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Company description
NIAB. is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)”. Incorporated on 1 July 1997; registered for 29 years; registered office reported in CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 01110 · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds, with 2 additional SIC activities reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 3 trade marks, 1 charity record, 5 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- NIAB.
- Company number
- 03395389
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 1 total · 1 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 March 2024Next accounts due
28 September 2026Last statement made up to
5 June 2026Next statement due
19 June 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- -20.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 9.5%
- Women receiving bonus
- 4.3%
- Men receiving bonus
- 3.5%
- Women in top quartile
- 40.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 52.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 58.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 46.0%
Earlier reporting years (7)
- 250 to 4998.6% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4996.7% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49910.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4994.2% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4993.1% median hourly gap
- Less than 2502.3% median hourly gap
- Not Provided1.5% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
NIAB.
LEI 9845007377AD90B8DE20 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- 4GJI
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 1 July 1997
- Initial LEI registration
- 25 November 2019
- LEI last updated
- 14 March 2026
- Next renewal
- 25 November 2020
- Managing LOU
- 529900T8BM49AURSDO55
- Other legal names
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY; NIAB CHARITABLE CORPORATION LIMITED
- Legal address
- Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, GB
- Headquarters address
- Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
05 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Natural England Long Term Monitoring Network - Soil Sampling Method Comparison
Natural England · ocds-b5fd17-bb25b187-9c96-4f6f-aed2-23ea52b1288f
- Supplier named in award
- NIAB.
- Award value
- £16,175
- Contract period
- 12 December 2022 – 24 March 2023
- Published
- 11 May 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73111000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-bb25b187-9c96-4f6f-aed2-23ea52b1288f-2023-05-11T16:31:59+01:00
SBRI Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Project, Phase 1
Business Energy and Industrial Strategy · ocds-b5fd17-24dd0005-7070-4109-8ad9-687af3ed79c6
- Supplier named in award
- NIAB
- Award value
- £186,112.96
- Contract period
- 29 July 2021 – 31 January 2022
- Published
- 6 October 2021
- Procedure
- Other - SBRI
- Main CPV
- 73000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-24dd0005-7070-4109-8ad9-687af3ed79c6-2021-10-06T10:06:54+01:00
Provision of Increased Seed Testing for ISTA OIC's
Defra Network eTendering Portal · ocds-b5fd17-fe6e638b-9a04-4604-8e0a-423ab1ec34a8
- Supplier named in award
- NIAB
- Award value
- £2,130,522
- Contract period
- 5 October 2020 – 31 March 2022
- Published
- 7 October 2020
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-fe6e638b-9a04-4604-8e0a-423ab1ec34a8-2020-10-07T16:32:16+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
NIAB
Owner NIAB · classes 9,16,42
- Filed / designated
- 8 March 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 March 2021
NIAB
Owner NIAB · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 1 October 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 October 2027
VARTEST
Owner NIAB · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 1 October 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 October 2017
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 1 July 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
07 Charity register
Charity Commission links
NIAB
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 4 September 1997
- Latest income
- £32,895,000
- Latest expenditure
- £32,409,000
- Other Defined Groups
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- The General Public/mankind
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Activities within the general areas of crop varieties and seeds, including:Provision of information and advice to farmers, growers and educators.A programme of public good plant breeding which will positively impact the environment and public well-being.Crop variety performance trials and laboratory testing. Contract research for a wide range of organisations.Education and Training.
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08 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
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09 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
UK Plant Breeders Rights, National Listing and Seed Certification: NIAB Concession Contract
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY · updated 29 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 3
Recommended List Variety Trials
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board · updated 10 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
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11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Support activities for crop production
Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
13 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
1 exact company-number link.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
2 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
14 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.