ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH LIMITED, AL5 2JQ : Companies House Number 02393175

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Overview

Company type: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated: 1989-06-07
Registered office: Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ
Postcode: AL5 2JQ
Accounts category: Group

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Next due by: 2026-12-31
Financial year end: 31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2025-06-28
Next due by: 2026-07-12

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Nature of business (SIC)

72190 Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Officers 7 current · 51 resigned

Peter Ashley, Sir KENDALL Director

Appointed 2024-12-10

Matthew, Professor LOBLEY Director

Appointed 2024-01-04

Neil Grant SCRAGG Director

Appointed 2023-05-10

Sandra Mary, Professor THOMAS Director

Appointed 2022-09-06

Julie Elizabeth, Professor GRAY Director

Appointed 2022-02-10

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Group structure 7 subsidiaries

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

Public contracts won 2

£6,115,681 total awarded value where published.

SBRI - Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme: Phase 2 (Notice 2 of 2)

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy 2022-06-20 £5,955,907
SBRI Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Project, Phase 1

Business Energy and Industrial Strategy 2021-07-28 £159,774

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

Registered charity

ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH LIMITED — charity number 802038

Registered 1989-09-18 Income £29,253,000 Spending £34,103,000 FY to 2025-03-31

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

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Charity Worker (Temporary Worker (A rating)), Government Authorised Exchange (Temporary Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2020 (period to 2020-05-31).

Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

10.3%

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

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Previous company names

Name	Date changed
ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTAL STATION	2002-12-23

Among its peers

The oldest

of 29 similar companies in AL, trading since 1989

63 companies are registered at this postcode →

The class of 1989

50%

of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.

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

Property in England & Wales 6 titles

Freehold: 5
Leasehold: 1
Most recent registration: 2024-10-01
Where: Devon (6)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
DN772882	Devon	Freehold	2024-10-01	—
DN375807	Devon	Freehold	2016-06-06	—
DN377168	Devon	Freehold	2016-06-06	—
DN390870	Devon	Freehold	2016-06-06	—
DN403807	Devon	Freehold	2016-06-06	—
DN591931	Devon	Leasehold	2010-01-15	—

For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).