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Person

Professor Karen Margaret Holford

Professor Karen Margaret Holford is a trustee of Universities UK (since 2023) and a director of 5 companies. Source: Companies House and Charity Commission records.

Director at Cranfield Regatta Limited · Director at Cranfield Group Holdings Limited

  • 6 current roles
  • 2 previous roles
  • Served alongside 97 people

Official record Companies House and Charity Commission · updated 18th October 2026

Roles

8 roles across 8 organisations (6 current, 2 previous)

Current roles (6)

  • Cranfield Regatta Limited
    Director · 2026-present
    Official record · Companies House
    Source
    Companies House
    Organisation
    Cranfield Regatta Limited
    Role
    Director
    Appointed
    2026-08-18
    Record reference
    Company 02263650
    Current
  • Cranfield Group Holdings Limited
    Director · 2026-present
    Official record · Companies House
    Source
    Companies House
    Organisation
    Cranfield Group Holdings Limited
    Role
    Director
    Appointed
    2026-08-18
    Record reference
    Company 04020487
    Current
  • Supercluster Board
    Director · 2024-present
    Official record · Companies House
    Source
    Companies House
    Organisation
    Supercluster Board
    Role
    Director
    Appointed
    2024-07-30
    Record reference
    Company 15865463
    Current
  • Renishaw P L C
    Director · 2023-present
    Official record · Companies House
    Source
    Companies House
    Organisation
    Renishaw P L C
    Role
    Director
    Appointed
    2023-09-01
    Record reference
    Company 01106260
    Current
  • Universities UK
    Trustee · 2023-present
    Official record · Charity Commission
    Source
    Charity Commission
    Organisation
    Universities UK
    Role
    Trustee
    Appointed
    2023-08-01
    Record reference
    Charity 1001127
    Current
  • Universities UK
    Director · 2023-present
    Official record · Companies House
    Source
    Companies House
    Organisation
    Universities UK
    Role
    Director
    Appointed
    2023-08-01
    Record reference
    Company 02517018
    Current

Previous roles (2)

Charity trustee roles come from the current Charity Commission register, which lists serving trustees only. Company roles, current and past, come from Companies House.

People Karen has served alongside

97 people across 8 organisations

Based on overlapping official board records. Calculated from official records It does not mean they know each other. Only formal co-service is listed: people are never joined on a matching name alone.

Universities UK 53 people · 1992-present

Universities UK 18 people · 2023-present

Renishaw P L C 17 people · 1993-present

Engineering Education Scheme Wales Limited 8 people · 2011-present

Supercluster Board 6 people · 2024-present

Cranfield Regatta Limited 4 people · 1995-present

Cranfield Group Holdings Limited 1 person · 2026 · current

People marked “Likely the same person” are reached through a record that is a likely relationship to Karen: there is sufficient evidence to suggest it concerns the same individual, but it is not established as confirmed.

Sources

Companies House
Officer appointments and resignations.
Charity Commission
Register of Charities: current trustees and appointment dates.
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Identity
Records are treated as the same person only where our identity-matching rules support it. Confirmed relationships are supported by the approved identity-matching evidence and rules. Likely relationships are supported by sufficient evidence to suggest the records concern the same individual, but are not established as confirmed; they are shown with the label “Likely the same person”. How people are matched

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