NIAB.

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Overview

Company type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated
1997-07-01
Registered office
Park Farm Campus Villa Road, Histon, Cambridge, England, CB24 9AT
Postcode
CB24 9AT
Accounts category
Group
Charges
1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2024-03-31
Next due by
2026-09-28
Financial year end
28 September

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-06-05
Next due by
2027-06-19
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 1110 Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
  • 1610 Support activities for crop production
  • 72190 Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Officers 11 current · 38 resigned

Appointed 2025-09-17
Appointed 2025-07-02
Mark SPRAGGINS Secretary
Appointed 2024-07-04
Appointed 2023-12-20
Appointed 2023-06-21

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Group structure 5 subsidiaries

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 3

£2,332,810 total awarded value where published.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).

Registered charity

NIAB — charity number 1064230

Registered 1997-09-04 Income £32,895,000 Spending £32,409,000 FY to 2024-03-30

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

3.81%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website
niab.com
Phone
01937832798, 01953713200, 01507313960

Previous company names

NameDate changed
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY2001-02-14
NIAB CHARITABLE CORPORATION LIMITED1998-01-02

Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
93 93 LAWRENCE WEAVER ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0LE, ENGLAND2020-02-05
93 LAWRENCE WEAVER ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0LE, UNITED KINGDOM2020-02-05
HUNTINGDON ROAD CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0LE2020-02-05

The class of 1997

44%

of the 50,527 companies incorporated in 1997 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

Property in England & Wales 7 titles

Leasehold
7
Most recent registration
2023-09-28
Where
Kent (4), Cambridgeshire (1), West Yorkshire (1)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
TT159741 Kent Leasehold 2023-09-28
TT47379 Kent Leasehold 2021-09-21
TT47378 Kent Leasehold 2021-03-31
TT47381 Kent Leasehold 2021-03-31
CB440570 Cambridgeshire Leasehold 2019-02-21
YY15925 West Yorkshire Leasehold 2013-03-11
DN608167 Devon Leasehold 2011-01-24

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Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.