise Michele Nesmes Director · appointed 2025
- Felicia Nyanin Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (8)
- Rachel Higham Director · appointed 2020
- David Jonathan Bennett Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Anas Nader Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Minal Bakhai Director · appointed 2025
- Nicholas Robson Owen Director · appointed 2020
- Sir Ronald James Kerr Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Morrell Ware Director · appointed 2019
- Catherine Susannah Howe Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Iain Charles Andrew Cornish Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
- Richard Andrew Murley Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
- Dr Jagjit Singh Ahluwalia Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02400969
- 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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